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2. Do we need professional cheerleaders in hockey and baseball?

Wed May 29, 2013, 11:01 AM

May 2013

In recent years, the NHL has introduced “Ice Crews” which are essentially hockey’s version of cheerleaders. And the Florida Marlins and Cincinnati Reds have brought scantily clad babes to baseball now too. What do you think of these developments? blaspheme? or long overdue?

We’ve accepted NFL Cheerleaders and NBA Dance Teams, but do hockey and baseball need them?

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