Fans across the internet celebrate Layla the Clearwater Threshers bat dog's retirement

Clearwater Threshers bat dog Layla retired on Friday, and a video of her last round of fetch amassed thousands of well wishes from across the internet.

State of play: "14/10 happy retirement, Layla," the popular account We Rate Dogs wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in a post with more than 6 million views.

• Before her six-year bat dog career, the pup, now 13, was just a humble beer dog, fetching cold ones for her owner, Andrew Davis, the Tampa Bay Times reported .
• Davis sent a video to the team, and they responded, "You think your dog could fetch bats?" The rest is history.

Fun fact: Fans can bring their dogs to the team's Beach Dogs Fridays games.

• The last one of the season is Aug. 23, with dog ticket sales ($7 per dog) benefiting the Humane Society of Pinellas.

The bottom line: "Dogs and baseball are universal," team spokesperson Robert Stretch tells Axios.