Fisher Cats’ bat dog ready for 7th-inning fetch The New Hampshire Fisher Cats have a rookie sensation with impressive speed, laser-like coordination and an engaging clubhouse personality. She also has four legs. Casey, a 2-year-old black Labrador retriever who loves to play fetch, is in her first season as the Fisher Cats’ bat dog.
“She’s just a normal dog laying in the office, playing with people, having fun,” said Rick Brenner, the Fisher Cats’ team president and Casey’s handler. “She wears a bib. .
.. When I put that bib on her, she starts jumping like a kangaroo because it’s time to go play.
” Fisher Cats President Rick Brenner is Casey’s handler during games at Delta Dental Stadium. He sits with her beside the dugout and opens the gate to let her go to work after an at-bat. Wearing her royal blue bib featuring the Honda logo (New England Honda Dealers are her sponsor) Casey races out of her gate, located in the dining-area seats behind home plate on the first base side and retrieves her teammates’ bats throughout the bottom of the first inning at a few games during each home series.
The Fisher Cats play at home every day between now and next Sunday, except for Monday. At a recent game, the Delta Dental Stadium crowd cheered when Casey was introduced and when she darted onto the field after each at-bat. Brenner opened the gate for her and greeted her each time she came back with a bat.
After catcher Zach Britton grounded out, Casey brought his bat ba.