Hero cat Tara – who saved owner, 4, from dog – to throw first pitch at minor league baseball game The Bakersfield Blaze originally invited little dog bite victim Jeremy Triantafilo to pitch the ball, but fans believed the famous feline was somehow handling the honors herself. ‘We now have four days to figure out a way to teach this cat to pitch,’ Philip Guiry, the team's assistant general manager, joked to the Daily News. BY Nancy Dillon NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, May 16, 2014, 5:51 PM
Already a major hit online, Tara the tabby is heading to the minor leagues.
The California cat that raced out of nowhere and went berserk on a neighborhood dog attacking her 4-year-old owner has been tapped to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Bakersfield Blaze baseball game next Tuesday.
A team spokesman said they originally invited bite victim Jeremy Triantafilo, the toddler saved by Tara, to throw the first ball, but the announcement and media coverage led fans to believe the famous feline was somehow handling the honors herself.
"We now have four days to figure out a way to teach this cat to pitch. I've got David Blaine on the other line," Philip Guiry, the team's assistant general manager, joked to the Daily News on Friday.
"I'm hoping for a miracle of physics and engineering. It's what the people want, and you've got to give the people what they want," he said
BAKERSFIELD (CBS13/AP) — A cat that became famous for saving a central California boy from a dog attack threw the first pitch Tuesday night at a Bakersfield Blaze baseball game – or at least she tried.