There is a baseball league in Taiwan and one of the teams in that league is called the Rakuten Monkeys.
Normally just noting that there was a baseball team called the “Monkeys” would be enough to justify a post on this website. I’d be all like, “haha, ‘Monkeys’ is a killer name for a baseball team, why don’t we have a team called the Monkeys and, for that matter, why are there no ‘Gorillas’ or anything like that? That would be so cool” and then I’d attach a photo, hit “publish” and then get off my couch and pet a cat or something until I thought of something else to write about.
But this is even better. Not only is there a Taiwanese baseball team called the “Monkeys,” but they’re gonna use robots when their fan-free baseball season resumes:
With the 2020 #CPBL season starting on April 11 behind closed doors. The Rakuten Monkeys announced that they will have robot mannequins in the stands dressed up as fans. 🤖 pic.twitter.com/miT6JkFoM0
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) April 7, 2020
Rakuten Monkeys' players met up their new robot mannequin fans. #CPBL https://t.co/sxocHBRQxt pic.twitter.com/9KcgVoS9aE
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) April 7, 2020
They should do this in the Arizona Bubble League. Or in season 4 of “Westworld.” Whichever happens first.