Pro Baseball Team Uses Dog to Fetch Bats

Pro Baseball Team Uses Dog to Fetch Bats

TRENTON, N.J. -- About 90 minutes before game time, minor league baseball’s most popular dog, nearly 8-year-old “Chase,” is enjoying a pre-game nap with his Teddy Bear, in this case a baseball. During the first inning of Trenton Thunder home games, Chase replaces the team’s bat boy, serving as its bat “dog.” Fetching each Thunder hitter’s bat, he’s a Golden retriever turned Gold Glove retriever. Aren’t the hitters --who consider their bats precious --… read more