Concerning truth behind baseball’s famous flashers

The sporting world is open for business for daredevil streakers after the models behind baseball’s famous flash taught us a very provocative lesson.

They came. They flashed. They got exactly what they wanted.

The World Series’ famous flashing Instagram models may have been banned from Major League Baseball — but Julia Rose and Lauren Summer couldn’t care less.

As of five minutes after their topless ambush of baseball’s biggest stage on Monday (AEDT) the pair were untouchable.

Game 5 of baseball’s showpiece event was completely overshadowed by the moment the two Instagram stars flashed Houston Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole at Nationals Park in Washington and we are all to blame.

This is just the start of the new age of ambush marketing.

Sport, entertainment and anything with mass eyeballs is now fair game for wannabe stars to leverage 15 minutes of fame.

It’s easy to dismiss cases like this as desperate exhibitionists sadly sinking to rock bottom, but not when it’s created a global platform for them to talk to the world.

The lesson from Rose and Summer’s flashdance at the baseball is the same as the one the world took from American model Kinsey Wolanski’s infamous streak at the Champions League final in June — there are literally millions of reasons to invade sporting events for your own purposes.

Summer (brand executive) and Rose (CEO) are colleagues at X-rated digital magazine SHAGMAG — and Rose claims their stunt has already contributed to an increase of more than $US10,000 in new subscriptions. They say they are hopeful the number will rise above $US20,000 today.

Full issue of @SHAGMAG_ in the link in my bio 🍌 pic.twitter.com/Jr5mA9FU27

— Julia Rose (@JuliaRose_33) September 27, 2019

Wolanski’s infamous run onto the field during Liverpool’s win over Tottenham in June saw her Instagram following increase by 300 per cent.

According to reports, the promotion of her daredevil boyfriend Vitaly Zdorovetskiy’s X-rated adult site led to record visits to the controversial website.

Her Instagram following exploded from 300,000 to more than 3 million before she was hacked and forced to suspend the account. True to form, she climbed back up to 3.3 million followers after being forced to start from scratch.

Wolanski was arrested and fined €15,000 ($24,000) for streaking — but it is peanuts in comparison to the social media following and website revenue it generated.

This is a lesson impossible to ignore.

International sport, right now, is open for business to anyone brave enough to bare it all.

There’s a guaranteed pay off and almost no way to police against it.

Even when Zdorovetskiy’s mum Elena was tackled by security almost immediately after jumping over the fence and trying to streak at the 2019 Cricket World Cup final in London, her run created headlines around the world.

My mom is crazy!!!!! pic.twitter.com/GuDfyM2aU2

— Vitaly Zdorovetskiy (@Vitalyzdtv) July 14, 2019

Now, it’s happening all over again with Rose and Summer in the United States.

The fact that social media is divided about whether ambush marketing is a legitimate platform for people looking to advance causes is the only opening people like Rose and Summer need to justify their claimed goal to raise awareness about breast cancer.

Ya know I may be in the minority here but I think there’s probably better ways to raise money for breast cancer than flashing your tatas at the World Series

— Amanda Atwell (@AmandaMAtwell) October 28, 2019

For better or worse, it’s here to stay now.

It’s spread into the fashion world where bloggers and YouTubers have pulled off stunts with high-profile celebrities with the simple goal of being seen — and it’s working.

It’s a gold mine — and there’s no evidence to suggest it will be stopping any time soon.

Despite the strongly-worded letter from MLB, Rose said on Tuesday she and her busty gal pals are planning more X-rated stunts.

“We definitely have some more stuff up our sleeves,” Rose told The New York Post, adding that her group’s future X-ploits would “100 per cent” occur at sporting events.

She said it was all about trying to boost subscriptions to SHAGMAG, which are $15 a month, so the magazine could contribute money to breast-cancer victims.

Coming to a stadium near you.

Colleague Summer tweeted in Tuesday they were always prepared to risk a life ban from baseball.

“To clarify, yes we knew we would get banned, yes the (banishment) letters are real, and yes, I would do it again lol. More importantly, subscribe to @SHAGMAG_ because the proceeds go directly to women with breast cancer to pay for their medical bills,” Summer tweeted.

Earlier in the day, Summer also appeared to reply to a commenter who tweeted: “I don’t care that they show t*** or whatever but I have breast cancer, and I’m not sure how that helps me in any way.”

“Our proceeds from @SHAGMAG_ will be going to women with breast cancer and paying off their medical bills. Meeting with them in person and doing whatever we can to help with the platform we have,” Summer posted.

Models Julia Rose (left) and Lauren Summer were banned for exposing themselves at the World Series. Picture: heylaurensummer/its_juliarose/Instagram

After decades of celebrating male streakers make mugs of themselves it’s hard to criticise these women either.

“There’s definitely a double-standard,” Rose said. “I feel there’s a lot of men who are able to body-paint and be shirtless all the time, but because we were topless, we were banned for life.”

This is just the start.