Just Two Games In, a Fan Base is Formed as Buttler's Boulder Bleacher Bums Emerge

The conditions at Provident Bank Park were just right.  The Rockland Boulders were playing just their second home game of the season and a violent afternoon downpour and the threat of more thunderstorms kept many ticket holders at home.

 

Out in left field, section 122 to be exact, avid baseball fans soaked in the atmosphere.  They visited the team store for hats and foam fingers, visited the bridge bar, (great concept they remarked and close to section 122) and right on the spot decided that the crowd needed to get more involved.

 

So the crew from Suffern got loud with a number of inventive chants.

 

They chanted Buttler's name, were acknowledged with a tip of the Los Angeles native’s hat and were immediately sold on the Boulders and on Buttler.

They good naturedly heckled the Jackals.  When the Jackals hit a home run, they enthusiastically encouraged that the ball be thrown back, and it was. 

They got louder; stamping their feet and the chants kept coming.  People seated behind home plate commented that it didn't take long for the bleachers to become active. 

"This is a great park and exactly what this Town needed" exclaimed one of the 'bums, "I need to get my friends out here."

Undoubtedly, this phenomenon will grow as by the seventh inning more fans migrated to 122 to join the 'bums.

 

The game was delayed in the eighth inning as the Jackals scored two runs in heavy fog.  The relationship was solidified when Buttler's Boulder Bleacher Bums were able to make their way over to the home plate area to meet their new idol, had their hats and foam fingers autographed and posed for photos. They asked about season tickets and claimed that they'll return for game two vs. the Jackals tonight at 7:05pm. (Note, section 122 is sold out—they’ll be in an adjoining section tonight)

 

Needless to say, the chants began anew as the Bleacher Bums paid homage to their new favorite player as even more fans joined in. 

Just before the game was called a few more fans stopped by the dugout area claiming to be the bleacher creatures, their photo was taken, but no, oh no, bleacher creatures belong in other ballparks; in Provident Bank Park, we have Buttler's Boulder Bleacher Bums.