They’re furry, funny and cuddly – and never played a game. But the baseball experience seems incomplete today without mascots.

And thanks to a recent donation, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will be able to tell the story of some of Japanese baseball’s best-known team supporters.

The Museum received a donation of 17 mascot dolls from Tim Wiles, the former director of research at the Hall of Fame. During his time at the Hall, Wiles played a part in the Hall receiving the full-sized San Diego Chicken and Phillie Phanatic mascots. He said those helped him gain an interest in collecting mascots, and he would display the ones he acquired in his office space.

Wiles would befriend Masanao Saijo, a visitor and friend of the Hall who travels every year from Japan to visit the Hall of Fame.