Zooperstars features a clam dressed as a baseball player born in what year?
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ZOOperstars! ZOOperstars! is a traveling inflatable entertainment act, based in Louisville, Kentucky who utilizes comedy, acrobatics, tricks and maneuvers accompanied by synchronized dancing to entertain. The name ZOOperstars! is derived from the "pun-based animal athlete monikers such as Shark McGwire, Ken Giraffey Jr. and Tim Tebull." Currently, the mascot dance troupe has over 40 different characters who sport similar pun-based names. The ZOOperstars! act is one of the busiest traveling entertainment acts in the business. In the sports industry, they are most famous for their popular "Eat It" skit where "the impressively tall inflatable clam clad in a Sammy Sosa jersey greedily "devours" opposing coaches, bat boys, or whoever else happens to be around, then spits out his meal's shirt, shoes, and cap, all while Weird Al Yankovic's Eat It plays in the background." Their most notable accomplishment could be a earning a place in the Top 20 in 2008 on NBC's "America's Got Talent".
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Sammy Sosa Samuel "Maiky" Peralta Sosa (born November 12, 1968) is a Haitian-Dominican former professional baseball right fielder. Sosa played with four Major League Baseball teams over his career, most notably the Chicago Cubs. Sosa's Major League career began with the Texas Rangers in 1989 . After three seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Sosa became a member of the Cubs in 1992 and became one of the league's best hitters. Sosa hit his 400th home run in his 1,354th game and his 5,273rd at-bat, the quickest in National League history. In 1998, Sosa and Mark McGwire achieved national fame for their home run-hitting prowess in pursuit of Roger Maris' home run record.
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Elmo Plaskett Elmo Alexander Plaskett (June 27, 1938 – November 2, 1998) was a professional baseball player—a catcher, outfielder and third baseman—from the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). Although his pro career would encompass 13 seasons in the minor leagues and multiple years in winter baseball in Puerto Rico, he appeared in only 17 games in the Major Leagues for the and Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Cap Peterson Charles Andrew "Cap" Peterson (August 15, 1942 – May 16, 1980) was an American Major League Baseball player. An outfielder who appeared in eight MLB seasons, he played with the San Francisco Giants from 1962 to 1966, the Washington Senators from 1967 to 1968, and the Cleveland Indians in 1969. He split time between left field and right field over the course of his career. He was known as "Cap" from the initials of his name. Born in Tacoma, Washington, Peterson batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 ft and weighed 195 lb .
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Alex Arias Alejandro Arias (born November 20, 1967 in New York City) is a former infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1992 to 2002.
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Paul Noce Paul David Noce (born December 16, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds. He debuted on June 1, 1987 against the Houston Astros. He played in 70 games that year at second base, shortstop and third base. He didn't appear in the majors again until 1990 with the Cincinnati Reds. He had only one at bat that season, in which he singled.
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Tim McCarver James Timothy McCarver (born October 16, 1941) is an American sportscaster and former professional baseball catcher.
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Marquis Grissom Marquis Deon Grissom (born April 17, 1967) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants between 1989 and 2005.
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Chicho Jesurun Arthur Benjamin (Chicho) Jesurun (10 July 1947 in Willemstad, Curaçao – 16 December 2006 in Almere) was a Netherlands-Antillian baseball player and coach who reached worldwide fame.
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Whitey Alperman Charles Augustus Alperman (November 11, 1879 – December 25, 1942) was a Major league baseball player born in Etna, Pennsylvania. He played mainly at second baseman for the Brooklyn Superbas from 1906 to 1909 . In 1907 , he tied for the league lead in triples. He was also in the top three in hit by pitch in 1906 and 1907. In 1909, he batted 442 times, while only receiving two walks, which is the lowest single-season walk ratio recorded in the twentieth century, of players with 300 or more plate appearances.
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Billy Bean William Daro Bean (born May 11, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers (1987–1989), Los Angeles Dodgers (1989), and San Diego Padres (1993–1995), as well as the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball in 1992.
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Casey Close Casey Richard Close (born October 21, 1963) is an American sports agent and former college and professional baseball player.
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Boots Day Charles Frederick "Boots" Day (born August 31, 1947) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. A native of Ilion, New York, Day played Major League Baseball for all or parts of six seasons (1969–74), with the bulk of that time spent with the Montreal Expos. He threw and batted left-handed, stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg). He is currently the hitting coach for the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League.
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Lee Bales Wesley Owen "Lee" Bales (born December 4, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, a second baseman whose six-season (1963–1968) career included 31 games played for the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. A switch-hitter who threw right-handed, he stood 5 ft and weighed 165 lb .
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Rex Hudler Rex Allen Hudler (born September 2, 1960) is a TV Color Commentator for the Kansas City Royals and a former Major League Baseball utility player. He played a total of fourteen seasons after being a first round draft pick of the New York Yankees in 1978. During his career, he was known primarily by the nickname "Wonderdog", after the character from the old "Super Friends" animated television series. He was also known by the moniker "Bug Eater".
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Michael Aubrey Robert Michael Aubrey (born April 15, 1982) is a former American baseball player.
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Ernie Banks Ernest Banks (January 31, 1931 – January 23, 2015), nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 and 1971. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977, and was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.
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Dwain Anderson Dwain Cleaven Anderson (born November 23, 1947) was an American baseball player. He was born in Oakland, California. A shortstop, he played 149 games in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1974 for the Oakland Athletics (-), St. Louis Cardinals (-), San Diego Padres () and Cleveland Indians ().
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Count Campau Charles Columbus "Count" Campau (October 17, 1863 – April 3, 1938) was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned the years 1885 to 1905. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Detroit Wolverines in 1888 and St. Louis Browns in 1890 and two games for the Washington Senators in July 1894. He was the American Association's home run leader in 1890 and was also the Browns' manager for 41 games that season.
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Del Unser Delbert Bernard Unser (born December 9, 1944) is a retired Major League Baseball center fielder and utility player who had a 15-year career from 1968 to 1982.
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Scott Bryant Scott Walter Bryant (born October 31, 1967) is a former college baseball and minor league baseball outfielder.
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Babe Phelps Ernest Gordon Phelps (April 19, 1908 – December 10, 1992) born in Odenton, Maryland, United States was a catcher for the Washington Senators (1931), Chicago Cubs (1933–34), Brooklyn Dodgers (1935–41) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1942). His .367 batting average in 1936 remains the highest for any catcher in the modern era (1901–present).