Ripken The Bat Dog

The Durham Bulls have a bat dog named Ripken. He is a sweet Labrador Retriever that helps… you guessed it… retrieve the players’ bats. I thought his skills would make for a very entertaining video so I asked if the Bulls could send me a clip of him retrieving a bat. Using TikTok’s native editing tools, I put some simple text on it and added a voiceover. The word “viral” gets thrown around way too often, but this video went truly viral gaining almost six million views. It’s a true testament to the idea that simple content is the best content (also, people love dogs).