Why doesn't baseball have cheerleaders like other American sports?

Question

Why doesn't baseball have cheerleaders like other American sports?

Answer 1

Because baseball has too much strategy and thought involved. There's no time to get bored and need to put scantily clad girls out to jump around to keep the crowd alive. Baseball is too interesting all on it's own!

Also, yeah...flying bats and foul balls. The MLB doesn't want to deal with dead or injured cheerleaders...

Answer 2

The Cardinals have these girls in shorts that go out with Fredbird to shoot T-Shirts from a cannon.

The rest of the league has Erin Andrews.  

Answer 3

shouldn't cheerleaders stop existing somewhere around high school.  i even get embarrased thinking about 22 year olds still cheerleading during high school games, nevermind 28 year olds at pro games.  

it's not like they do it because it's good money, most make like $50 a night...so they do it to hold onto their hopes of being the popular kid and getting attention.

they're a waste of space and i applaud baseball for not giving into the lameness of cheerleaders.  give me the philly phanatic or the san diego chicken.

Answer 4

Because it's dangerous enough as it is to be on the field with balls/bats flying everywhere.  To be distracted by some floozy in a miniskirt would make it more so.

Answer 5

Where would you put them? In the club house?

Answer 6

Thank God there are no cheerleaders in baseball!!!! They are annoying most of the time. They get in the way. There were cheerleaders for boys Junior Varsity and Varsity hockey in my town and BLAH nobody liked them and thats why they no longer have them =]

Answer 7

Because baseball is too boring!

Answer 8

As far as I know, the Marlins are the only team that has cheerleaders.  They are called The Marlins Mermaids.

Answer 9

dude they'd get in the way

plus there's no room! XD

and it'd be too weird.. i don't think baseball is meant for cheerleaders  

Answer 10

The physical loyout of a ball diamond.....plus Chuck Finley and Bill Veeck have passed on.

Answer 11

Baseball hasn't needed cheerleaders for more than a century. And it doesn't need cheerleaders now.

Answer 12

Because cheerleaders are worthless distractions that shouldn't be allowed in sports.

Answer 13

There are several reasons:

1. Baseball is more casual; there are so many games that each one really isn't that important.

2. Baseball requires plenty of concentration. No manager wants scantily clad girls distracting batters or pitchers.

3. They just don't work.

Answer 14

i wish they would cuz i play baseball for a traveling team and we go to tournaments 3-5 hours away. they would be a good stress reliever in the hotel, if u no wat i mean.

Answer 15

The Rays and Marlins have cheerleaders

Answer 16

Because of tradition, there is no room for that.

Answer 17

some baseball teams have cheerleader type girls who come out and stand on top of the dugout at different times during the game. I went to a Cardinals game and saw them and they I have also heard that the Marlins have them also.