Fart Noises Create Stink at Marlins Park

Good-natured, old-fashioned pre-game psyching out took a sophomoric turn Wednesday when the Miami Marlins decided to one-up Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals during batting practice.

Rather than play the non-inspiring tunes the Nationals have become famous for streaming when opponents practice on their field, the Marlins opted to treat their guests to the lively sounds of flatulence.

The unusual broadcast from the PA set the Twitter-verse afire with folks at the park questioning just what it was they heard.

The turnaround-is-fair-play move began Wednesday afternoon when the Nationals took the field surrounded by the sound of silence. That silence was only broken by the cracking bats against balls until those fart noises began streaming just loudly enough to make Beavis and Butthead proud, several media outlets reported.

The Marlins weren’t quite finished when the fart sounds ran out of gas, however. They ended the prank by turning the tables back on the Nationals, playing “Kenny G-ish stuff,” one person noted on Twitter.

The Nationals did manage to get the last laugh.

“That on the far right is a speaker the Nats have brought onto the field,” Dan Kolko tweeted. “they’re taking matters into their own hands.”

The Nationals also managed to take Wednesday night’s win, beating the Marlins 7-2.

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