My cat cost me a playoff game

[The_Offspring187]

I feel your agony rink. I have pitched to guys who became unsung heroes against me. You'll get em next season!

[oriole^]

(write note to self) "When I collect my winnings for Cleveland's win, remember to pay off the cat in Science Diet..."

[Mark42661]

Originally Posted by rink23

It's Game 3 of the 2030 Midwest Baseball League National League Championship Series between my St. Louis River Walkers and Twin Cities Snow Cats at old Metropolitan Stadium.
The Walkers lead the best-of-5 series 2-0, and have just taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth inning on a solo homer by Jared Thomas.
During the top of the ninth, my cat (Kat) decided she needed some quality time and sat down in my lap.
She does this often, never been a problem.
Well, just as we go from the top of the ninth to the bottom, she decides she wants to go sit in front of the computer screen. (As pictured, some times she will lie down between the speakers, so I can still see the screen).
On her way up, she steps on the keyboard causing game action.
Guy flies out, no big deal.
But she immediately turns around -- and before I can get my lights-out closer into the game -- and comes back down and again steps on the keyboard.
Home run, tie game.
To make things worse, the keyboard had shifted to the right so my fingers were out of place.
So when my best hitter stepped to the plate in the top of the 10th, the finger which I thought was on the take button was on the bunt button.
Out No. 1.
Twin Cities hits a one-out homer in the bottom of the 10th to win it.
Now we have a series.
And in the eight-plus years I have had Kat, this was probably the first time I have yelled at her. I need to go apologize.

My cat loves sleeping in that position while I'm on the computer!

[BaseballNewsNow]

Actually, my dog steps over my computer and sometimes on it, so ever since reading this post I’m scared that that’s going to happen to me.