... but Baseball is pretty good too (dogfilter)

March 19, 2017 5:59 AM

ESPN's E:60 series tells the story of The Trenton Thunder's family of Bat Dogs. From the perspective of one of the dogs.

3 generations of dogs have worked as Bat Dogs for the AA affiliate of the New York Yankees. Creating

PS: grab a tissue.

Previously

posted by DigDoug (7 comments total)

Why a tissue? Does anything happen to the dogs? I need to know before I click.
posted by Elly Vortex at 6:20 AM on March 19, 2017 [1 favorite]

A dog dies of old age.
posted by Pendragon at 6:29 AM on March 19, 2017 [1 favorite]

I was disappointed because I thought it would be dogs dressed as bats (the mammals). That's what Bill Veeck would have done.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 7:22 AM on March 19, 2017 [2 favorites]

This is why dogs hate orchestras.

If that guy at the front doesn't throw that stick soon I will lose my mind!
posted by adept256 at 8:05 AM on March 19, 2017 [1 favorite]

Man, Sphinx likes bat dogs. Good Pup.
posted by Sphinx at 10:48 AM on March 19, 2017

I often wish I could take as pure and uncomplicated a pleasure in my job as dogs do in theirs.
posted by praemunire at 10:59 AM on March 19, 2017 [1 favorite]

Two of my favorite things in the world - minor league ball and dogs. Naturally, as a Sox fan, I'm ignoring that it's a Yankee's affiliate because dogs.
posted by drewbage1847 at 1:37 PM on March 19, 2017 [2 favorites]