For a minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea of naming its longtime live pig mascot after the drug Ozempic made perfect sense.The St. Paul Saints quickly found out that not everyone was amused by the pig's name, Ozempig, or the team's posting of a backstory about the pig's embarrassment at gaining weight and promise to try to remain trim.Almost immediately after the team announced the name this week ahead of Saturday's opening day game, criticism began pouring in on social media from people distressed by the name, calling it hurtful and insensitive.
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