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A dog chasing baseball bats – tierwelt.ch

Just like tennis has ball boys and girls, baseball has bat boys. Their task is to collect balls and bats. After a successful hit, the baseball player drops his bat and runs around the field. Not only “Bat Boys” can collect these bats, but also four-legged friends who love to fetch.

The underclass American baseball team Durham Bulls uses a Labrador named Ripken. He enthusiastically runs onto the field and fetches back the “unowned” baseball bats. It is above all the actors of the away teams who are not entirely familiar with this procedure. Sometimes the players pick up the racquets from the ground only to realize that an incredulous Ripken is staring at them. After all, he has a job to do. In addition to the baseball team, the four-legged friend is also in action for the NC State college football team. On the American football field, however, he collects the kicking tee on which the football for the kickoff is placed. His work is documented with a Go-Pro camera that Ripken carries on his back.

Ripken with full commitment

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Ripken is almost prevented from working

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Ripken collects the kicking tee

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