Cheerleaders? They've got Cheerleaders now?

[reyd reid reed]

The last two Cubs vs. Marlins series that I've watched, I've seen Marlins cheerleaders out there. Skimpy little outfits and silver pom poms and rah-rah and what the HELL?

Is it just me or is this just.....Wrong?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

Well, fans gotta have something to watch.

It certainly ain't gonna be THIS team.

[reyd reid reed]

12. Yeah, but you've gotta have hope...

Baseball's ALWAYS better than bimbettes.

Always.

[KitchenWitch]

1. Cheerleaders for BASEBALL????

That is fucked up.

[reyd reid reed]

11. That's what I thought....

It's just wrong on SO many levels. And apparently, the Marlins aren't the only ones who've done it. Expos. Blue Jays. Angels. Pads. Can't remember who else but...

Damn it, it's Wrong.

[CottonBear]

2. There's no cheerleading in baseball.

WTF are they thinking? Mascots great! No way should any baseball team have cheerleaders. :(

[reyd reid reed]

14. Apparently, there is...

Should be, though. Needs to be on the banned substances list. Steroids and silicone, #1 and #2.

[progmom]

3. Just wait til one of them gets hit by a line-drive foul ball

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. If I were a ballplayer

I'd aim at 'em.

:grr:

[reyd reid reed]

16. Heh...I'd do it as a fan...

Might be worth the ejection. Especially with the way my Cubbies are playing.

[KitchenWitch]

23. You weren't the bleacher bum who threw the ball at Jacque Jones

were you? :shrug:

As a Twins fan, I miss Jacque Jones.

[reyd reid reed]

33. Not me. Never me.

First, I've never been to Wrigley, and I don't have that good an arm.

Second...players are off limits. No one should EVER throw anything at any player under any circumstances.

Cheerleaders, on the other hand, are fair game.

:D


(Jones has gotten off to a slow start...but I've heard good things and I'm glad we got him. It's just gonna be a matter of time. And he really does need to watch that getting doubled off business...but...it happens.)

[KitchenWitch]

37. You must get to Wrigley - I love Wrigley Field

I agree with you about not throwing stuff at players. I think you Cubs fans will eventually be happy with Jacque. I miss him so much.

[AngryAmish]

4. Cubs get swept by the f'n Marlins!!

this is embarrassing. Bye, Dusty

99 mil to 15 mil and this is the best you can do?

[reyd reid reed]

18. Shhhhhhh...

I'm traumatized and trying to block out the whole experience. Between the cheerleaders and getting swept in Miami...

Self-medication is starting to look like the way to go...

[johnnie]

5. Damn Bill Clinton and his penis!

He ruined everything! :grr:

[reyd reid reed]

19. Nah...

I'm blaming Dallas. Those Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders started the whole thing. And Dallas is in Texas.

And we all know who Else is from Texas...

So...that's who's fault it is.

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. Dallas is still in recovery mode

And always will be. So they'll forever get it wrong.

9.11 didn't change everything. 11.22 changed everything.

[kmla]

6. Yes. Yes it is.

You shouldn't watch the Cubs. It IS wrong. They really stink.

(Before flaming, let me say that I'm a third generation Cubs fan.)

The cheerleaders? Meh. Doesn't bother me one way or the other.

[reyd reid reed]

21. This year, they're going from....

*brace yourself*

bad to Wurtz. Oh, man.

*thud*

Okay...I'm better now.

:hi:

And the cheerleaders really bug the living daylights outta me. It's just Wrong.

[xmas74]

31. I almost flamed you before I saw that you were third

generation.

It's ok-grew up w/in distance to hear about the Cubs but have Brewer blood.

[NoPasaran]

7. 9/11 changed everything!

[reyd reid reed]

22. Some things, though, are sacred...

to add cheerleaders to baseball is just...

Blasphemy. Blasphemy, I say...

:mad:

[seemunkee]

8. Yes and no

Cheerleaders at baseball is wrong, however watching cheerleaders is never wrong.:evilgrin:

[reyd reid reed]

25. Sure it is...

If it's distracting you from the game, it's wrong.

And they're not even Good cheerleaders.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. The Fish have had 'em since 2003

"Marlins Mermaids." :eyes:

(I didn't know this until now. I googled it.)

I can't begin to tell you how much this pisses me off. :grr:

[reyd reid reed]

26. Disgusting, innit?

Marlins Mermaids. Pad Squad. Angels Wings.

:puke:

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. Blue Jay Bimbi

Sox Slutz.

And I've got an apt rhyme for "Oriole," but I don't wanna get this thread locked.

[reyd reid reed]

34. HA!

:rofl:

[Ravenseye]

13. Wrong

Very....very....uh....



it's...um...very....



..wrong?...it's wrong right?....



..um..yeah..wrong....definately wrong...

I think.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Did you *have* to do that?

Makes me wanna hurt somethin'. :grr:



THERE ARE NO FUCKING CHEERLEADERS IN BASEBALL!!!

[Ravenseye]

20. well

I don't know. In Pittsburgh we have a guy in a big green bird suit, and four pierogies that run around the field once a game. I don't know....



versus



Dude I hear you. Honestly. I do.

But I gotta admit I'm torn here...

[reyd reid reed]

27. Okay...that's just...

:eyes:

It's Still wrong.

[realisticphish]

17. meh

it's not traditional, no, but i don't think it's fundamentally wrong or anything

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Of course it's fundamentally wrong

In baseball, the fans have always been the cheerleaders. I've done it myself a hundred times. We don't need no steenking cheerleaders.

And anyway, cheerleaders don't lead cheers. They're just Shiny Things.

Besides, WTF would they cheer?

Ho, ho! Hey, hey! We want us a double play! Ho, ho...

[Aiptasia]

28. Whatever puts butts in the seats

Baseball is so BOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRINGH.......

I'm not surprised they need gimmicks. The minor leagues use gimmicks, why should the majors be any different.

Only golf is more boring to watch than Baseball.

[Beaverhausen]

32. The Phillies have had cheerleaders since the early 80s.

Someone I know was one.

[reyd reid reed]

35. Why?

I'm truly curious...what motivated her? From the little that I've seen, they're not appreciated and barely noticed...so why did she become one?

[Deja Q]

36. Maybe audiences got a little too interested at

watching the players spit and tug at their special areas...


:hide:

[Mutley]

38. Cheerleaders in baseball...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:











Wait, you're serious?!

:banghead:

[bumblebee1]

39. Oh goodie,

let's turn baseball into something cheap and tawdry with having half naked women shaking their butts and jiggling their tits during a baseball game. MLB is going the way of the NFL and the NBA. I'm with the purists here. Some things just don't go together.

[lakemonster11]

40. That's crap.

I love baseball (I probably go to 80% of the Mariners' home games), and one of the reasons I love it so much is that they don't have cheerleaders. I can actually go to a community sporting event and not be constantly reminded that our society loves to objectify women. Seriously, I love going to football and, to a lesser extent, basketball games, but whenever the cheerleaders/dance team members come out I feel embarassed for my gender. When they have shirtless male cheerleaders, chosen solely for their looks, dancing around in ass-tight pants and flirting shamelessly with the players and fans, then I'll shut up about cheerleading being sexist.

I'm going to send a pre-emptive letter to Howard Lincoln and tell him that I'm boycotting if I see a single pom-pom out on the field.

:grr:

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. Yay!

Pom-pom activism. I love it!

:yourock: