Tarps Off trend takes over Chase Field, brings energy wave to Diamondbacks-Rockies game

It isn’t rare to see that one dude who has no bodily shame at a sporting event. But when you get a whole village of dudes embracing shirtless freedom, it’s far from the norm.

What has been affectionately labeled the “Tarps Off” movement took over Chase Field on Saturday night as nearly an entire upper section was full of bare-chested, towel-twirling guys taking in a 5-4 Arizona Diamondbacks win against the Colorado Rockies.

D-backs mascot, D. Baxter the Bobcat, was at the center of the action. He donned his signature backwards, red Arizona cap, and, you guessed it — he wasn’t wearing a D-backs jersey.

atDbacks is here to report Tarps Off has reached the desert pic.twitter.com/muHnJFwCqD

— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 24, 2026

Manager Torey Lovullo not only took notice but opened his postgame comments shouting out the boisterous fans.

“First of all, I want to say that was pretty awesome to see those shirtless guys up there in the third deck,” Lovullo told reporters. “That was awesome listening to them getting into it and I hope they keep coming. Every weekend they need to be here.”

If the visual isn’t enough, an X account by the handle of “Tarps Off Baseball” gives a dictionary definition of the phenomenon that first popped up in October 2025 at Oklahoma State football games:

“A rallying cry for fans who bring unfiltered, chaotic, shirt-off energy to a game, usually from a dedicated crowd section or fan movement.”

The original cluster of shirtless guys more or less started the movement to keep themselves (and others) entertained throughout a miserable 1-11 season by the Cowboys. Their only home victory all year? A 27-7 win in their season-opener against UT Martin.

As Tarps Off is beginning to take off in MLB stadiums, some, like 12Sports’ Jake Garcia, are saying the movement “may have solved the male loneliness epidemic.”

Unlike in Stillwater, the gentlemen in downtown Phoenix on Saturday witnessed the hometown team get a win, and in a thrilling manner at that with Arizona closer Paul Sewald securing it with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

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