Bailey the Ball Dog (Girl)

Bailey the ball girl was the highlight at the Opening Ceremonies for Strawberry Vale Minor Fastball.  Bailey has a special talent.  She can find softballs like no other dog…or for that matter like no other animal or human.

The thick bushes that surround much of the two diamonds at Rosedale Park, the home of Strawberry Vale Fastball, have a nasty habit of taking foul balls and hiding them away where no one can find them….except Bailey.

Bailey is a very special girl, she is elegant, composed, intelligent and above all very humble regarding her special talent.

                

Bailey receives recognition at park opening ceremonies from president Peter Salmon (left). And shows off her 2007 collection (right).

 

For the last five or six years Bailey has prowled the undergrowth of Rosedale park in search of softballs…and boy does she find them. Her owners estimate that Bailey has found more than 600 softballs at Rosedale Park over the last 6 or 7 years.  At the current cost of about seven dollars a ball, Bailey would have saved Strawberry Vale Fastball thousands of dollars over that time!

Bailey reportedly even found a ball that was stuck up in a tree!  She picked up the scent she is so good at recognizing and finally after searching around she looked up in the tree, where her owners saw the ball and knocked it down….much to Bailey’s delight.

Bailey was the special guest at the Opening Ceremonies where she was presented with a token of our appreciation from the Strawberry Vale Fastball Association.

Thanks Bailey, we really appreciate your special talent and hope that you will be a part of our team for years to come!