Greensboro’s Baseball Bat-Dog Retires After 649 Consecutive Games!
Miss Babe Ruth, a black Labrador Retriever, has been a member of the Greensboro Grasshoppers (a Florida Marlins Class A affiliate) since 2006.
How can a dog be a member of a professional baseball team you might ask? Well, she has been living up to her breed’s name and has retrieved both bats and balls for players and umpires.
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She has worked every home game since she started nearly a decade ago, and has finally retired after 649 consecutive games! The team even threw her a retirement party before Saturday’s game, where she arrived on the field in a bright red car and an orange tux.
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Although Babe is retiring, a piece of her will remain. Her ball bucket will be donated to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
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But don’t worry, bat-dogs will stay in the family! Babe’s brother, Master Yogi Berra, and her niece, Miss Lou Lou Gehrig, will take over for her.
Take a look at the opening ceremony for Miss Babe Ruth’s retirement party. How sweet is this?!
