PETA Asks MLB to Change ‘Bullpen’ to ‘Arm Barn’

I can't roll my eyes hard enough...

The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals demanded this week that Major League Baseball stop referring to the dug-outs in which pitchers warm-up as “bullpens.”

“Words matter, and baseball ‘bullpens’ devalue talented players and mock the misery of sensitive animals,” PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in a statement on Thursday.

“PETA encourages Major League Baseball coaches, announcers, players, and fans to changeup their language and embrace the ‘arm barn’ instead,” Reiman said.

The organization claimed the “bullpen” is a reference to stalls where bulls are kept before they are slaughtered.

“Switching to ‘arm barn’ would be a home run for baseball fans, players, and animals,” PETA said.

Baseball officials and players immediately mocked PETA’s request as a joke:

Where the word “bullpen” originated is unclear. It is possible the Cincinnati Enquirer was the first to use the term in a game recap in 1877.

“The bull-pen at the Cincinnati grounds with its `three for a quarter crowd’ has lost its usefulness,” O.P. Caylor, the reporter, wrote. “The bleacher boards just north of the old pavilion now holds the cheap crowd, which comes in at the end of the first inning on a discount.”

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