Chris Bassitt's dog goes surfing during Bark at the Park event
We interrupt your regularly scheduled baseball reading to bring you images of very good dogs doing some very good surfing.
On Friday, the Oakland A’s hosted Bark at the Park Night at the Coliseum. That meant fans could bring their precious canines to the ballpark to watch some baseball and chow down, perhaps on some hot dogs.
The A’s though, they don’t do things halfway. If it’s Bark at the Park Night, they’re going to make sure the new four-legged customers get their money’s worth. In this case, that meant installing a tank full of water in the parking lot where some dog surfing commenced.
.@C_Bass419 and his dog Ansley ride a wave to Bark at the Park night. ???????? pic.twitter.com/MxTX3QQTMW
— Oakland A's (@Athletics) July 23, 2016
Yes, even the player’s dogs got involved. That’s Chris Bassitt’s dog Ansley in the video above.
Here are a couple other cool customers riding some waves.
And here are a few more who were just happy to hang out in the sun.
Mid five: no runs for either team, plenty of pups for every else. pic.twitter.com/MT1ndaMSBA
— Oakland A's (@Athletics) July 23, 2016
@Athletics #BarkatthePark #GreenCollar Tucker the bulldog! pic.twitter.com/opCMkVPiJ8
— Brian Bluford (@bthaflyguy) July 23, 2016
A friendly reminder to all dogs coming to #BarkAtThePark tonight. pic.twitter.com/1VtNqlfqPx
— Stomper (@Stomper00) July 23, 2016
This brings a better meaning to the phrase “Dog Days of Summer.”
As for the A’s and Rays, their battle of last place teams dragged and dragged into the night, with both teams failing to scored until Coco Crisp’s walkoff single in the 13th inning gave Oakland the 1-0 win.
You could call it a dog game if you want, but we like dogs too much to compare them to this. It simply wasn’t pretty baseball, but at least the pups had a little fun in the sun.
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