'Bullpen' is offensive to cows and should be renamed 'arm barn': PETA

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(In baseball, the bullpen is the area where relief pitchers warm up before entering a game)

Animal rights organization PETA is encouraging the MLB to "strike out" the word "bullpen" and switch to "arm barn" instead, arguing that the current term "mock[s] the misery of sensitive animals."

“PETA encourages Major League Baseball coaches, announcers, players, and fans to changeup their language and embrace the ‘arm barn’ instead," stated PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “Words matter, and baseball ‘bullpens’ devalue talented players and mock the misery of sensitive animals."

According to NPR, bullpen has been hypothesized to have a few different potential origins, though it may have first appeared in a December 1915 issue of "Baseball Magazine."

The most popular theory on its origin is that at the turn of the century, most ballparks had large, bull-shaped Bull Durham tobacco billboards on the outfield wall, which is where relief pitchers would go to warm up, reports NPR.

The Hill has reached out to the MLB for comment, but has not immediately heard back.

https://thehill.com/other-political-figures/579214-bullpen-is-offensive-to-cows-and-should-be-renamed-arm-barn-peta

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[Bev54]

1. Oh FFS

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Kill Rodeo's if that pleases you

fuck off with "bullpens" JFK.

[Zorro]

3. PETA will next go after people who say "bullshit"

[tymorial]

7. Clearly you fail to acknowledge the epidemic of incontinent bulls

[left-of-center2012]

4. "Thank you"

[Iggo]

16. Exactly.

[tymorial]

6. People have too much time on their hands.

[wellst0nev0ter]

8. Reminder: Peta runs kill shelters

At PETA’s shelter, most animals are put down. PETA calls them mercy killings.

[Pisces]

9. I'm sure this is for attention but in these times who could tell?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

10. Fuck peta

They murder animals,specifically pets.

And they did an experiment on kittens to make them vegetarian those kittens died.

So,fuck you peta. Fuck you upside down with metal pineapple
May all the pets you murder chase you and kill you over and over for eternity.

I hope peta is destroyed.

[Hekate]

11. That is some prime, aged Bull Shit. Is PETA trying to be ridiculous?

Are they trying to be ridiculous or were they born that way?

[krispos42]

12. Cows do not understand English or any other human language

Ergo, cows can't be offended by written or spoken words.

[Ron Obvious]

13. PETA are a prime example of low-empathy, narcissistic activists

I suspect they really don't care about animal welfare in the first place; it's about the thrill of antagonistic activism. There's a lot of that about these days.

[Raine]

14. I don't think people should be referred to as pigs or showing piggish

behavior, it's insulting to pigs.

[Iggo]

15. Made you look!

PETA been trollin’ fo’ days.

[quickesst]

17. There are some groups....

.... the world would be better off without. Trump and the Republican Party, Scientology, and PETA are just a few. They are harmful, worthless, or both.

[lame54]

18. It's one thing to ask them to change it...

But to tell them what to call it?

[Initech]

19. This might be one of the stupidest things they've ever done.

[srose58089]

20. I first thought this was an article from the Onion

Are you kidding me. Seriously cows are going to hold protests because of this. What about folks who have never been on a cruise are they going to protest the "on deck circle"? How about stand up comedians? Hey baseball that's my foul line change the name. I don't see any corn or soybeans growing in the out field or in field. We need another name to keep farmers from rising up in protest. I hate to mention the beer garden without apologizing to my tomato and pepper plants. PETA is bad Pita Bread is good. That is all.

[yellowcanine]

21. Arm barn?

Yeah that will catch on.