"Marlins creating all-male, plus-size cheer squad"

[RU Rah Rah]

Alas, we appear to have missed the try-outs. From the AP:

"The Florida Marlins are looking for some footloose fat men. The National League team is creating an all-male, plus-size cheerleading squad to be dubbed the Manatees. Tryouts were scheduled for Sunday. The team hopes to recruit seven to 10 tubby men to dance, cheer and jiggle during Friday and Saturday home games this season."

[bullox]

Apparently thin, beautiful women are way too commonplace in south Florida. They need some other kind of shock value.

[sbrylski]

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[sbrylski]

[TooLiveBrew]

I'm shocked, and disappointed, that Brevard County did not already have this. For shame!

[Tbadder]

It's about time. I mean what does your average Green Bay Packer fan do in the off-season?

[Invader3K]

Don't the Marlins already have a "Mermaids" group of cheerleaders? My guess is that this is kind of to parody that.

 

Still, couldn't they just focus on making their baseball team better? This is the kind of stuff the Brewers were doing in the late '90s.

[Tbadder]

Invader3K wrote:

Still, couldn't they just focus on making their baseball team better? This is the kind of stuff the Brewers were doing in the late '90s.

Good point. That's exactly how I feel about the Sausage Race. It's so pointless. It's just makes me annoyed that an institution would waste resources on a frivilous idea when success has been so illusive.

[pepsimax23]

i'm all for this. i imagine i'm in the minority.

 

at the phx suns games, we get the dancing dads, golden grannies - to go along with the suns dancers & adio sol patrol. and the t-shirt toss. i do remember the 80s when there were moments in sports events not dominated by sponsors but that was 20 years ago.

[Tbadder]

I understand this kind of diversion if a team has success. I don't know, maybe I'm just an old fart with an axe to grind. But yeah, it can be harmless fun that keeps a certain type of fan involved.

[ozzybourne]

can russell brayan join this dance squad if he gets cut by the brewers?

[Team Canada]

Still, couldn't they just focus on making their baseball team better? This is the kind of stuff the Brewers were doing in the late '90s.

 

You apparently assume that somehow the marketing folks should be doing GM duties. It's not like Michael Hill is sitting in his office all day thinking up lame promotional ideas.

 

[bork]

Somewhere, Chris Farley is smiling.

[Time for a Miller]

Pepsmimax, I was all for it to until I got about 50 seconds into sbrylski's video. Then I realized what a painful experience it could be for fans watching there team losing by five run and seeing these guys trot out there. There could be a riot..... if anyone was in the stands that is.

[Invader3K]

Still, couldn't they just focus on making their baseball team better? This is the kind of stuff the Brewers were doing in the late '90s.

 

You apparently assume that somehow the marketing folks should be doing GM duties. It's not like Michael Hill is sitting in his office all day thinking up lame promotional ideas.

 

No, but it's still a portion of the overall budget that could be going to baseball operations, instead of something like this.

I suppose though, that something like this isn't going to cost a team a lot overall, but still...

[PKBadger]

Invader3K wrote:

Still, couldn't they just focus on making their baseball team better? This is the kind of stuff the Brewers were doing in the late '90s.

Good point. That's exactly how I feel about the Sausage Race. It's so pointless. It's just makes me annoyed that an institution would waste resources on a frivilous idea when success has been so illusive.

 

I'm struggling to see how the Sausage Race wastes resources. If Klement's provides the costumes, it costs roughly zero dollars.

[mikemercury]

Invader3K wrote:

Still, couldn't they just focus on making their baseball team better? This is the kind of stuff the Brewers were doing in the late '90s.

Good point. That's exactly how I feel about the Sausage Race. It's so pointless. It's just makes me annoyed that an institution would waste resources on a frivilous idea when success has been so illusive.

I'm struggling to see how the Sausage Race wastes resources. If Klement's provides the costumes, it costs roughly zero dollars.

 

 

If someone thinks the Sausauges are waste, they've never been to the pro shop. You can buy Hats, t-shirts, key chains, bobble's, dolls, you name it. I'm not saying you or I would buy that stuff, but somebuddy is, and the Brewers are laughing all the way to the bank. There is something to be had about a team "representative" who will never retire, hold out, or be traded.

 

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[BrewCrewForever]

Why on earth would any professional sports franchise actually want to do this.

[ozzybourne]

Why on earth would any professional sports franchise actually want to do this.

pretty simple--they have no room for brayan on their roster.

[bullox]

If someone thinks the Sausauges are waste, they've never been to the pro shop. You can buy Hats, t-shirts, key chains, bobble's, dolls, you name it. I'm not saying you or I would buy that stuff, but somebuddy is, and the Brewers are laughing all the way to the bank. There is something to be had about a team "representative" who will never retire, hold out, or be traded.

 

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Shame on those fans who want to support their team!

 

[pepsimax23]

i can remember when disney bought the california angels in the 90s and they added cheerleaders. it seemed like such an idiotic idea and lampooned by the media. i remember uecker saying on the radio there was no place in baseball for it. iirc, the angels shelved it and dont currently have a cheer squad. but now it seems that at least half the MLB teams have cheerleaders / dancers / enthusiastic hired teenagers to entertain. in phoenix, the diamondbacks have the "rallybacks". unofficially a side-job for ASU sigma phi sorority. (g-d bless coeds) from what i've observed from a distance, it seems the brewers diamond dancers have evolved a bit from its inception. clearly over the decades, MLB has evolved.

 

on an unrelated note, i can tell you with my arizona cardinals tickets, if they ever take away the booted, big breasted, big haired pom pom girls away from me. good night season tickets.