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Are_grits_groceries

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Mon Feb 24, 2014, 02:09 PM Feb 2014

Meet Hank: the stray the Milwaukee Brewers adopted as their mascot [View all]


This is Hank the dog. Hank is a stray who wandered into the Milwaukee Brewers' spring training facility last week, and has since become the team's unofficial mascot. Hank is the best dog.

Why is Hank the dog so great? Well, before arriving at Brewers' camp, he was wandering the streets of Phoenix after having been hit by a car. From Boston.com:

The dog days for the Brewers arrived Feb. 17 when the stray pooch wandered on to the team's complex looking a little roughed up.

Team employees took him to a veterinarian for a checkup and bath. The vet spotted a tail injury and some gray markings around his right hind leg, a sign that it may have been run over by a vehicle.
Hank bounced back, though, and now he's having the best time at spring training. He's getting to do all kinds of fun stuff with the Brewers, like become buddies with Jonathan Lucroy:


http://deadspin.com/the-milwaukee-brewers-adopted-stray-dog-is-the-best-do-1529649707

Good on them!
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This kind of stuff is really good for team building, too. 1000words Feb 2014 #1
Hey, fella! :) shenmue Feb 2014 #2
..... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #5
I *love* this. myrna minx Feb 2014 #6
LOL A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #7
Squeee! HappyMe Feb 2014 #3
Love it! get the red out Feb 2014 #4
Awww... this Giants fan entirely, and heartily, tips his orange-and-black cap to the Brewers! villager Feb 2014 #8
Every team should have one. nt narnian60 Feb 2014 #9
The 2004 Red Sox had "Pedro's Lucky Midget." 1000words Feb 2014 #12
I...uh...don't know quite how to take that. nt narnian60 Feb 2014 #16
They were genuinely friends, but it's still beyond odd. 1000words Feb 2014 #17
Yes, the really were friends, Jenoch Feb 2014 #35
Well ain't he sweet! Blue Owl Feb 2014 #10
For taking Hank in, LibertyLover Feb 2014 #11
Love both the dog and the Brewers! lunatica Feb 2014 #13
What a handsome boy! Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #14
He's like a mini version of my dog, Hank! Good for the baseball team. Hope Hank sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #15
K and R! NaturalHigh Feb 2014 #18
Something is caught in my eye Botany Feb 2014 #19
aw man Skittles Feb 2014 #30
Funny how stories like this brings out the tears madokie Feb 2014 #20
... xchrom Feb 2014 #21
A nice up lifting story. What a lovey dog. Mrdrboi Feb 2014 #22
Welcome to DU, Mrdrboi! calimary Feb 2014 #36
That's my team Packerowner740 Feb 2014 #23
Yay! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2014 #24
He looks like a nice little doggy! Aldo Leopold Feb 2014 #25
OK so now I'm a Brewers fan... * Richardo Feb 2014 #26
Thanks for that nice story grits...now i'm feeling better myself. Auntie Bush Feb 2014 #27
What a cute dog! Enthusiast Feb 2014 #28
they need help at first base--hopes he works out dembotoz Feb 2014 #29
This I like malaise Feb 2014 #31
Home Run for the Brewers. oldandhappy Feb 2014 #32
The Brewers need Hank! Archae Feb 2014 #33
awesome Bartleby73 Feb 2014 #34
Welcome to DU, Bartleby73! calimary Feb 2014 #37
Sweet Story vankuria Feb 2014 #38
I think and I would hope Are_grits_groceries Feb 2014 #39
Good to know vankuria Feb 2014 #41
I heard or saw in the local press that Ms. Attanasio, the wife of the postulater Feb 2014 #43
Awesome!! vankuria Feb 2014 #44
Isn't that a great report? I love cntrygrl Feb 2014 #40
He looks like a nice little doggy! marvinsacco Feb 2014 #42
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