Inherit the Wiffle ball

Wiffle balls -- or their generic, plastic cousins -- have proliferated at the Genesee off-leash area. While camouflage undoubtedly plays a factor, the plastic balls seem to outnumber the muddied green tennis balls at a four-to-one ratio. The park looks like former Seattle Pilots knuckleballer Jim Bouton threw batting practice. Or that a chocolate lab got bored after 15 minutes of shagging fungoes.

Do our dog denizens fetch these balls, which are undoubtedly more durable than their Penn- and Wilson-branded counterparts in the wet and muddy park? Are the plastic items cheap chew toys... and a gastroenterologist's nightmare? This much is certain: it's easier to rinse off a Wiffle ball coated in canine bodily waste.