All of the Houston Astros’ players backed out of the MLB All-Star Game, which left the team’s mascot to get the boos.
When the MLB mascots were introduced in front of the fans ahead of the Home Run Derby on Monday, “Orbit,” the Astros’ mascot, heard it from the fans.
Orbit, the Astros mascot, just got booed mercilessly by the crowd here. By far the biggest reaction to any of the mascot intros.
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) July 12, 2021
Orbit took the booing well according to a fan in attendance.
The crowd booed the Astros mascot, Orbit. Orbit took it well, a humble alien pic.twitter.com/s7XjoXSMoh
— luis guillorme stan account (@baseball__phil) July 12, 2021
Orbit even took some more direct heckling.
@OrbitAstros got me pic.twitter.com/9MKd2Y71NF
— Soto (@SotoP_23) July 12, 2021
By now you know what the “bang bang” means. It’s a reference to the Astros cheating by banging a trash can.
If the mascot was hearing it from the fans, imagine how much worse it would have been for the team’s players.
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