PETA wants a name change
PETA wants MLB, baseball fans to rename 'bullpen'
The animal rights organization says the term "mocks the misery of sensitive animals" and even suggested an interesting replacement term.
Author: Cameron LaFontaine (Locked On Podcast Network)
Published: 2:28 PM EDT October 28, 2021
Updated: 2:28 PM EDT October 28, 2021
ATLANTA — PETA is targeting baseball this week in an effort to get the league and fans to change what they call the place where relief pitchers warm up.
For many, many years it has been referred to as the bullpen where relief pitchers and starting pitchers warm up prior to their outings.
"PETA is pitching a proposal to the baseball world: Strike out the word 'bullpen,' which references the holding area where terrified bulls are kept before slaughter, in favor of a more modern, animal-friendly term," the animal rights organization said in a release.
Now, you may be reading this nodding your head in agreement or you may more likely be rolling your eyes. But, wait until you hear PETA's suggestion for what to re-name the bullpen.
"Arm barn."
I mean, that's kind of awesome, right? PETA even changed their name on Twitter to "arm barn" as they try to get the movement going during baseball's World Series.
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It's obviously not the first time PETA has taken on the sports world. For many years, the organization has shamed players who have worn fur. They have sought change for college football teams who use live mascots including the University of Texas and the University of Georgia. Recently, the organization even tried to get the Cleveland Indians to add a "veggie dog" mascot to its "Hot Dog Derby" where people dressed in hot dog costumes run around the field.
So it's not exactly surprising they're inserting themselves into this one. Although, I think it's fair to say it's a bit of a reach trying to change a term for a part of the field where pitchers warm up. With that said, I am in favor of the change if the "baseball world" so chooses, because "arm barn" rocks.
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Throw PETA out of the park.
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I'm gonna eat a steak every time peta says something stupid.
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redneckandy: 33170441559707/comments/33170430907931
I'm gonna eat a steak every time peta says something stupid.
I'm going to go shoot 3 racoons, 5 opposums, 2 skunks, and 4 European starlings Everytime they use bandwidth anywhere...
Heck, I "accidentally" popped a hill and took out 5 baby teenage raccoons just this morning.
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Why would "People Eating Tasty Animal" be concerned about this....😜
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I propose we change PETAs name to something more appropriate. My thoughts would be a name beginning in Bull but not ending in pen. A suffix beginning in s and ending in t should be adequate to describe their contributions to our society. Bob
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I guess those nuts don't realize what a baseball is covered with or else they'd really go bonkers 🤪. I've met only a few of them and they're total idiots 🙄
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Arm Barn? That is ludicrous. A barn is a building, and it appears the pitchers do their warming up in the open air. Plus, a barn is a place of untold animal suffering. When I was a kid, in the cattle barn our milk cows were restrained by their necks and their milk was stolen. In the hog barn the sows were rung and small pigs were castrated, and it certainly appeared to me that this was against their will. A barn is not necessarily an animal paradise.
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A word crime is second in severity only to a thought crime.
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I think they need to rename their organization as the Nut House
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sensitive bull.
Anyone??
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Junkballer: 33170441559707/comments/33170448502043
I guess those nuts don't realize what a baseball is covered with or else they'd really go bonkers 🤪. I've met only a few of them and they're total idiots 🙄
Nice job, now they will have something else to whine about 😲....
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Of all the things in the world to worry about,,,this is what they got
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William81: 33170441559707/comments/33170433482139
https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11302317#Comment_11302317
Nice job, now they will have something else to whine about 😲....
Thanks for the compliment but In case you don't know it's no big secret I'm spilling, it's printed right there on the ball itself 😉
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I don't care if that organization granted me $1000 bucks for some random reason. I still want to punch every one of them in the face.
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People
Enamored of the
Totally
Asinine
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What they should be doing is going after Fauchi and his experiments om beagles and other animals.
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redneckandy: 33170441559707/comments/33170430907931
I'm gonna eat a steak every time peta says something stupid.
I hope you’re hungry!
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Are there any Chinese Buffets near the ball park ?
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Lets ban the term "bat" rack while we're at it, why do we need to insult bats..........😀
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They're having a cow over the term "bull pen" but are willing to steer us right. Next, they'll want to want to eliminate "homer" because it demeans pigeons.
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it wont stop then " foul " ball
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PETA: The animal rights division of the DEMOCRAT party.
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No more Red Bull in the dugout
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select-fire: 33170441559707/comments/33170465503259
No more Red Bull in the dugout
More like Bull-Chit.....😉
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select-fire: 33170441559707/comments/33170481472795
it wont stop then " foul " ball
Not really relevant to their cause tho.
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Maybe this will help you Fowl.
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select-fire: 33170441559707/comments/33170482911643
https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming/turkeys/
That's it, more coons/skunks/grinners are going get popped...
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Do people get money or notoriety for forcing or shaming other people or businesses to changing their names for no good reason? How was that for a run-on sentence?
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To quote Charlie Brown, "Good Grief"
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