Omaha Fire Department jumps on Kentucky Baseball bandwagon for College World Series [Video]

Last week, Nick Mingione asked the city of Omaha to cheer for Kentucky in the College World Series. At least one group of Omahans listened.

You may have noticed Mason Moore wearing a fireman’s helmet in the dugout at Charles Schwab Field on Saturday. The helmet — and Moore’s Kentucky Wildcat hand puppet — got considerable screentime during ESPN’s interview with Ryan Hagenow, Kentucky’s dugout captain, in the fourth inning. Turns out the helmet was a gift for Cam O’Brien from the Omaha Fire Department, which adopted O’Brien as one of their CWS favorites when they heard the graduate reliever’s nickname was “The Fireman.”

“Guys, this is awesome,” Mingione said after Kentucky’s 5-4 win over NC State. “I made a plea last time I was up here for the people of Omaha if they were looking for a team. We get an email from the local fire department and said, ‘Hey, I heard one of your players is called a fireman. We’ve made you a fireman helmet’ …