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The yankees started with a bullpen car in 1972. It was a pinstriped Datsun sponsored by Datsun. One of the funniest stories I remember but I had to look it up was the Seattle Mariners bullpen car. In 1982 the Mariners introduced a nautically themed bullpen car called the TUGBOAT! The tugboat gets off to a rockey start when on opening day pitcher Bill Caudill steals the keys during pregame festivities leaving the Tugboat stranded on the left field line and delaying the start of the game. Things get worse over the next few days as the mariners pitchers refuse to ride in the Tugboat.The final straw was when Ed Vande Berg sprinted in from the bullpen with the Tugboat racing along behind him. . The Tugboat lasted about a week after that before they finally gave up!