Home Run Derby

One of the things that makes baseball great is the interaction the sport can have with the fans. From hecklers to mascots to drunken fans.

Speaking of drunken fans … let’s go back to Seattle. And the advent of “Rally Fries.”

Earlier this year, Mariners TV broadcaster Mike Blowers gave a fan a hard time after he dropped his fries while going for a foul ball. The end result: Blowers sent the kid a new batch of fries.

Lo and behold, Mariners fans started showing up with signs and costumes asking Blowers for fries. Since it’s not his money, Blowers delivered to the most creative fans … and the Mariners would often score after they were delivered.

They weren’t just Fries – they were Rally Fries! I bet the Rally Monkey would eat them.

So in honor of Mike Blowers and the Mariners’ Rally Fries, Home Run Derby presents these three portly gentlemen’s successful attempt to get themselves some free deep-fried potato sticks …

Nice hats, guys. And that’s how you take one for the team – going shirtless like that.

By the way, what is with all the Seattle Mariners stuff we keep posting here at HRD? The dancing grounds crew, the gigantic bobbleheads, Cheap Beer courtesy of Richie Sexson, the Mariner Moose running over Coco Crisp, the Ibanez/Jones post and now these fatties?

It’s like we’re Seattle upon Lake Michigan or something.

Ah well – they’re mired in a six game losing streak. M’s fans can use something to keep their mind off the baseball on the field.

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