Vuvuzelas Invade South Florida, Middle Earth

The vuvuzela was the scourge of the World Cup until Koman Coulibaly became soccer’s Jim Joyce without the teary-eyed, we all make mistakes, feel-good ending. Here in the States we hate the South African noise-makers so much we’re giving them away at Major League Baseball games.

The Florida Marlins handed out mini-vuvuzelas to the first 15,000 fans for Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The television buzzed a little but nothing like the World Cup.

Vuvuzelas in the stands at Marlins-Rays game:

The people in the anti-vuvuzela group gained a powerful ally yesterday when Gandalf picked up the fight against the horns in middle-Earth. I’m pro-vuvuzela and I still endorse this video. Like that means something.