They said it couldn’t be done, maybe even that it shouldn’t be done — but dogs can play baseball!!
Not only that, they can speedrun it, as one such shiba inu did at this past Summer Games Done Quick 2024, a charity marathon benefiting Doctors Without Borders! Peanut Butter, who previously did a remote speedrun of Gyromite in January, was in-person this year for the most hype speedrun since…well, his last appearance, and he knocked it out of the park even back then! At the time, I never considered that a dog could also be trained to play a game other than the traditionally robot-assisted NES game, but I was swiftly proven wrong. JSR has truly raised a good boy!
Not only did Peanut Butter beat the game in less than the estimated 30 minutes, but he did it with a walk-off home run. It just doesn’t get more exciting than that!
As of this post, there’s still about 9 hours of the marathon, where you can donate and be eligible to potentially win prizes themed after the games being speedrun!
You can also view of the VOD of this amazing run:
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