Author: Michael

The Durham Bulls lost a beloved member of their community on New Year’s Day in Ripken the bat dog.
Ripken, an eight-year-old black lab, died of “complications from a serious, undiagnosed medical condition which he sadly could not recover from.” While Ripken was well known for retrieving bats at Bulls games (they are the Triple A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays), he was also an integral part of several athletic programs in the North Carolina Research Triangle area.

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