Mayor of Bullpenland

The August 26th doubleheader between the Sky Sox and the Las Vegas 51's, two baseball games, one dancing bullpen and the kickoff of, what looked like, Justin Hampson's campaign to be Mayor of Bullpenland.

Mayoral candidate Hampson, far right, speaks with voters,
like #73 Robert Carson, about their everyday concerns
like not enough dancing in the bullpen.

Candidate Hampson responds with, "dancing? you want
more dancing? Well, check this out...

...If they want bullpen dancing, dammit,
I'll give them bullpen dancing."

As the center of the pen grew weary of Justin's constant pleas for their votes Hampson shifted his focus to the far right of the bullpen...

A good smile goes a long way in any political campaign...

...but one must also address the issues,
"you too want more dancing? Okay.
Time to break out the big guns..."

..."Here's Justin Hampson's sexy-time dance explosion!
Aaaaaand! I've got your vote!"

Time to keep walking the town...

"Wherever there are dudes to talk to...I'll be there."

"Hi guys! I'm Justin Hampson, I grab my crotch a lot
and I want to be Mayor of Bullpenland!"

But even the Mayor of Bullpenland has to pitch now and then...

"Oh, shit! I gotta pitch!"

And pitch he did, with a scoreless 7th in game one and the save in game two...

Justin Hampson for Mayor of Bullpenland

He can talk
He can dance
He can scratch
He can pitch

Thank you for your vote!

Bonus pic! Here's Justin from 2006 when he was pitching for the Sky Sox:

Thanks Justin!

Vegas Dance Off!

The Las Vegas 51's are in town and DAMN! if they didn't bring their dancin' shoes!

First up for the 51's is #38 Sean Henn!

Sean, in the middle with his arms crossed, was just chillin'
when he busted out the "chair dance"!

Nice use of a prop Mr. Henn. 7/10!

Next up is catcher Kai Gronauer, showing the boys his "moves":

My milkshake brings all the boys to the (ball)yard...

Way to shake it Kai! 3rd up on our list is #73 Robert Carson:

Great facial expression Robert!
Shows that you're really, really into it.

Oh no! Look out Robert! It's the boss-man! Las Vegas manager Wally Backstrom!

Grrrrrr. Harumph! Something's going on somewhere.

HEY! What the hell are you doing back there?

Who me skip?
It's cool!

What does Justin Hampson, a former Sky Sox player, 2005-2006, think of this Vegas Style Bullpen Dance Party:

Justin Hampson thinks it's Flippin' AWESOME!

BONUS TIME! The original dancer from the May 1, 2013 post Dance You Fool! Dance! was not Sean Henn as we believed, but the one and only Justin Hampson! You rock dude!

Ooh Burn!

Travis d'Arnaud played there last year for the Jays
and when not injured, this year for the Mets.
Dude is Mr. Vegas.

The Wall Street Journal just burned the New York Mets AAA affiliate, Las Vegas 51's and their home, Cashman Field. Hell, it's the Mets and their douche of an owner Jeff Wilpon, so this seems like a marriage made in heaven. Go ahead. Give it a read.

Bitchin' about 'dry balls'?
Borrow the Sky Sox's humidor!
(Or stop being cheap bastards and build one yourselves)

And when Vegas comes back into town, August 26-29, we'll give them a shoulder to cry on.

 And now...some kids doing the 'Kung Fu' -

Quit yer whining and get to playing ball or I swear,
these kids will commence to kickin' and beatin' you
within an inch of your big city lives!

With the help of Kwai Chang Caine, of course.

Rock on Grasshopper!

Dance You Fool! Dance!

Some of the cast of Yo Gabba Gabba were at Security Service Field at Mile High during the last home stand.

Yo Gabba Gabba's Sexual Healing and Robot Boy
are caught doing something probably inappropriate.

And if you know Yo Gabba Gabba, you know they have some bitchin' sweet tunes. And who likes to dance a bit to the bitchin' tunes? This reliever from the Las Vegas 51's that's who!

 

And here's the song he was bustin' his beats to (I Like To Dance):

Yo Gabba Gabba on the big screen!

51's bullpen watching Yo Gabba Gabba on the big screen.

Dance!
Dance like you just don't care who's watching you!

And just who is our mysterious,
hoodie-wearing dancing machine?

We're guessing Sean Henn, if you
know please hip us to the truth.

Be you Sean Henn, or some other Las Vegas reliever, nice moves brother. Nice moves indeed.

Snot Rocket Nose Game

Las Vegas 51's pitcher Bill Murphy was being a good guy tossing gum to the kids on the berm when I thought he started the 'Nose Game' (go ahead and check it out. I'll wait. Got it? Okay), the rest of the bullpen began to play and then something exploded out of Bill's nose:

Hey! We're all playing the Nose Game!
Wait a minute...you're not playing...
you're firing a Snot Rocket!

What in the hell did you have stuffed in your nose?!

He wasn't playing any 'Nose Game'. He was just shooting out a snot rocket and caused all his teammates to look foolish playing along. What a bastard!

Nose Game! Who's has to clean up his Farmer Blow?!

Then, just like nothing happened, he went back to tossing gum, snot covered gum, to the kiddies...

I hope to God that you washed your hands...
in the bullpen... that doesn't have running water...or soap.
Ewwwww! Your're nasty!

...serves them right, the greedy, little beggers! The ball yard is not the set of Oliver and the quicker they learn that the better!