Overexcited Bat Dog Runs Onto Field During Minor League Baseball Game [Video]

• Rookie the golden retriever is the lovable bat dog for Minor League Baseball team Trenton Thunder.
• He was so excited to get into a new stadium one day that he ran onto the field while a match was ongoing!
• He issued an apology via Twitter the next day, but the fans and players very much appreciated his surprise debut at their stadium.

Meet Rookie. This lovable golden retriever is the bat dog for Minor League Baseball team Trenton Thunder.

He has been doing his job quite well, picking up dropped bats during games. But one particular match got him too excited that he couldn’t help but run onto the field!

The hardworking pup has been used to home games at Trenton Thunder Ballpark or Rider University’s Sonny Pittaro Field in New Jersey. So it was his first time at Sahlen Field in New York, home of the Buffalo Bisons.

It was during the Wednesday night game between the Buffalo Bisons and the Lehigh Valley IronPigs that Rookie’s excitement over a new area overcame him.

.@BatdogRookie got a little excited during his Sahlen Field debut with the @BuffaloBisons 🤣

We still love him @TrentonThunder. pic.twitter.com/2KJn8OnxNK— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) September 22, 2021

The match had to be paused temporarily as the players let Rookie run around the pitcher’s mound, tail wagging happily.

Rookie eventually found his way back to his beckoning handlers, but not before everyone cheered for him.

The lovable pup issued an adorable apology via Twitter the next morning.

I want to apologize to my fren Cavan Biggio, for running out on the field last night during his at bat in the @BuffaloBisons game. I was just so excited to be retrieving bats again. I hope Cavan and @BlueJays are not mad at me.#sorry pic.twitter.com/BDeYnCHOAV— Rookie (@BatdogRookie) September 23, 2021

“I want to apologize to my fren Cavan Biggio, for running out on the field last night during his at bat in the @BuffaloBisons game. I was just so excited to be retrieving bats again,” the post read. “I hope Cavan and @BlueJays are not mad at me. #sorry.”

Well, who couldn’t accept that apology?

The Bisons may have lost that game, but their fans and players were surely entertained by the pup’s debut at Sahlen Field.

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