Throwdowns > Closed

C-C-C said 01/31, 12:09 PM
I've been to thousands of games in dozens of different ball parks minor and major league. Most ballparks DO have some sort of eye candy. Some have scantily clad attractive young women taking tickets, handing out programs, selling souvenirs, etc. While others have an official group of girls, such the Nashville Sounds AAA team has the 'Soundettes' who act as ushers, mingle with the crowd during games, and perform dance routines on the top of the dugouts in between innings.

On field cheerleaders isn't feasible in baseball like it is in Football or basketball. It's just far too dangerous. But most every ball park I've attended has some sort of alternative to on-field cheerleaders.

Baseball is also unique in that it's mostly played outdoors in the middle of summer. As such you'll find very many attractive patrons dressed in tank tops, bikini tops, short shorts, and skirts, T-Shirts, etc. After 5 or 6 innings of drinking you'll often find scantily clad patrons putting on a much better show than you'd get from any official cheerleaders.

Comiskey Park in Chicago has a shower in the bleachers to encourage patrons to 'cool off'...turns into a big wet T-Shirt contest.

C-C-C said 01/31, 12:47 PM
As I stated most all ball parks provide some sort of eye candy at various places. Official on-field cheerleaders just aren't necessary. "cheerleaders" are supposed lead the crowd in cheering on the home team (hence their name). That's their main purpose. In baseball the girls can't be on the field during the game, way to dangerous for them and would result in a ton of interference.

What use is a cheerleader between innings? Are they going to lead us in cheering on the beer vendors, or something?

It sounds to me like you just want to see scantily clad employees at the ballpark. Most every park already has that. Baseball owners aren't stupid. And in most cases you get closer to a ticket taker or usher than you ever would an on-field cheerleader who would honestly look silly cheering during commercial breaks in the game.

Again, baseball is unique in the area of scantily dressed women. You'll find far more of them at an outdoor ballpark in the middle of summer than you will at any football or basketball game. If you attend an outdoor game in August and don't get your fill of eye candy something is wrong. And after a few innings many are approachable (and drunk).

C-C-C said 02/01, 02:24 PM
For the third time...cheerleaders lead cheers DURING games, it's their job. That's not possible in baseball. And it's completely unnecessary. Plenty of babes to scope out at the ball park on a hot August day, don't need pom pom girls on the field between innings.

I have no doubt a lot of drunk Marlins fans make complete fools of themselves when the girls take the field. It has nothing to do with the game or 'atmosphere' as you put it. I'd rather they do a dizzy bat race for the kids or something between innings. Baseball is the last family friendly sporting event out there and it's already plenty sexed up with scantily clad hardbodied employees and the attire women naturally tend to wear on hot humid days. Do we really need to go overboard and toss in otherwise useless 'cheerleaders' between innings simply to appease the male drunks in the crowd? Should we throw the Chippendales out there too, in order to appease the women fans?

Next time you go to a Marlins game, instead of ogling 'cheerleaders' 500 feet away try chatting up one of the scantily clad hotties sure to be in your section. I promise, most don't bite and the ones who do are usually very good at it.