Friday, July 30, 2010

Woof, woof, woof at the old ballgame (in Everett)

It's one thing to take your dog to the Genesee off-leash park. It's another thing, though, to take your pooch to the ballgame.

If taking your dog to a professional baseball game is on your bucket list, here's an opportunity to cross off another to-do item. The Everett AquaSox will take on the Vancouver Canadians at a "dog friendly ballgame" at Everett Memorial on Tuesday, August 3.

Imagine sharing hot dogs, peanuts and Cracker Jacks with your furry friend. We won't go as far as to suggest that you and Precious the Schipperke won't care if you ever get back to the Lovely Rainier Valley... after all, you will be spending the evening in Everett.

If you go stag, you can visit the Seattle Humane Society's MaxMobile™, a "bright yellow, 33-foot, custom-built mobile adoption and education center."

Initially, we wondered why the Seattle Mariners weren't scheduling a "Bark in the Park" game at Safeco Field. Shouldn't our dogs enjoy the national pastime as do their canine counterparts in Atlanta, Chicago (US Cellular Field), Cincinnati, Houston, Oakland, New York (Citi Field), San Francisco and Texas? Isn't Seattle reputed as a dog-friendly town?

Then we remembered that we'd be subjecting our dogs to watching the Seattle Mariners, who have compiled a 6-21 record for July. A "Bark in the Park" promotion at Safeco might constitute animal cruelty. Somebody would turn us in to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).

However, taking your dog to see the AquaSox is an entirely different matter.

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