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Portland being Portland: Baseball team stops game for pitcher & hitter to make out on 'Heated Rivalry' night

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Portland being Portland: Baseball team stops game for pitcher & hitter to make out on 'Heated Rivalry' night
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While sane Americans were celebrating the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the lunatics in Portland, Oregon were cheering along as two men made out on a baseball field during a 'Heated Rivalry' theme night.The Portland Pickles, a collegiate summer baseball organization known for pulling Savannah Bananas-like antics, promoted Tuesday's game as a high tension night where "someone's definitely ending up in the penalty box" as a nod to the HBO gay hockey series that is supposedly a huge ratings success, yet HBO has refused to share viewership totals with OutKick.Were you at this Pickles game? Share your thoughts: joe.kinsey@outkick.comWith families in attendance Tuesday night, the Pickles decided to honor the HBO show by creating a script where a pitcher hits a batter.

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While sane Americans were celebrating the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the lunatics in Portland, Oregon were cheering along as two men made out on a baseball field during a 'Heated Rivalry' theme night.The Portland Pickles, a collegiate summer baseball organization known for pulling Savannah Bananas-like antics, promoted Tuesday's game as a high tension night where "someone's definitely ending up in the penalty box" as a nod to the HBO gay hockey series that is supposedly a huge ratings success, yet HBO has refused to share viewership totals with OutKick.Were you at this Pickles game? Share your thoughts: joe.kinsey@outkick.comWith families in attendance Tuesday night, the Pickles decided to honor the HBO show by creating a script where a pitcher hits a batter. The batter charged the mound, and with little kids watching, the two men embrace and start kissing. At least one little girl can be seen covering her eyes as the men kiss.Meanwhile, in Philly, sane America was celebrating with a Sandlot tribute and Ray Charles singing "America the Beautiful."The divide between sane America and the demented America that Portland wants to export across this country can't be any clearer.

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While sane Americans were celebrating the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the lunatics in Portland, Oregon were cheering along as two men made out on a baseball field during a 'Heated Rivalry' theme night.The Portland Pickles, a collegiate summer baseball organization known for pulling Savannah Bananas-like antics, promoted Tuesday's game as a high tension night where "someone's definitely ending up in the penalty box" as a nod to the HBO gay hockey series that is supposedly a huge ratings success, yet HBO has refused to share viewership totals with OutKick.Were you at this Pickles game? Share your thoughts: joe.kinsey@outkick.comWith families in attendance Tuesday night, the Pickles decided to honor the HBO show by creating a script where a pitcher hits a batter.
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