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Kristen Wong

Mets Minor League Team Adopting New Team Name Based on Obscure Donkey Law

Alyssa Crosby, a contestant on The Voice, entertains fans before a Binghamton Rumble Ponies game | Jeff Miller / Special to the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin / USA TODAY NETWORK

The New York Mets Double-A affiliate, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, aren’t horsing around about a fun new change to their team name for the 2025 season.

The Rumble Ponies announced on Monday that they would adopt a new name, the Bathtub Donkeys, for two games this year in humorous reference to a New York state law relating to—you guessed it—donkeys in bathtubs.

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