More than a month after going viral, the Hawk Tuah Girl (a.k.a. Haliey Welch) and her team have managed to keep her in the public eye — quite the feat! Most recently, Welch threw out the first pitch at the Mets game on Thursday.
It’s weird to me that the Braves didn’t get to her first? Maybe the Atlanta baseball team knew that inviting Welch would cause a minor uproar, which is exactly what happened in New York. Over on WFAN, New York’s sports radio station, some fellas were losing their minds over Welch.
“The Yankees have Aaron Judge and Juan Soto breaking records — (Babe) Ruth, (Mickey) Mantle, (Lou) Gehrig! And the Mets have Grimace and now ‘Hawk Tuah.’ Come on, bro, I can’t take it, I cannot take it anymore,” said WFAN host Sal Licata, per the New York Post. “It’s ridiculous. And then you wonder why fans get so ticked off and upset. It’s embarrassing.”
This is how I’m learning that McDonald’s mascot Grimace threw out a first pitch, and it’s honestly so cute. They put a little hat on him! Anyway, back to Welch: As has been the case throughout her meteoric rise, she seems unbothered by the people freaking out over her existence.
“So I guess the baseball community wasn’t too happy to see me yesterday,” she wrote on Instagram. “That’s okay, the main reason I went to the game was to spread awareness and donate to America’s Vet Dogs, which pairs dogs with war veterans for a forever home.” Those grown men look kind of stupid for yelling now, huh?