The Lake Elsinore Storm is the Single-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and the only team on the West Coast to employ a ...

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 Lake Elsinore Storm is the Single-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and the only team on the West Coast to employ a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.