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 ...

In North Carolina, a minor league baseball team has an extra man on its roster. His name is Champ, the official bat dog for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Rochester Red Wings’ newest member might not be able to steal bases, but he can certainly steal hearts. Bruce is a 12-week-old golden retriever and is taking after his late brother Milo and ...

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.