ARLINGTON,TX—Praising the cartilaginous fish for embodying the spirit of Tampa, the Rays awarded the ceremonial first pitch of World Series Game 3 to the stingray who killed Steve Irwin.
“This stingray is a pillar of the community, he’s stuck with us through some tough times, so it’s only right to honor the fish who put rays on the map,” said GM Erik Neander, who credited the stingray’s role as a pitchman for free agent signings like Charlie Morton and Hunter Renfroe. “This stingray showed bravery and spirit in the face of an aggressive attack. The members of the Tampa Bay Rays organization were always inspired by his story.
Too soon, Not cool
RadioPal1580
C'mon Onion. You're better than this. What about Steve's family?
this makes me hate the TB Rays now!
Your idea of humor gets worse everyday.
Award him the Nobel Peace Prize.
To soon!
Too far 😢😢😢 rip STEVE.
Right to the edge
Still too soon
riboflavinLLC Holy Cow!!!
Don’t lie onion. Stingrays don’t live that long,and they only play soccer.
Not funny guys
dcapodice I think watching Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter reruns will cheer me up. Wish he was still here. Cheers me up to see Bindi and Robert? on occasion. He was so cheerful and could see beauty in the most hideous animals that it was comedy. GinaGrad
No way
alleej12
2ChainzChaney
Seriously. Looks like you might need some new writer’s
HopfenHead Gross
This one stings a bit.
TOO SOON!
crikey.. 😢
Bad taste.
Too soon
Not funny.
Seriously?
Too soon
_mattsimeone
Is this supposed joke going to kill the onion? I hope...Man it’s just not really funny at all...coming from a person who loves comedy
😒
I agree; I understand comedy, but that post from Onion should be followed by an apology!
Too soon!?
Good. Now we know where he is. He’s next.
I’m sure Steve Irwins family finds this hilarious.ahhhh maybe not....
NO YOU MOTHERFUCKERS
Edgelord in the writers room
YA WEE BASTARD
Omg too soon!!
Lololol good one!
Fuck what’s with you guys and dead people today? Not cool!
Delete this shithouse tweet now
Oi, you listen here mate
Aaaand that’s it. I’m unfollowing
Let’s not
Don't you have to wait for like atleast 22 years after a tragic event before it finally becomes funny? I don't think it's been that long yet, so to me it kinda stings a lil bit That might just be me though
... Not cool. I love The Onion... But not cool
So dark
🗯... . . hah
Not funny....
Even if it died being out of water; it would still be better than 50 Cent's pitch.
Too soon
I'm sorry, but is that supposed to be funny? A lot of people loved Steve Irwin.
bindi looks great
don't worry about these haters mx onion writer i love Steve Irwin deeply and still find this incredibly funny
Don't
hell yeah I found the onion on Twitter
Maybe he could come to the AFL grand final
Not funny
Toooo sooon
Too soon
Crikey!
It is quite the rare occasion when I feel bad for laughing. So bravo, I suppose.
laughmesilly1 Not funny not funny not cool
Boo
Not funny.
😲😲😲😲
GBPack1980
Holy fuck bro. Lol
you saw how people reacted when peta said shit about this, who thought it would be recieved well lol
not cool, dude was epic
I am crying. And I feel bad about it
Not funny.
This will always be too soon.
Boooooooooooooooooooo
platinombrero
Brilliant.
Somehow everyone being offended makes me feel less offended I
🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭
Angurria
Steve Irwin fucked yo mom
Jon_Kressuk Bruh
Y'all gotta learn to STFU sometimes.
I can’t forgive him, but I’m glad he decided to turn his life around.
That's in poor taste, even coming from you. RIPSteveIrwin
Ehh, Steve Irwin wouldn’t hold a grudge against the stingray, as it was just defending himself, so Im not gonna either. Go stingray!
No. No. No. leave Steve Irwin alone.
funny
That’s just $hitty.
Too soon 😔
That aint right
Too soon!
WRONG wrong wrong. Not even funny.
Crikey!
Just because you can. Doesn't mean you should.
I blame PETA for this.
This isn’t funny
Wow
Wow
Why dose that still hurt
charliepick Nope
Swing and a miss ...
Too soon.
Love your work but that man and his family are national treasures. I don’t think us Australians will ever think enough time has passed. Points for creativity though.
CyberCatPunk
Ouch!
Too soon
realestanney REALrsully24 😂😂
Crackmacs Ouch
OrtizKicks
Finally. We have vilified him for long enough.
You have found my snowflake threshold. Too soon man
Bad taste. Not funny.
SomeStingray
. used to be funny. What happened? Too much competition from mainstream media? You wouldn’t run the headlines: “Auschwitz Guard Announces Last Batch of Jews Are Done: Well Done” “AA11 and UA175 to Offer Flights to Empire State Building this Fall” Or would you?!?!
It may be a long time but it will ALWAYS be too soon for me
That's a bit harsh man...
I don't get the satire part. Did the First Pitch go to someone hated or so? Because if that's true, then the joke would make sense. But if it's randomly just the stingray, then I don't get it.
charliepick Unfollowed now muting
Too early, still? Ewwwwww . . .
Bout to be a riot at the Tampa Bay stadium. We want that fishes head!
Our legend 😔
really the only rule on here is that Irwin is off-limits
photo shopped. nice try.
I hate this but its funny
Wow 😯
RSeidel_NBCT
Whoa...whoa...that one stings, like a shot in the chest.
That tweet...
And why is this supposed to be funny?
Too soon?
Struth.. You onion lot are mad as cut snakes. I wouldn't come to straya you kents would be fucked
Ouch
Too soon
Way out
ndrew_lawrence
:(
Just wrong
still too tsunami..
Hey that’s the guy that killed Steve Irwin! *throws batteries onto the field*
Not cool, his daughter is pregnant and probably is a emotional wreck with hearing about this.
😱
Just LOLed in an empty house. Forgive me. . . .
This is why the world hates us. Thank you for that. Turns out the world is an asshole.
not funny
Lmfao daamnnnn 😩😩
Steve is probably chuckling at this in Heaven
Yikes this one ain’t funny
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