There’s no cheerleading in baseball!

Oh, I guess there actually is cheerleading in baseball; but it just doesn’t seem right.

The Florida Marlins Mermaids

And they even have some sort of tourney bracket.  Link

I wonder if there are any other MLB teams with cheerleaders.

EDIT:  Found my answer:

There’s no room for cheerleading in baseball?  Well – that’s where you’re wrong – because there are at least 16 natural breaks in a baseball game, and you can only watch a variation of a Dot Race on the Jumbotron so many times.

And more importantly, because there are at least seven MLB teams who have some form of cheerleaders on the payroll.

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That article doesn’t mention the seven teams, but a quick Google search helped me narrow it down to Florida, St Louis, and Cincinnati.

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After 75 years of marriage, Fort Worth couple died 5 hours apart

FORT WORTH — The routine was familiar to the family and friends of J.C. and Josie Cox.

When the couple visited, they’d sit a spell and talk, perhaps for an hour, maybe two. Then, without saying a word, Mr. Cox would stand up, grab his hat and coat, and silently walk to the front door. It was his way of saying he was ready to go, and Mrs. Cox, his wife of 75 years, always followed.

Last week, at an Arlington nursing home, Mr. Cox, 100, clutching his wife’s hand, died of complications from pneumonia. Five hours later, Mrs. Cox, 96, followed her husband. She had suffered from a heart condition.

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I saw this story on the local news and was touched seeing two caskets side-by-side.

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