St. Paul Saints ball pigâs name has a Bill Murray connection
By FOX 9 Staff
St. Paul Saints ball pigâs name has a Bill Murray connection
The St. Paul Saints went out of this world for the name of this season s ball pig.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The St. Paul Saints went out of this world for the name of this season s ball pig.
At a watch party at CHS Field Tuesday night for the 2021 season opener, the Saints revealed the pig s much-anticipated name: Space Ham.
Earlier in the evening, the Saints shared two clues with FOX 9 that the name would involve a movie coming out later this year and have a connection to one of the team s owners. Co-owner Bill Murray starred in the 1996 classic alongside NBA superstar Michael Jordan and cartoon legend Bugs Bunny. The sequel, Space Jam: A New Legacy, starring NBA star LeBron James, will come out this July.
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MINNEAPOLIS Fun is good, the St. Paul Saints say. The Twins new Triple-A affiliate made sure fans knew that during their history as an independent team.
There are the between-innings sumo suits, of course, and the zany costumed dancers on the dugouts and around the field. Don t forget the tire-rolling competitions, the eyeball races, the ushertainers who rile up the crowds. Oh, and try and find another organization that annually crowdsources a name for an actual ball pig. (Recent winners have included Daenerys Hoggaryen and This Little Piggy Stayed Home, a nod to these pandemic-impacted times.)
The Saints are self-described members of the anti-establishment in the name of family fun at the ballpark, and their increasingly zany fan-experience antics have played a significant role in how they became one of the top brands in independent baseball and led their league in attendance during 17 of their 27 full seasons in St. Paul. The Saints bring with th