--- 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  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Aug 30, 2015 7:59 PM UTC  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Aug 30, 2015 7:59 PM UTC One adorable Dachshund — better known as a wiener dog — won the hearts of minor league baseball fans on Saturday night when the canine escaped from its handlers and ran wild around the field. 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. Several players and ballpark staff tried to catch the pup, who managed to evade capture for about two minutes before rolling onto his back for some well-deserved belly rubs. Watch This Adorable Wiener Dog Run Wild at a Baseball Game ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4016364/wiener-dog-baseball/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4016364/wiener-dog-baseball/"},"headline":"Watch This Adorable Wiener Dog Run Wild at a Baseball Game","datePublished":"2015-08-30T19:59:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:02.687Z","description":"His handlers couldn't catch him","url":"https://time.com/4016364/wiener-dog-baseball/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Baseball"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4016364/wiener-dog-baseball/","name":"Watch This Adorable Wiener Dog Run Wild at a Baseball Game"}}]}] ```