MLB news: PETA wants to see baseball pitchers warm-up in the ‘arm barn’, not ‘bullpen’
‘Words matter, and baseball's “bullpens” devalue talented players and mock the misery of sensitive animals’
As baseball fans get ready for Game Three of the World Series, PETA has called on Major League Baseball to use the term ‘arm barn’ instead of ‘bullpen’, which the animal rights group says mocks “the misery of sensitive animals”.
The area where relief pitchers warm-up before entering a game is known as the bullpen but PETA said the term also refers to the “holding area where terrified bulls are kept before slaughter”.
“Words matter, and baseball’s ‘bullpens’ devalue talented players and mock the misery of sensitive animals,” the group said in a statement on Thursday.
“PETA is encouraging Major League Baseball (MLB) coaches, announcers, players, and fans to change up their language and embrace the ‘arm barn’ instead.”
PETA’s request comes a day before Friday’s World Series game between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros at Truist Park, with the series tied 1-1.
Reuters
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies