No bacon for Macon? Group selling plant-based consuming needs a brand new identify for baseball workforce

MACON, Ga. — A docs’ group that promotes plant-based consuming and animal rights is makin’ a fuss over the Macon Bacon baseball workforce.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has despatched a letter urging the Georgia summer time collegiate workforce to vary its identify, WMAZ-TV reported. The group has additionally sponsored a billboard imploring Macon followers to “keep bacon off your plate.”

“Macon Bacon’s glorification of bacon, a processed meat that raises the risk of colorectal cancer and other diseases, sends the wrong message to fans,” Anna Herby, the group’s diet training program supervisor, wrote to the workforce’s president.

The Macon Bacon had its first season with the Coastal Plains League in 2018 after the identify was chosen in a vote by followers. The workforce’s mascot, Kevin, gained over “Footloose” actor Kevin Bacon, who as soon as wore a Macon Bacon hat in an Instagram publish.

And it’s not only a identify. The ballpark concession menu consists of bacon-wrapped bacon, steak-cut bacon, bacon-loaded cheese fries and bacon chips.

The Washington-based Physicians Committee advocates for plant-based diets and scientific analysis with out animal testing. Herby’s letter dated June 1 suggests the workforce change its identify to “Macon Facon Bacon,” referring to a plant-based bacon.

Team President Brandon Raphael stated the Macon Bacon identify and model have been embraced by followers for his or her “lighthearted and playful nature.” He additionally famous ballpark concessions embody “a plant-based option.”