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02-14-2006, 04:18 PM
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Yankee Mascot?
This is odd.
I don't remember hearing anything about a mascot for the Yanks, and they don't seem like an organization that would have one (ever). But there exists a picture of Dandy, I stumbled onto it from a link in Wikipedia http://www.acmemascots.com/roster/baseball/ Does anyone remember Dandy? There's no mention of him/her/it on wikipedia. There's little to no mention on the web. Guess it didn't last too long, I'm thinking it had to be around during the 70's maybe early 80's...
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02-14-2006, 04:41 PM
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I want to say it was early '80s. I saw him in the Loge once. Stein would not let him on the field, so, it never had the appeal of the Chicken.
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02-15-2006, 12:23 PM
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I was never much of a fan of the idea of mascots, but they do have the ability to entertain between innings.
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02-15-2006, 02:17 PM
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Figuring out how they tie into the team is the hard part....or maybe that's the point, that they DON'T.
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02-15-2006, 02:17 PM
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Between innings is alternately reserved for getting/returning beer.
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I can think of a few cases where they do; The Oriole, BJ & Diamond (Jays), the "Rootin Tootin Ranger," & Mr. Met, among others. Generally, I'm not a big fan of mascots, but if they make the kids laugh, or if they provide decent entertainment, I don't mind them.
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02-15-2006, 03:08 PM
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How many mascots injure themselves REALLY good? The Mariner Moose comes to mind immediately. Slider of the Indians fell off a wall and injured his knee in 1995.
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