Pony Party: Huge Manatees

Speaking of Huge Manatees ….

The Florida Marlins baseball team held tryouts last weekend for their new x-large male cheerleading squad – the Manatees.

From the Casting Call:

The Florida Marlins are looking for big bellies with the biggest jiggle, big feet with the best dance moves and enthusiasm that will rock Marlins fans out of their seats. Auditions will be held to find a few big men for the Marlins Manatees, the first-ever dance/energy squad in Major League Baseball at Dolphin Stadium on February 24, 2008 at 1 p.m. for the 2008 season.

The Marlins Manatees will perform at Friday and Saturday Marlins’ home games throughout the 2008 season. Manatee hopefuls do not need prior dance experience-just the willingness to learn routines and have a great time dancing and cheering in front of thousands of fans.

This is the same franchise that brought you the Marlins Mermaids – a dance team that also perform at Marlins games.  

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Well, now the tryouts are over and the Manatees have been selected:

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The Marlins are really desperate for fans – not sure this is the way to woo them though.  Maybe a combined Mermaid/Manatee dance team would be interesting though. The Manmaids?  In any case, spring training has begun and the baseball season kicks off in a few weeks.  It’s one of my favorite pastimes.    

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