“Bark at the Park was a howling success tonight but did it help the Braves to get a leg up on the Pirates?”

— Unflappable WSB Action News anchor John Pruitt sagely reading a tease to sports director Chuck Dowdle’s sportscast (a tease also allegedly written by the impish Dowdle) that resulted in hysterical laughter from co-anchor Monica Pearson on Wednesday night’s broadcast.

Kip Enfinger, Birmingham, brings his puppy Larry named after Chipper Jones to Wednesday night's Bark at the Park After Dark event. credt: Curtis Compton/AJC Staff