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Free Vuvuzelas Cost Marlins an Out
According to the Palm Beach Post, the promotional "vuvuzela" air horns the Florida Marlins gave away on Saturday evening may have been behind a ninth inning lineup snafu that cost the Marlins an out and got manager Fredi Gonzalez ejected. Brian Barden was called out for batting out of order in after the umpires mistakenly thought Gonzalez had told them Wes Helms would be pinch hitting. Umpire crew chief Tom Hallion later blamed the incident on the deafening noise from the vuvuzelas. Vuvuzelas are, of course, the air horn/trumpet contraptions that have been ubiquitous at this month's soccer World Cup in South Africa. Their stay in America is looking short lived.
Somehow this feels like an invasive species of flora or fauna being brought over to the USA or a species of animal with no natural predator that will only multiply and breed and spread unchecked. I have no problem with them in other countries, or maybe even just at soccer games even here in the USA, but baseball games? Please.
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