Orange County Register

Miss Maryland

Saturday night provided us (at least those of us at Angel Stadium) with a great reason for cutting the Rally Monkey loose.

The Angels were trailing, 8-2, in the seventh inning, as fans stood for their usual off-key rendition of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.” This time, however, a few Miss America 2009 contestants stood on the roof of the dugout seats to lead the chorus.

Miss Texas

Misses Indiana, Nevada, Georgia, Maryland and Texas certainly caught the attention of those seated in the vicinity. And the reason didn’t have anything to do with how well they could sing.

When the seventh-inning stretch was complete, the Angels got three consecutive hits in the bottom of the inning and scored a run.

OK…so they didn’t come back and win the game but the Rally Monkey doesn’t come through 100 percent of the time either.

I say we bring the pageant contestants back, just for experimental purposes. Let’s see if they do better than the Rally Monkey. Of course, for this to be legitimate, the comparison has to last about two or three seasons.

Miss Georgia

Miss Indiana

Since it’s not about winning or losing for those of us in the press box, I think I’ll pick the Miss America contestants every time - as long as Miss Maryland is among them.

Miss Nevada

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