LOOK: Squirrel brings Twins-Indians game to a screeching halt for nearly five minutes

This squirrel has apparently not heard about Commissioner Manfred's pace-of-play initiatives

By Mike Axisa

May 13, 2017 at 10:06 pm ET • 1 min read

Saturday afternoon, the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians continued their three-game weekend series with the middle game at Progressive Field (GameTracker).

During the sixth inning, Saturday's game had to be delayed, but not because of rain. Because of a squirrel. The furry little creature had the grounds crew running all over the field for a few minutes.

Here's some video:

In addition to keeping the grounds crew busy for a few minutes, the squirrel also had the attention of at least one Very Good Dog watching at home:

Hey @Indians, your squirrel is wrecking havoc off the field too #RollTribe pic.twitter.com/mXMlbiBQGi
— Evan Willmann (@evanwillmann19) May 13, 2017

The squirrel was eventually caught and presumably released into the ~~wild~~ greater Cleveland metropolitan area. The delay took roughly four minutes and 30 seconds, which can't be great news for commissioner Rob Manfred when speeding up games is the primary focus.