Mike Zagurski was rehabbing an injury several years ago, while with the Philadelphia Phillies' organization, when he decided he wanted a dog. He soon told his girlfriend (now wife) of his intention and also informed housemates Scott Mathieson and Kyle Drabek.
Naturally, Zagurski came home one day with a pair of cats.
"I went to the humane society and there was a little cat in the cage," the Yokohama BayStars reliever told The Japan Times on Friday at Yokohama Stadium. "I thought, 'oh, this is great.' He was a little guy, and I was over playing with him and another little cat kind of rubbed up on me, and I just said, 'let's take em both.' I came home and Scott was like, 'what are you doing?'
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