'Bullpen' is offensive to cows and should be renamed 'arm barn': PETA

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(In baseball, the bullpen is the area where relief pitchers warm up before entering a game)

Animal rights organization PETA is encouraging the MLB to "strike out" the word "bullpen" and switch to "arm barn" instead, arguing that the current term "mock[s] the misery of sensitive animals."

“PETA encourages Major League Baseball coaches, announcers, players, and fans to changeup their language and embrace the ‘arm barn’ instead," stated PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “Words matter, and baseball ‘bullpens’ devalue talented players and mock the misery of sensitive animals."

According to NPR, bullpen has been hypothesized to have a few different potential origins, though it may have first appeared in a December 1915 issue of "Baseball Magazine."

The most popular theory on its origin is that at the turn of the century, most ballparks had large, bull-shaped Bull Durham tobacco billboards on the outfield wall, which is where relief pitchers would go to warm up, reports NPR.

The Hill has reached out to the MLB for comment, but has not immediately heard back.

https://thehill.com/other-political-figures/579214-bullpen-is-offensive-to-cows-and-should-be-renamed-arm-barn-peta

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Yes.....no.

Bullpen is part of the game and no bulls were slaughtered.

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3. Cowhide is used for baseball gloves. n/t

[rsdsharp]

6. It's used for the balls, too.

And for footballs.

[empedocles]

2. 'arm barn', seems almost comical

[jmowreader]

4. "Arm barn" also seems quite speciesist

Barns are where cattle are milked and held for slaughter.

I remember PETA trying to rename fish "sea kittens" so no one would want to eat them.

[SCantiGOP]

5. They also object to the term "pet"

They prefer “animal companion” since that signifies equality between the two animals, rather than an ownership situation.

[Ziggysmom]

7. Cows don't care. MLB needs to do away with the Indian chop and song! I HATE THAT.

My NA friends find it disgusting and ignorant.
Bullpen? I grew up on a farm and our old barn had a bullpen. It was made with heavy steel to safely contain a bull. PETA should focus more on ending animal abuses and not just semantics!