A Minor League Baseball game turned into an unexpected spectacle over the weekend when a Kannapolis Cannon Ballers staffer was caught on camera cleaning up dog feces, using his bare hand. The incident took place on Sunday at Atrium Health Ballpark , during a Single-A matchup between the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox , and the Carolina Mudcats.
During the bottom of the third inning, the Cannon Ballers' beloved bat dog , Kacey Betty , had a bathroom emergency just feet away from home plate. The dog had just relieved herself on the field, moments before preparing to fetch a bat, when a stadium official intervened.
Instead of using gloves or waste bags, the employee opted to scoop up the excrement with a clipboard and his bare hand, horrifying both the live audience and fans online. The moment, captured on video and shared widely on social media, left viewers stunned. According to OutKick, “Good god, he closed the gate with his poo hand!”
Another report by TMZ highlighted the viral reactions, with one fan commenting, “Fire the guy who picked up s** with his bare hands immediately,”* while another exclaimed, “Ayoooo he bare handed that grounder??”
Adding to the surreal nature of the moment, OutKick noted, “That’s certainly a new one. We’ve all done the move where you get something flat like a piece of paper or a clipboard to scoop up a spider or something that spilled, but I’ve never seen that done with dog poo.”
So far, the stadium has made no official statement about the cleanup protocol or the staff member involved. As TMZ reported, “No public comment from him so far ... but hopefully the stadium had some good hand sanitizer on deck.”
The incident also raised questions about preparedness, with OutKick remarking, “I’m not sure how there wasn’t a roll of s--t bags nearby... You’d think if they have a dog working for the team, they have some bags at the ready.”
Despite the bizarre mid-game cleanup, the Cannon Ballers pulled off a 3-0 win over the Mudcats. But the real talk of the night wasn’t the score, it was the stomach-churning image of barehanded dog poop removal that’s now immortalized online.
During the bottom of the third inning, the Cannon Ballers' beloved bat dog , Kacey Betty , had a bathroom emergency just feet away from home plate. The dog had just relieved herself on the field, moments before preparing to fetch a bat, when a stadium official intervened.
Instead of using gloves or waste bags, the employee opted to scoop up the excrement with a clipboard and his bare hand, horrifying both the live audience and fans online. The moment, captured on video and shared widely on social media, left viewers stunned. According to OutKick, “Good god, he closed the gate with his poo hand!”
Another report by TMZ highlighted the viral reactions, with one fan commenting, “Fire the guy who picked up s** with his bare hands immediately,”* while another exclaimed, “Ayoooo he bare handed that grounder??”
Adding to the surreal nature of the moment, OutKick noted, “That’s certainly a new one. We’ve all done the move where you get something flat like a piece of paper or a clipboard to scoop up a spider or something that spilled, but I’ve never seen that done with dog poo.”
So far, the stadium has made no official statement about the cleanup protocol or the staff member involved. As TMZ reported, “No public comment from him so far ... but hopefully the stadium had some good hand sanitizer on deck.”
The incident also raised questions about preparedness, with OutKick remarking, “I’m not sure how there wasn’t a roll of s--t bags nearby... You’d think if they have a dog working for the team, they have some bags at the ready.”
Despite the bizarre mid-game cleanup, the Cannon Ballers pulled off a 3-0 win over the Mudcats. But the real talk of the night wasn’t the score, it was the stomach-churning image of barehanded dog poop removal that’s now immortalized online.
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