--- title: Watch This Adorable Wiener Dog Run Wild at a Baseball Game description: Minor league baseball team El Paso Chihuahuas held a Wiener dog race on Saturday. canonical: https://time.com/4016364/wiener-dog-baseball/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-30T19:59:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:02.687Z og:title: Watch This Adorable Wiener Dog Run Wild at a Baseball Game og:description: His handlers couldn't catch him og:url: https://time.com/4016364/wiener-dog-baseball/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Adorable Wiener Dog Run Wild at a Baseball Game twitter:description: His handlers couldn't catch him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Adorable Wiener Dog Run Wild at a Baseball Game > Sponsored content. 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The wiener dog, whom owners eventually got ahold of, was just one of several wiener dogs on the field for a dog race hosted by the [El Paso Chihuahuas](http://www.elpasotimes.com/sports/ci%5F28727552/el-paso-times) (that’s the name of the baseball team) in partnership with hot dog chain Weinerschnitzel. 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