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By Ben Watanabe
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Look both ways before crossing the warning track.
Players visiting the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats might want to heed this advice in the future. Alek Thomas found this out the hard way when he was the victim of a scooter accident -- yes, you read that right -- involving River Cats mascot Dinger over the weekend.
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The crash, a video of which was posted to Reddit and later shared on X by Foul Territory, came during the San Francisco Giants' Triple-A affiliate's "Christmas in July" celebration. Thomas was exiting the visitor's dugout to head for his position in the field when Dinger, who was riding a scooter around the dirt warning track, plowed into him.
Fortunately for everyone involved, Thomas did not appear to be hurt. A former top prospect for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Thomas is trying to work himself back to MLB in the Los Angeles Dodgers system. There are many obstacles in Thomas' way, but he probably didn't expect a furry on two wheels to be one of them.
The city of Sacramento might want to rethink allowing river cats to ride scooters. Once they take away those dangerous animals' wheels, the next step is to figure out what in the world a river cat is.
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