My Friend Chewbacca throws out first ball

[mburbank]

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This is my friend Mike Horvath, a designer I work with at the Museum, dressed as Chewie, throwing at the first ball at last nights Red Sox Game.

Monday night his daughter gets born, Wednesday night he's chewbacca at a sox game. This guy is living large.

[sspadowsky]

That may be the coolest damn thing I've seen all year.

[Emu]

Wait............


You KNOW Chewbacca? :eek :faint :eek

[Chojin]

I was at the O's game last night.

They lost :<

[Dupes]

Yeah, a friend of mine who went to the game told me about this today. He said it was a promotional thing for the museum. It's even better seeing it here. Where do you work in the museum? A buddy of mine was working there as a security guard before he shipped off to college a few months ago.

[mburbank]

I work in the exhibits department and I also write for the Museum freelance. Was your friend in security here long, or was it a short term thang?

[Dupes]

It was short term. He actually wasn't even planning on getting the job. For extra credit in our senior year English class, he wrote a resume for his final project and submitted it to the Museum. They called him back for a job interview and he got the job. He liked working in the city and thought it was a fairly simple job, so he decided to work there until he finally went to Hesser.

[Archduke Tips]

You should definetly put that picture up in the Pictures Captions and Photoshops forum.
AWESOME!

[Chojin]

this is great photoshop material

[KevinTheOmnivore]

I was at the O's game last night.

They lost :<

:party

Screw Boston.

[Chojin]

It was sad, they would have won if they hadn't made the guy try to steal 2nd. He wasn't even close.

[Black Flag]

this is gonna be on espn in a couple minutes

[AChimp]

Someone should submit that to Fark.

[thabutcher]

Peter Mayhew must be envious, lol

[ArrowX]

Thats the best chewbacca costime ive ever seen :O

[Slinky Ferret]

:love I want one!

[Carnivore]

I hear Wookies have a killer splitter. The Sox could use Chewie big time. Their relievers have been ailing.

[mburbank]

Actually, the costume looks WAY better in the action shots than it does in real life. The mouth doesn't move at all, it's just a latex casting, and the bag, utility belt etc are all latex. Don't get me wrong, it's way higher quality than your average store bought wookie suit, but it's still a significant step bellow the actual costume. Which, by the way, will be here at the Museum.

[ArrowX]

Under how much security?

[kellychaos]

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side"

[Protoclown]

"Goodbye Chewbacca...miss you, I will :("

[Dr. V]

They shoulda made R2 the bat boy. Bot.

[mburbank]

The picture has made it into Sports Illustrated!

[Emu]

MY FRIEND CHEWBACCA

HE IS A WOOKIE