MIAMI — The Florida Marlins are looking for some footloose fat men. The National League team is creating an all-male, plus-size cheerleading squad to be dubbed the Manatees. Tryouts were scheduled for Sunday.

The team hopes to recruit seven to 10 tubby men to dance, cheer and jiggle during Friday and Saturday home games this season.

Real manatees, 1,200-pound mammals sometimes referred to as "sea cows," are not considered the most agile of creatures and often get caught in boat propellers.

The Marlins want their Manatees to have the same dimensions, but to be decidedly more agile. Men will be judged on how well they dance a choreographed routine.

The Marlins already have a cheerleading squad, the considerably more svelte Mermaids.

Men selected for the Manatees won't be paid. They'll get tickets to games they perform at, and the honor of dancing in front of crowds that have been smallest in major league baseball for the last two seasons.

Gimme an M! Gimme an A! ....

Aint nothing wrong with a bit of wiggle and jiggle! lol

Let them big boys party it up! "woot, woot".
Its good to see social norm turn its table's.

Footloose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IQjpUbP960

Wether you think the guy dancing is funny or not, that link you gave is well worth watching ALL the way til the end.

ETA: I just watched the end over and over again and it still cracks me up just as much.

where do i sign?

That's dumb

What a way to promote an unhealthy life style.

I would love to see their audition Forgot to add LOL on the videol...The ending was perfect, as an x owner of a dance studio, I can relate to the clumsiness

You're already basically required to eat hot dogs, drink beer/soda and other junk food while watching baseball so I doubt some fat guys running around will make much difference. If anything it shows that even fat guys get exercise.

I'm really going for it, ya'll gotta see my famed backflip! It's PHAT! Really!

Mabey they won,t get a paycheque, but if someone has a heart attack from doing an activity they arn,t ready for, i can see a pay off resulting from a law suit!

I think they should call themselves 'The Chris Farley Dancers'

A waste of a post but damn dude I tottaly agree, when he falls the women actually say it was great LOL and it was. I so would have joined them for some cheesecake

Good point Kratos Yummmm, ball park hot dogs...can't wait

The Manatees! LMAO!

I don't see it this way at all.

Heck, if some overweight guys want to do it for free tickets or whatever, fine. But really.... the point of this thing is to get a good laugh at the fat people. That's all it is. Making fun of fat people is now becoming a national pastime. And, quite frankly, making fun of fat people IS a social norm.