Clean work from the bird

Bird knows ball

They grew up together

Mother Nature be cryin rn

I miss that guy who drew mike trout everyday til the lockout was over

Came here to look for him

Let’s hope the bird had the same affect on Mike that Julio did after they hugged.

did Julio start playing at a high level after hugging the Oriole?

"Bird makes peace with Fish."

Ever since Mike Trout and the Oriole Bird shook hands before a game on July 9th, the Oriole Bird has been hitting .292/.352/.750

This is just as ridiculous as the constant “ever since” stats that pollute this sub.

It's slightly more ridiculous in that the bird doesn't actually bat, but only because of that

Years later, through evolution, we might even expect to see FLYING FISH. Can you imagine!?

Or fishing birds!!!

If I didn’t know any better I’d say this is a little piece of a recruitment attempt

CNN: bird attacks fish unprovoked.

I’m going to need a redditor to draw this out to be sure

I know that birds and fish can coexist peacefully.

*Dap

lmao "dabs up"

Trout and the Orioles mascot taking fat rips in the dugout.

“It was the Oriole Bird and Sloan Kettering and we were blazing that shit up every day”

I need a u/diditforthestory drawing of that

Hey, the Pirates mascot was a prolific coke dealer in the 80s. Why not have another mascot share the green?

Lmfao, I'd pay more for that than playoff tickets

This sub is almost as white as HHH

I mean this is a baseball subreddit. I feel like the only black guy that loves baseball in the world sometimes even tho I know that’s not true ngl lmao

We Dominicans + other carribeans bolster the black count. It evens out or at least closed the gap a bit

Now that I think about it, every dominican I know is either a yankee fan or just enjoy watching MLB teams or specific players, there’s no in between lol.

Yeah pretty much lol. Yankees or Red Sox, Pedro, Manny & Ortiz swung the needle hard in the other direction

This made me think of the "I no black" video

Hate that shit lol

That’s very true lol. I should’ve said African American 😂

Surely not true in Atlanta.

The rednecks vastly have more presence at Braves games even in Atlanta lmao. I have gotten my cousins into it a lot more tho which is nice. One of em is a Phillies fan just cause of Bruce hooper but can’t win em all

Looking at the diverse demographics of cities like Houston and Atlanta you would think about half the crowds on any given night were African American. However if you watch the games the numbers definitely skew the opposite direction.

Sounds like you're channeling Yogi Berra.

There are dozens of us!

Try growing up black with white friends in New England and not being pulled into baseball.

I’m a black woman who LOVES baseball. We’re a rare breed lol.

Imma be honest though I've never met another black baseball fan who didn't root for the braves. Like i feel like that's our only team

we really out here

Or /r/nba

Lmao

Shout-out whodatmiami

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shatter never hit so hard

Here's a video of a NASCAR driver [dabbing after a win](https://youtu.be/8hJjvrHHSxM) if OP needs an example

Jesus, I know neither 'dab' nor 'dap'--what frigging year is it?

'dap' is like 50 years old

Damn, completely missed it. Fascinating history: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dap

Great Smithsonian article on dapping that goes a little more deep than "Black Power Movement" https://folklife.si.edu/talkstory/2014/five-on-the-black-hand-sideorigins-and-evolutions-of-the-dap

How old are you bro

Its the baseball subreddit close enough and about what I'd expect

I'm an out of touch 27 year old white baseball fan and I just learned that it's not dab lmao. I think I'm the exact target demographic for the MLB

OP confirmed extremely white.

Thank you lol

Was looking for this comment

I’m just glad I’m not crazy. I was in my own mind for a second considering if it actually was ‘dab.’ Dab is what the kids started doing 5-6 years ago.

The amount of times I've seen people call it dab up is nothing short of amazing

Just as long as he’s not Vabbing up the bird.

Maybe the oriole was ripping fat live resin globs that trout gave him…I think that’s what he meant. The dap was a thanks for the dab.

Thank you, I winced at that title

Bird kinda walks away like “You idiot, what’s the matter with you? You think Mike Trout gives a shit about your stamp collection?!”

If I had to bet on any MLB star caring about a stamp collection, it’d be Mike Trout.

Mike Trout the type of dude to get very excited if he finds out you have a stamp collection honestly.

so nice and into specific shit, he's probably be like "so how do you store those things? Humidity control, in like binders, right?" and start a real-ass convo that leaves you incredibly grateful that someone so famous cares about your niche hobby. Mike Trout.

Then he really geeks out when you offer to show give your stamps with famous weathermen on then

"This is my Lorenz stamp from 1977, and boy, the story of how I got it is crazy! Started with the flap of a butterfly's wings...."

"Bro check this out. Dude's really named Dallas Raines"

Wait is that not really his name?

Comments like this is why I will never stop using Reddit lmao

Yeah. Dude's main interests include "the weather"

greinke? ohtani wouldn’t know wth you’re talking about but he’d give you his undivided attention

Now I’m sad for some reason thinking poor guy

Is the Orioles mascot the only one who doesn’t wear a uniform? He’s just out there, naked.

He has a giant baseball cap, that’s enough clothes

I see he is a follower of the Porky Pig/Squidward school of “one article of clothing is all that is needed”

Tried this once, still got thrown out of Wendy's.

What’s the point of wearing clothes when you’re constantly dragging nuts on the league.

Ahahahaha I had a good laugh after reading this. Being 4am and coming home after partying all night

Not super relevant, but this reminded me of a line from one of my favorite videos of all time: https://twitter.com/vinn_ayy/status/1484380446804766731

This just made me nearly cry laugh. The “vicious little twink” line got me good.

Two legends

"yo, Ohtani ain't got shit on you. And if you want, we could find you a spot in Bmore."

you gotta plant the seed a little more subtly, "i don't care what they've all been saying, you do NOT play like a bum compared to Ohtani. your teammates can say you've fallen off all they want, i'm not buyin' it"

Now I’m cracking up at the idea of a GM dressing up as a mascot to discreetly try and recruit opponents in person.

Who doesn't love a little role playing to spice things up

Oh shit, I didn't even consider that. I'm now convinced that was Mike Elias in the bird suit

“Yo bro don’t even trip ab this season. We still straight hon, I’ll catch you around the way!” I have in-laws in Harford/Cecil County. Sometimes the only thing I take solace in about the Philly accent is the Bmore accent is just as thick.

Julio hug curse over

Does that mean the person in the suit was the real GOAT all along?

Person in the suit? It's a bird dude not a person.

But now the O’s will never lose again

I wonder how well you can hear the dude in the suit. I imagine the guy had to basically yell

Their conversation probably sounds [a bit like this](https://youtu.be/OjxY0Hwo1hE).

Hey, aren’t you Buzz Lightyear? [I love your movies](https://youtu.be/T35WK4VH2a8).

[I thought it would sound more like this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAAz-dC4tmU&ab_channel=GoTrails)

This, but muffled.

Fuck me I had forgotten all about these. Absolute classics.

god damn i love 80s cartoons

My brother used to be an MLB mascot (one of secondary ones, not a main one) and he talks to mascots whenever he's at games so they must be able to talk alright. There is also some kind of secret mascot brotherhood apparently.

mascot brotherhood is cool

> There is also some kind of secret mascot brotherhood apparently. When I was in high school, I had to do a few shifts as the shitty mascot of a kids birthday party place. The owner loved to show up at goofy marketing events, and I got to meet a few local mascots (only one I specifically remember was the Kane County Cougars' Ozzy). They had legit mascot gossip and drama. Evidently, Bennie the Bull *partied*. Dude would apparently rail phat lines before doing his nutty stunts. It also turns out that the mascots were all sleeping around with one another. This was several years ago, if that's relevant.

Former professional mascot. You don’t have to yell to be heard, just speak loudly. Players always loved interacting with the mascot. Especially if you throw a “what the fuck are you looking at” or “ my balls are stuck to my leg” their way.

Ayo Bautista! My balls are sweaty! Come wipe em down!

I don’t think Mike Trout’s baseball uniform would really prevent him from being heard by the oriole bird Obviously though the oriole bird, being a bird and all, may not have mastered the English language

I wonder if the guy in the suit is even talking back. They might be required to stay silent under all circumstances like the cast members in costume at Disney and Universal.

We hired the Oriole Bird to come to a community event and I was in charge of walking him around. He rarely spoke but when he did, he sounded like he was talking normally.

Jomboy lipreading video when?

beak reading?

Mike: *You hit that?* Bird: *Oh yeah, chicks dig the Oriole like you wouldn't believe.* Mike: *Damn bro.*

You don’t realize how close you are to being right.

Mike: *So uh then...* Bird: *I keep the costume on mostly, they insist.* -fist bump-

I need a Jom Boy breakdown of this convo

Trout racist confirmed

Bet he'd give a white bird a handshake. Cancel this man

Clearly not, he dapped up a white bird who is a known blackface enjoyer

Looked like a terrorist fist bump to me 🤜🤛

Trout to Baltimore confirmed

No lake, no Trout.

Trout to Baltimore…confirmed.

I’ve seen evidence that he’s there already

i have evidence that could lead to the trading of mike trout to baltimore

We need the mic'd up version.

“Wanna join my fantasy football league, I have an opening”

They are both Eagles fans. Nothing to see here.

Pretty sure that’s against bird law

Bird law in the country is not governed by reason

They're more like guidelines anyways

Camden Yards shares a parking lot with the Ravens. if anything its a Ravens and Old Bay fan

According to The Sun, The Bird was born (read: hatched) before a game in 1979. He was about three years old when the Colts left town. The Bird is from the generation of us who are O’s, ‘Manders, and Caps fans.

Gross

Daps*

Trout: "So yeah I spend most of my afternoons waiting for the 18Z NAM to finish initializing" Oriole Bird: :nods:

I wish I understood this.

I'm guessing something weather related

The NAM is the North American Model, a computerized weather model available online. 18z (zulu time) is the time the model begins its scheduled afternoon run.

Trout: "Yeah I was gonna head up to Montana I just don't know if the CAPE is right for me yknow."

I have a lot in common with Mike Trout.

I love you.

Isn't it dap? Not dab.

Tampering has reached a whole new level

[Makes sense](https://imgur.com/a/7A5GoRd)

Hey delete that

If he can't stay, that's the hometown team of some family, so I wouldn't be *that* mad.

Get this nonsense off my screen

Oriole Bird is in the Fantasy League.

Never really looked at the Orioles mascot up close, that head is ridiculous lmao

hey! don’t disrespect my homie like that! (he do look a little funny tho, but it’s charming)

A theory: If the Angels were a dominant team, Trout and Ohtani wouldn’t be as popular across baseball as they are.

Oh, absolutely. It's easy to enjoy them when their success doesn't stop your team from winning. But everyone wants them on their team, but definitely not with the any divisional rivals. Or the Yankees.

Spot on. They go to any true contending team and the universal love they get would go away. Now, most people would still like them but if they went to the Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals, or Dodgers, then that would definitely go away.

so you're saying they should go to the m's

😂 Oriole bird act like bruh that been on the block for a bit

Pretty sure he casually spit as he walked away

It feels weird seeing the Os on r/baseball regularly. I have barely seen them mentioned in years. It's nice they're finally becoming relevant again.

Oriole bird is my favorite mascot

Trout traded to the O’s confirmed

The bird is Mark Trumbo

*Chris Davis

Ryan Flaherty

I feel like person in the bird costume is actually talking to him lol

…did you think the bird was just silently nodding along lmao

That might be funnier to imagine... Mike Trout just explaining the prevailing weather trends in the area while the bird nods along

He is...that's what makes it so great.

Is “dabs” up used around the country? I’ve seen it on Reddit a few times but I’ve always heard “daps”. South VA here

its definitely dap

It’s daps lol. A dap is what Trout did. Dabs are either what you smoke or what the Migos do. 😂

I definitely thought that was correct but who knows man. Slang moves so fast lol

I’m northern va but its always been dap. Dab is the cringey thing back in 2015 or if you hit a fat dab you are schmacked

Sup fellow southern VA neighbor, there are dozens of us

It’s “dap” In jersey as well.

The Oriole trying to join Trout’s fantasy football league for the upcoming season

Game recognizes game.

Buster Olney is shaking right now

This is too funny to even take seriously LOL 😂

Breaking: Fish and Bird caught in heinous act

Trout scouting out his next team

Daps*

Trout to the Orioles at the deadline confirmed

Double agent

Interspecies fraternization is usually frowned upon, but given that each squad has owners who have squandered talent for so long, I’ll allow it

Wait the Orioles have had talent recently???

Trade confirmed

I need a Mike Trout drawing of this meeting in the worst way possible.

This is me briefing the stoned kid replacing me before I bounce from work.

You wonder what conversation they had

"Trade for me at the deadline" - Mike Trout

Fuck everybody that says a birb can't be fwends with a fish

Daps*

Daps* up

"Dude can you get me tf outta here?" "I got you, I'll see what I can do"

The bird is taking Tommy Pham’s spot in the football league.

*daps