Currently the Mascot Hall of Fame includes The Famous Chicken (a.k.a. the San Diego chicken, though no longer associated with SD), the Phillie Phanatic, the Suns Gorilla, plus several new introductees from 2006: Clutch the Bear (Rockets mascot), the Jazz mascot (also a Bear), and the KC Chiefs mascot (a wolf), plus three college mascots. It's actually a surprisingly lame class.
There are five mascots up for the honor this year: First up is Mr. Met, seen below dancing to bhangra at an Indian wedding:
Yeah, I know I've posted that video before, but it cracks me up. I've told all my Indian friends that I expect some mascots at their weddings. I'm trying to book Mr. Jet for my own wedding - that's Fireman Ed, seen doing his thing here. I don't like him as much when he's not sitting on his large brother's shoulders. As the Greek Professor once said "They form like Voltron - the Jets helmet comes flying in from the left side of the screen, ala the sword".
Mr. Met doesn't do much - he's not into "tricks", though he does occasionally make a road trip with the team. Here he is in Philly, which should count as hazard pay in my book:His chief competitor is the San Antonio Coyote (the Spurs mascot). Basketball mascots are just more exciting than baseball mascots - they have to do more to keep an NBA crowd entertained. In this video below, the Coyote proves he's worthy of being the top vote getter - he spins his head, performs all types of slapstick antics, makes basketball shots behind his head, water skis, rides a unicycle, dunks, shoots all kinds of three-pointers, dances on his head, gets pummeled, rides a motorcycle, crowd surfs, supports the military, and, of course, dances - cowboy style, roger rabbit, molly ringwald, pop and locking, ballet, cheerleading - all types of dancing skills. He's truly the Renaissance Mascot:
F*ck Mr. Met, vote for Coyote. He's more worthy.
The rest of the competition? Youppi, the Expos old mascot. I miss that guy. He was like the Phillie Phanatics' love child. He's probably more worthy than Mr. Met, even if he is unemployed. Someone get him a job!
The Oriole Bird and the Mariner Moose, two rather unappealing mascots. I do give the Moose props for running over Boston outfielder Coco Crisp last month during a game. That's pretty hype for a mascot; still, if you are best know for screwing up your act, you're probably not worthy of The Hall of Fame. And the last mascot is Hugo the Hornet, which the Post writer apparently doesn't know has been around more than a decade, dating back to the Charlotte Hornets days. I guess if you write about baseball you don't need to know about other sports, but still... that's kinda poor writing to slip past the editors. You would think you would want to appear informed.
Hugo the Hornet is no joke, either. He will jump through fire to dunk. Mr. Met is in trouble...
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Umm... this comment belongs in the previous thread. I could go delete it, or I could just leave this comment explaining it. I'll go with that one.
I would rather presume you were referring to the window of (mascot)dominance that Coyote (someone needs to give him a first name, like "Sam") shattered in one of his zany antics!
"Window of dominance"? That window was open for my (yes MY (I own them)) Colts for exactly four weeks last December/January. I'm happy that they won the Super Bowl after years of just missing it, but that was seriously one small window. That was one of those skinny frosted windows in the bathroom. Hell, that was a damn arrow loop.
If anything, they snuck in through an unguarded crack in the Patriots' big-ass window.