LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Fair kicked off in hilarious style on Thursday evening with the inaugural donkey baseball game.
The hour-and-a-half-long game pitted firefighters and law enforcement – plus their donkeys – against each other.
In addition to firefighters from agencies around the county, the game featured representatives from the California Highway Patrol, including Clear Lake Area Commander Lt. Hector Paredes; the Clearlake Police Department; the Lakeport Police Department, with Chief Brad Rasmussen helping direct the action; the Lake County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Brian Martin; Lake County Probation; and the Lake County District Attorney's Office.
The fire team won 11-10, with the law enforcement team making a late scoring run.
The winning team got to choose a charity to receive the $500 purse, and the fire team selected the American Red Cross as the recipient this year.
Check out the action above in the video by John Jensen of Lake County News.
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VIDEO: Fire, law enforcement teams square off in inaugural donkey baseball game
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