Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:55 am EDT
We've learned a lot of things about the once-anonymous Tampa Bay Rays as they've streaked from only 66 wins in '07 to the best record in baseball near the midpoint of '08.
Now meet their signature superfan, the Cowbell Kid, as he battles the invaders from Beantown during Monday night's 5-4 Tampa win.
(Warning: Seeing as how this video actually features a packed Tropicana Dome, repeated, loud chants of "Tampa, Tampa," and a signature superfan for the Tampa Bay Rays, this may be a little bit like viewing some sort of strange Bizarro World. Children and pregnant women be advised.)
Cowbell Kid is no pink gorilla, but a good effort nonetheless, especially for Tampa.
After the jump, watch a local news segment on the Cowbell Kid. Plus, find more of his videos here.
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I recently sat next to a Sawx fan at an Orioles-Pirates game. He was chock full of breaking news - did you know that the Patriots beat the Panthers in the Super Bowl? Some people behind us from North Caroline were informed of that.
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(ps) IT ALL ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS!!!
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(ps) IT ALL ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS!!!
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"Me Papelbon, me like music."
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Chuck, you sound like a Yankees fan. Secondly, it isn't his kid, so you can't blame him for having followers. However, if the kid learns something, maybe he'll learn that you can have a lot of fun at a baseball game without being an alcoholic, which describes many of the "most baseball fans" that I've seen sporting the same Yankees jersey that you wear. There are so many things worth complaining about, but here you are all upset about the Cowbell Kid.
There is a group of people going to games in right field who have tons of fun and for some reason this upsets people. Try saying that outloud and see if it passes the common sense filter, "I'm pissed off because a grown man dresses funny and yells in deep right field at a baseball game."
And finally, that "unstable man" owns his own business.
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Bring on the blue hair, mohawks and yes, MORE COWBELL!!! We've got 4 more games to WIN!!!
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