The pets with nine lives will have a chance to watch the sport with nine innings as the minor league team, the Wilmington Blue Rocks, stage an unusual promotion on Tuesday night. They're calling it "Purr in the Park" where the team plans to pay tribute to felines by inviting fans to bring their cat into the ball park to watch the game against the Carolina Mudcats.
It's all part of the first ever "Cat Appreciation Night" at Frawley Stadium in Delaware's largest city.
The timing couldn't be any more purr-fect. June 4th is actually "National Hug Your Cat Day."
According to the team, the night will be highlighted by several activities including a tribute to famous cats (think Garfield), a booth to discuss the importance of spaying and neutering your pet (think Bob Barker), and of course the live game experience with a stadium (hopefully) full of felines and their proud owners.
The article references this 2011 promotion by the State College Spikes (Cardinals' Class A affiliate):
Bark in the Park” nights — in which fans are invited to bring their dogs to the stadium — have long been a promotional staple in Minor League Baseball. The State College Spikes are one of many teams to have staged such an endeavor, with next month’s version expected to draw over 400 canines.
This success led the team to ask themselves a truly daring, and seemingly absurd, question: “What if we did ‘Bark in the Park’, but for cats?”
What resulted was “Purr in the Park,” an evening-long celebration of felines.
If curiosity killed the cat, this one is putting her nine lives on the line every day – and some suspect she’s not acting alone.
George Osborne’s wandering pet Freya has sparked claims of dastardly foreign espionage tactics after breaching security at some of the Government’s most sensitive buildings.
Senior figures have warned the Chancellor that his highly inquisitive feline may have developed 007-style leanings since she mysteriously reappeared in Downing Street after a curious two-year absence.
A rare, two-faced kitten was born in Amity, Ore., on Tuesday. Stephanie Durkee, the owner of both the female kitten and its mother, took the two-faced cat to a vet, who say she's in good health. (She meows "loudly from both mouths," according to the Guardian.)
Durkee told Portland's KGW-TV the kitten—named "Deucy"—has been rejected by her mother, so she's been feeding her warmed kitten formula from a syringe.
