Monday was another example of what makes the College World Series such a unique experience in the world of sports. There were thrilling finishes of course โ walk-off wins by Vanderbilt and Miami โ but there were also examples of quirkiness that you can only find around a baseball diamond.
Namely a faux-campfire and a monkey.
โ@BasebaIIVines: Arkansas campfire in the dugout https://t.co/8fonK29dSXโ Didnt help them
โ Egonzo (@_Egonzalez10) June 16, 2015
The #OmaHogs went several steps beyond the rally cap and showed they expected to camp out in Omaha for a while โ so they build a campfire.
The players used some bats, athletic tape and an empty bubble gum bucket to create fake campfire during Razorback rallies.
Miami went with more of an old-school approach for their rally mascot โ a monkey.
Miami has a rally monkey #RallyMonkey pic.twitter.com/memm3NDDUf
โ Lauren (@Lauren_p51) June 15, 2015
"That's something new we just started doing today, actually. I mean, he's 1 for 1, so I think we'll keep him around,โ Willie Abreu said. โWe were supposed to bring him to the press conference but I think he was busy. He had interviews inside the locker room. We'll see if we can get him around here a little later, if you want to stick around."
And this tweet sums it up best:
So... The monkey worked. #CWS pic.twitter.com/IjSsPQeuTf
โ NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) June 16, 2015