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Buy me some peanuts and beer that's stout
I don't care if I never thaw out
Tigers' bats were hot Wednesday afternoon, knocking out 13 hits in a 6-5 victory over the Orioles that ended with Dixon Machado's walk-off homer.
The attention-grabbing fan interviewed briefly below, who identifies himself just as Voz, says he also runs hot -- though temperatures were in the 30s as the game began. His shirtless spectacle was shown on Fox Sports Detroit, on Comerica Park's scoreboard and in a tweet by the team.
In a stadium with more than 26,000 empty seats, the bearded, bodacious ballpark-goer was easy to find. So Will Burchield of Royal Oak, a CBS Detroit sportswriter, made his way to Voz's side for this 37-second chat (seen more than 353,000 times by late-afternoon Thursday):
This is #Tigers fan Voz, aka Chewbacca. He’s catching a tan in 40-degree weather because he’s just not into shirts. “I run hot,” he said. pic.twitter.com/VbZlKQMPI4
— Will Burchfield (@brchie_kid) April 18, 2018
Sports Illustrated is among those tweeting a photo of the hardy hometown rooter, generating 250 comments in the first five hours -- including, inevitably: "The Dude abides." The magazine's tweet also draws nearly 6,000 likes and is shared more than 1,800 times by evening.
These are among reactions on that thread and a others:
- Love it. Except when he sits next to you on a Southwest flight. -- Brian Remsberg
- Team insignia on the hat checks out. -- Charles Mahar
- Can you tell I've been working out? -- Adam Hirshfield
- He just came out of hibernation. -- J.C. Cavins
- Dude looks straight outta Duck Dynasty. -- Joe Drury
- Detroit vs. Everybody. -- Ryan Field, WABC-TV in New York (past Fox Sports Detroit broadcaster)
- I want to be this free! -- Billy Mautino
- You have a nickname despite being called Voz? Guy is a hero. -- Ryan Madden
- No doubt his heating bill in the winter is waaay cheaper than most. -- Bobby Bellew
- I can never unsee this. -- Bill Moesta
Let's give it up for Voz, everyone. (Twitter photo)
