Hold our beer.The Orioles announced that Heidi N Closet, a drag queen best known from "RuPaul's Drag Race," will serve as the Guest Splasher in the Tower Federal Credit Union Bird Bath during the bottom of the second inning for Friday's Pride Night at Camden Yards.Yes, a drag queen.As the "Guest Splasher." At a Major League Baseball game.Heidi N Closet, best known from "RuPaul’s Drag Race," is scheduled to serve as the Baltimore Orioles’ Guest Splasher during Pride Night at Camden Yards.
(Getty Images)The Bird Bath is the Orioles' popular splash zone in left field, where fans get sprayed with water by Mr.Splash after extra-base hits.
The team tells fans in Sections 84 and 86 to "be alert and ready at all times" because "Mr.Splash might be sending water your way."To be clear, the Bird Bath isn't exclusively for children.OUTKICK IS NOW ON THE FOX APP: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOADFans of all ages can buy tickets there, and Mr.
Splash has become one of the more recognizable attractions at Camden Yards.But let's not act like this is some adults-only corner of the ballpark, either.It's a water-splash attraction at a baseball game.Kids like being splashed by water.
Kids like silly ballpark gimmicks.Pretty easy math.The section also sits directly next to the Orioles' Under Armour Kids Home Run Porch, which the team markets as "the ultimate gameday destination for kids and their families." That area covers Sections 76-82, and kids must be 12 and under and accompanied by an adult.Orioles Pride Night features drag queen Heidi N Closet spraying fans in the Bird Bath, a kid-friendly attraction next to the kids home run porch.
(G Fiume/Getty Images)So, technically, the Orioles aren't putting a drag queen in the kids section.They are putting a drag queen in one of the ballpark's biggest kid-friendly attractions, right next to the actual kids-only home run porch, during Pride Night.This is not satire.GEORGIA PRIDE GROUP RECRUITING KIDS AS YOUNG AS 13 INTO DRAG SHOWS SPARKS BACKL...