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When Being Nice To A Dog While Wearing A Rival Team’s Colors Goes Wrong

Bark at the Park, Dog Day: whatever you want to call it, it’s an increasingly popular trend in stadiums around baseball to have an annual game when pets are allowed in. The Reds did it earlier this year. The Mets have done it. And last night, the A’s tried to do it bigger than anyone’s done it before – now, they wait to see if the 718 dogs they counted passing through the O.co Coliseum gates last night were indeed the most a sporting event has ever welcomed (though according to this, that number won’t be enough).

Say this for the dogs in the building, though: even if they weren’t numerous enough to set an official record, their loyalty can’t be questioned. Well, the loyalty of the St. Bernard you’ll see below can’t, at least. The A’s and Giants, despite being in different leagues, are natural rivals thanks to their proximity – a rivalry that transcends not only league, but species:

Poor guy – he thought he was just pettin’ a friendly pooch. He’ll know better next time. Well, unless it’s this husky-corgi mix, which would never hurt a soul-

[husky-corgi mix wearing University of South Florida bandana materializes out of nowhere, bites my hand for being Rutgers grad]

Fine. Lesson learned.

[Larry Brown Sports]