Obispo Blues Baseball Club is one of California's oldest baseball teams. Here an opposing player is singled out for particularly intense abuse. When late arrivals take their seats in the Peach Pit, one of the first things they do is ask who the patsy is and then join in the heckling. Hey, patsy, I'm thirsty. T he Animals are a boisterous group of Florida State baseball fans dating back to 1977.
Membership entitles one to a handbook with chants, and a listing of song lyrics.
The name 'Animals' originated in 1978, when Sol Carroll would bring stale donuts to Seminole Field to pass out to the fans. This tradition went on game after game, when finally these fans had enough and threw Sol's donuts right back at him. He called them a bunch of 'Animals' and the name stuck. The Animals use intimidation through noise to rattle the visiting team's psyche. They use cheers and songs to get the crowd and team into the game, and the visitor's out of theirs.