MIAMI (AP) – The Florida Marlins are looking for some footloose fat men.

The National League team is creating an all-male, plus-size cheerleading squad to be dubbed the Manatees. Tryouts were scheduled for today.

The team hopes to recruit seven to 10 tubby men to dance during Friday and Saturday home games this season.

Real manatees, 1,200-pound mammals, are not considered the most agile of creatures and often get caught in boat propellers. The Marlins want their Manatees to have the same dimensions, but to be decidedly more agile.

The Marlins already have a cheerleading squad, the considerably more svelte Mermaids.

The Marlins aren’t the only team capitalizing on expanding waistlines. The Chicago Bulls have the Matadors, a big-man dance troupe that’s entertained fans at home games since 2003.

And although cheerleaders might be an unfamiliar site in baseball, big men aren’t, as fans have long cheered on the likes of Babe Ruth and Kirby Puckett.