CLEARWATER — Canines can be therapy dogs, police dogs and service dogs, search-and-rescue dogs, watch dogs or delivery dogs. Others live as domesticated royalty, the lucky ones allowed on the couch.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Layla, a retired bat dog with the Clearwater Threshers baseball team, has died, the baseball team announced in a post on Facebook. Layla was a bat dog for the Threshers for ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A local minor league baseball team is mourning the loss of its beloved retired bat dog. On Saturday, the Clearwater Threshers — a minor league affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- The surging number of COVID-19 cases in Florida is affecting minor league baseball in the state as a pair of games involving the Philadelphia Phillies organization will not be ...

After six years in the Minor Leagues, Layla the bat dog will retire from her spotlight position on the Clearwater Threshers. Layla is rolling around in the field marking her territory as the bat dog.

Minor League Baseball made a radical rule change this year that places a runner on second base to start the inning once a game reaches extras. It is a misguided effort in baseball’s attempt to speed ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Clearwater Threshers minor league baseball game scheduled for Friday evening has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns. The team confirmed the postponement Friday morning.

The Clearwater (Fla.) Threshers, a minor-league High-A affiliate for the Philadelphia Phillies, become part of baseball history on Monday night by winning a game without a hit or walk. How is that ...

The beloved 13-year-old bat dog retrieved her final baseball bat at Friday’s game against the Fort Myers Mighty Muscles. Gabrielle Lazor is a former intern. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a ...