I need a card if this squirrel has a card! Lol. SMH. The famous Rally Squirrel that darted across the field while Skip Schumaker was batting during the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2011 championship run surfaced again Monday when its trading card sold on eBay.
It sold for for $157.50.
The card — a 2012 Topps Baseball Variation Proof Card — made headlines in January when it was announced that a limited number of Schumaker’s cards would prominently feature the squirrel and not the Cardinals utility man.
A regular Schumaker Topps 2012 trading card can be purchased on eBay for just $1. But not the card he shares with the squirrel, which opened at $9.95 on Oct. 21 and saw 11 bids and a flurry to the finish before the auction ended Monday evening.
Despite the card saying ‘Skip Schumaker’, only a small portion of his leg and shoe are visible on the card as the squirrel darts across the plate.
The Rally Squirrel debuted during the Division Series last year, delaying Game 3 when he ran across the field. He became famous the next night in Game 4, when he returned and darted across home plate just as Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt was preparing to throw a pitch.
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