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DJ Kitty, the new Tampa Bay Rays mascot

Found February 16, 2012 on The Outside Corner: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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Per Tampa Bay Rays' spokesman Jonathan Gantt's Twitter account, the Tampa Bay Rays are going to be getting a new mascot next season which is not a stingray, a ray of sunshine, or even named Ray much to my dismay. The monstrosity you see above is called DJ Kitty. DJ Kitty for all intents and purposes appears to be the hippest cat in all the land. Look at him, waving his hands in the air like he just doesn't care, not unlike the Rays' fanbase minus the whole waving their hands in the air thing. Plus like any self-respecting mascot, he has a Twitter account, @raysdjkitty. Video of a cat rocking the turntables after the jump, I promise. According to Yahoo!, DJ Kitty isn't an altogether unfamiliar sight to Rays fans...they're just not used to seeing him in non-scoreboard per fashion. Per the always excellent Big League Stew: "Still puzzled about this pussycat? Well, it's apparently a real-life represe...
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