{"id":8286,"date":"2022-10-20T08:41:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/?p=8286"},"modified":"2025-03-24T21:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:52:11","slug":"a-dog-who-plays-baseball-big-pupi-swings-for-the-fences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/a-dog-who-plays-baseball-big-pupi-swings-for-the-fences\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dog Who Plays Baseball: “Big Pupi\u201d Swings for the Fences"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Series starts on October 28. But while the matchup between the champions of the American and National Leagues will determine who gets to hoist the Commissioner’s Trophy in 2022, it will be missing one of the year’s breakout baseball stars: Pepper, a 6-year-old Australian cattle dog and accomplished slap hitter.<\/p>

Pepper, who lives on Plum Island in Massachusetts, first attracted public notice in May. That’s when Instagram user Melissa Lawrence posted a video of Pepper holding a Wiffle bat in her mouth and using it to strike a pitched ball.<\/p>

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