The 8-year-old Ripken's history in the spotlight included retrieving bats for Durham Bulls minor-league baseball games and kicking tees during N.C. State college football games at Carter-Finley ...

He also played the role of "bat dog" at Durham Bulls games, going out to fetch bats after plate appearances for Bulls players. Ripken's owners, Michael and Melissa O'Donnell, said they knew Ripken ...

Starting in 2019 as a 3-year-old pup, Ripken worked as a retrieval dog in baseball, carrying bats for the Durham Bulls, Holly Springs Salamanders and Savannah Bananas. He retrieved tees for N.C ...

The musical adaptation of the film Bull Durham is set to make its Paper Mill Playhouse debut in Fall 2025. According to ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — A beloved furry friend of the Durham Bulls and the North Carolina State Wolfpack is being remembered by many. Ripken passed away on Jan. 1 after complications from a ...

Eng-Goetz’s work is everywhere. On murals around the Triangle, yes, but also on album art, coffee bags, on the jerseys of the Durham Bulls several times, and, perhaps most iconically ...

LiAngelo Ball watched younger brother LaMelo get upper hand over older brother Lonzo in Charlotte’s win against the Chicago ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- If you went to a Durham Bulls baseball game or NC State football game over the past few years you probably got the chance to see the one and only, Ripken The Bat Dog.

The 8-year-old Ripken’s history in the spotlight included retrieving bats for Durham Bulls minor-league baseball games and kicking tees during NC State college football games at Carter-Finley ...