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‘Do it for Harambe’

After a shaky start to the season, the cowboy pitching staff found its confIdence in a plastic gorilla named Harambe.

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he key to the Oklahoma State pitchers’ recent success is simple: They’re doing it for Harambe.

Harambe, named for the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla whose death this past summer went viral, is the Cowboys’ King Kong action figure. Awarded after each game to the best-performing Cowboy pitcher, Harambe hangs out with OSU’s relievers during games, grasping on a chain-link fence in the bullpen.

“He gives the bullpen some good luck,” senior right-hander Tyler Buffett said. “He just hangs, Harambe-ing around.”

The Cowboys have had a recent run of success with odd inanimate objects. In 2015, the last pitcher to give up a home run had to wear a Hello Kitty backpack to and from games. They believed Iglesias, a gnome seated on a toilet, pro-

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Harambe, the OSU baseball team’s King Kong action figure, has helped Cowboy pitchers relax after a tense start to the season.

vided guidance to their pitching staff early last season. Utropolis, a small plastic dinosaur infielders David Petrino and Jacob Chappell found under a dumpster, “helped” the Cowboys make their run to the College World Series a year ago.

So when OSU started 4-4 after a 10-7 loss to Saint Louis, the Cowboys’ staff ERA at 5.53, Trey Cobb took the blame.

Cobb, a senior righthander, had not pitched because of a broken bone in his right elbow, but as

the resident staff clown, he figured he was responsible for the tenseness he saw among his teammates.

“Look, guys, this is my fault,” he told them. “I’ll fix it.”

Cobb and his girlfriend, Kaci Vanscoy, went to Wal-Mart, where they saw a plastic King Kong toy about 1 1/2 feet tall.

Given the Cowboys’ affinity for the actual Harambe, with phrases such as “Come on, babe” becoming “Harambabe” in the fall, the gorilla was

an easy choice, though “he doesn’t even talk,” Cobb said.

When Cobb introduced Harambe to his teammates, they quickly jumped on board.

“They were like, ‘Let’s go. Let’s do it for Harambe,’” Cobb said. “It’s our rally cry.”

Since Harambe’s debut, the Cowboys have gone 11-2 and take an eightgame win streak into their series this weekend at No. 3 TCU. In 13 games with rights to Harambe on the line, OSU pitchers have a 2.24 ERA. For Vanscoy, a student at the University of Oklahoma, the selection

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of Harambe might have backfired. The Cowboys capped their 9-1 homestand with a 4-3 victory against the Sooners on Tuesday.

“She basically helped us beat her team by picking out Harambe,” Cobb said. “Without Harambe,

I don’t know if we hold them to three runs.”

The Cowboys see Harambe more as a source of calm, humor and relaxation than a toy possessing magical powers. He has helped lighten the mood and kept the Cowboys loose after the season’s slow start.

But how big of a part has Harambe truly had in OSU’s turnaround?

“He might be the only part,” Buffett argues.

The tenseness returns after games, when the pitchers debate who is most deserving of Harambe. Junior left-hander Carson Teel, who has STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 3

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enjoyed the honor of Harambe’s company twice, said the process is hectic, especially as several Cowboy pitchers continue to throw well.

“There’s a lot of yelling, most of the time,” Teel said. “Both times, I was like, ‘I hope this isn’t the last time I have him.’”

Coach Josh Holliday said he has no problems with the antics, as long as they are respectful.

Holliday spent two years working with pitchers during his rise through coaching ranks, saying it was “some of the most fun I’ve ever had.”

“Some things are just symbolic of a belief system,” Holliday said. “I think he’s been good for the pitchers.

“Most of the good teams enjoy what they do. When teams like what they do, they have fun with what they do.”

Holliday described pitchers as “funny and creative,” while Cobb’s choice of words was “stupid and goofy.”

“We’re weird, man,” Teel said.

Harambe is junior right-hander Jake Cowan’s responsibility for now after he pitched the final 1 1/3 innings of Bedlam. Cobb has made

his duties clear for the road trip to Fort Worth.

“Make sure he doesn’t stay on the bus if it’s too hot outside,” Cobb said.

“You gotta bring him to practice, or you can leave him in your hotel room.

You take care of him in the hotel. You give him a chair, tuck him in bed when you’re gone.

“Don’t want PETA to get on us or any of the animal rights activists ’cause we love Harambe.”

Nathan Ruiz is a sports media senior from Reno, Nevada. He can be reached at investigations@ocolly.com.

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Trey Cobb bought the plastic King Kong toy to help the baseball team during games.

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Crime Notes: Several intoxicated individuals arrested Kel sy Sc hlotthaue r Cr i me Reporte r @ K _ S chlot t

Mother found intoxicated at Wal-Mart

A Stillwater woman was arrested the evening of March 5 in Wal-Mart on Sixth Avenue.

Candace Nichole Bowen, 29, was arrested on charges of public intoxication and child neglect after Stillwater police responded to the store in reference to an individual suspected to be intoxicated, according to police reports.

Upon arrival, witnesses informed the responding officer that a boy, about 3, was found wandering the toy department. Witnesses reported Bowen was thought to be the child’s mother. Wal-Mart employees stayed with the child, who had soiled his clothes, and the officer confronted Bowen.

The officer found Bowen lying on the floor of a locked bathroom stall in a restroom near the layaway department.

Reports stated the officer pushed the stall door open and saw Bowen raising an aerosol can to her mouth to inhale. The officer stopped Bowen and led her outside the bathroom where she confirmed she was the child’s mother.

Bowen was taken to the Stillwater City Jail, and the child was placed in the custody of a family member, according to reports.

In February, Bowen was arrested on a charge of public intoxication in a similar incident. She was found FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017

intoxicated in a bathroom stall in the same Wal-Mart.

Bowen posted bond and has a court date set for both cases April 12, according to court documents.

Intoxicated student found in Bellmon Research Center

Oklahoma State University police responded at 1:24 a.m. March 16 to a man passed out on the floor of the Henry Bellmon Research Center.

The affidavit stated the responding officer found the man, later identified as OSU student Trevor Tackett, 19, lying in a position similar to the “recovery position” in the first floor lobby.

Tackett awoke when the officer shook his shoulder and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, according to the affidavit.

When the officer requested Tackett’s identification, Tackett reportedly pulled out his wallet and appeared to study it before pulling out a gift card to show the officer.

The student did not know where he was and was unable to recall how he ended up in the building.

Tackett was arrested on a charge of public intoxication and taken to the Payne County Jail.

In January, Tackett was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and unlawful possession of marijuana. Tackett posted bond, entered a plea of not guilty and requested the case be placed on the misdemeanor docket, according to court records.

Tackett also posted bond

for his most recent offense and is scheduled to appear in court April 10 for both cases.

Reported burglary leads police to soaked, intoxicated man.

Stillwater police responded about 1 a.m.

March 16 to a reported burglary of a residence in the 2000 block of West Arrowhead Drive.

The residents of the reporting house said a male suspect entered through the unlocked front door, yelled and walked out, according to police reports.

Police found the suspect standing near a front door two houses down. Reports state the suspect was intoxicated and unsteady on his feet.

Police arrested the suspect on charges of public intoxication and noticed his clothing and shoes were soaked. Police asked why his clothes were wet, and he said a friend had sprayed him with a hose “months ago.” The suspect claimed he did not enter a residence that was not his, according to a police report.

Officers took the suspect to the city jail, and he was later released. The residents of the house reportedly burglarized did not press charges. The suspect was also not charged with public intoxication, according to court records.

Kelsy Schlotthaur is a multimedia journalism sophomore from Edmond.

She can be reached at kelsyas@okstate.edu.

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