Alex Rodriguez hits homer, meets cool bat dog while in the minors

Alex Rodriguez hit a home run and played with the Trenton Thunder’s bat dogs while rehabbing in the minors.

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Alex Rodriguez is playing with the Double-A Trenton Thunder while recovering from a hamstring injury and while down in the wacky world of the minor leagues the Yankees star made a new friend.

The Thunder took on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Wednesday and the designated hitter looked sharp putting a ball out of the park and playing around with the team’s pair of “bat dogs.”

Derby gets Dustin Fowler's bat, while @AROD waits to get in the batters box at tonight's @TrentonThunder game. pic.twitter.com/FG0yPmRgbB

— Eric Lipsman (@E_Lipsman) May 26, 2016

The 22-year veteran even posted a photo on Twitter of his run-in with the dogs on his last trip to Trenton in 2013.

Hey, can I have my bat back? #SoMuchForTheBatBoy #BatDog #trentonthunder pic.twitter.com/GgBq5mlINF

— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) May 25, 2016

You can watch Rodriguez’s second inning home run, and the accompanying bat flip in the team’s game recap at the 1:54 mark.

A-Rod has not played in an MLB game since May 3 hitting five home runs in his 72 at-bats so far this season.

[ESPN]