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Baseball Players and Their Furry Friends Photo Gallery
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- Animal lover Tony Larussa with some of his pets
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- Babe Ruth on a cow!
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- Dogs made the team photo even in the 1900’s!
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- Cleveland Naps with the most famous baseball dog: Larry the Dog”
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- Chicago Cubs with their “bear” mascot
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- John McCraw holding his pet oscelot!
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- Baltimore Orioles team photo with a chicken in the front!
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- Lou Gehrig with his dog
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- Couldn’t find one of Joe DiMaggio with a dog, so here’s the next best thing: Marilyn Monroe!
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- Babe Ruth with his dog.
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- This little guy is ready to hit a ball of his dog’s nose!
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- The Babe an one of his dogs.
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- Rogers Hornsby with the family pet
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- Stan Musial in later years
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- Willie Mays with his pet
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- Hank Aaron meets Brewers mascot “Hank” for the first time.
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- Ty Cobb with one of his hunting dogs.
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- Harry Wolter with the Boston American’s dog in 1909
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- The Babe and Walter Johnson holding chickens!
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- Walter Johnson with his dog.
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- Tug McGraw with wife Phyllis and pet dog, Pucci, 1969
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- Brooklyn Dodger Billy Loes holding his dog.
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- Cub manager Charlie Grimm feeding a cubby bear!
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- Cleveland Nap Jack Graney with “Larry the Dog” from cover of book by Barbara Gregorich
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- PeeWee Reese and Gil Hodges holding the Dodgers’ pet dog.
Another Edition of…
“From the Lighter Side of Baseball!”
Baseball Players and Their Furry Friends!
I recently stumbled on to this neat photo of Harry Wolter of the Boston Red Sox holding a cute little dog. It’s from Opening Day of the 1909 baseball season against the White Sox at Chicago’s South Side Park. Harry Wolter played seven seasons in the major leagues (1907-1917) as an outfielder/first baseman and hit.270 over his career. Harry wasn’t known much for power: He drove in exactly 27 runs and no home runs! The dog may have been Harry’s own pet, or perhaps was the team mascot. We’ll never know.
That got me to thinking about baseball and its long association with animals. I put together a nice little photo gallery of ball players with their dogs, along with other furry friends, including cats and bears, and even a few other surprises.
However, as a Cub fan, I’m way too superstitious to put in anything involving goats, so don’t look for any of them…
If you’re a baseball fan and an animal lover, you might want to check this out!
-Gary Livacari
Photo Credits: All found on Google search
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