It was Lucy May’s big debut as a bat dog for a minor league baseball team. As the Clearwater (Florida) Threshers’ official bat dog, Lucy May, a 10-month-old Labrador retriever, was tasked with ...

It was Lucy May’s big debut as a bat dog for a minor league baseball team. As the Clearwater Threshers’ official bat dog, Lucy May, a 10-month-old Labrador retriever, was tasked with retrieving bats ...

The dog days of summer arrived Saturday at Nationals Park. Bruce, a 21-month-old Golden Retriever, fetched a bat during a ceremony before the Washington Nationals’ game against the Miami Marlins as ...

Since the team's inaugural season in 2022, fans of the Lake Country DockHounds have witnessed Colt the Bat Dog zoom onto the diamond to retrieve bats after players get a hit. Colt adds to the ...

Minor league teams look for creative ways to engage fans and how the bat gets back to the dugout is no exception. At the Major League level, every team has a group of bat boys or bat girls that trot ...

MLB rules don’t specify that a dog can’t play baseball. The Nationals won’t be testing that, even as they called up Bruce the Bat Dog on Tuesday afternoon. The trained pup will make his major league ...

A beloved bat dog's last appearance had the home crowd cheering like they'd just seen a home run. 13-year-old Layla the bat dog has been retrieving bats for the Clearwater Threshold baseball team for ...

Each fur baby you raise has their own set of special skills. One may be a pro at standing on their hind legs and closing doors, and another may be able to fetch you — and them — snacks from the pantry ...

After six years in the Minor Leagues, Layla the bat dog will retire from her spotlight position on the Clearwater Threshers. Layla is rolling around in the field marking her territory as the bat dog.

Baseball players often hear cheers from the crowd when someone hits a home run or there’s a play at the plate. At this small independent league stadium in Utica, cheering gets louder when an ...

The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog — best known for fetching bats and football kicking tees during sporting events in North Carolina — says the black Labrador has died. In a Facebook post ...