Hobart is such a Birdo reference that I can’t believe you didn’t call it out. Seriously, man, even its name- Larry Trask could find a common etymology on an off day.
Also, thank you for the Lois and Clark reference.
This is awesome. Furthermore, The Dugout must be restored.
03.09.11 at 8:32 am
Burnsy
I got excited because I thought this was about furries. Sad Burnsy.
03.09.11 at 8:54 am
Otto Man
The Great Falls Voyagers were a lot better before players Seven and Nine showed up, and the team became all about how sexy they were.
That’s some quality nerd humor right there.
03.09.11 at 9:01 am
LB
“Ogden just got a team, shortly after they put in the monorail.” And by gum, it put them on the map!
03.09.11 at 9:29 am
s.
This was good, but it would have been even better had it been presented in comical mock chat-room format.
03.09.11 at 9:46 am
tmbg13
Having a platypus in a Rockies shirt as the mascot for a team in Wyoming named after a ghost is one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever read. As such, he(and the whole of this article) are pretty fantastic. Shades of Zooperstars!
03.09.11 at 10:03 am
Emil
Casper should have made their mascot a restaurant-grade kitchen mixer.
03.09.11 at 10:16 am
Lisa_from_Illinois
You should do the Frontier League, where they pay you to play baseball, but not enough to keep you from substitute teaching or working at Home Depot.
They have mascots with such lovely names as the Slammers, the Rascals, the Wild Things, and Freedom. (I’m hoping Tone Loc is the play-by-play announcer for the Wild Things.)
03.09.11 at 10:20 am
WordUpThome
I LIKE HOW YOU UNSEATED AN S WITH A Z WHILST SPELLING HOO
03.09.11 at 10:20 am
WordUpThome
HOOTZ
03.09.11 at 10:28 am
Brandon Stroud
@Lisa – If these are well-received enough, I plan to do every league I can find. The Appalachian League is up next. I already have a picture with Blooper of the Danville Braves.
03.09.11 at 10:29 am
Brandon Stroud
@WordUpThome Thank you, sentient fictional character I helped create.
03.09.11 at 10:55 am
Terry McCarthy
I thought Helena was in Montana?
03.09.11 at 11:03 am
Brandon Stroud
Nah, they moved it last year. (I’m dumb, I’ll fix that)
03.09.11 at 11:25 am
Dave N.
I grew up in Great Falls, and that ball club used to be affiliated with the LA Dodgers and so were called the Great Falls Dodgers. Their mascot then was Dodger Rabbit, the creepiest rabbit costume I have ever seen. Throughout most of junior high and high school, me and my buddies plotted to steal his head. But we discovered boobs and beer and the conspiracy never came to fruition.
03.09.11 at 11:46 am
Brandon Stroud
Do you have any pictures of the Dodger Rabbit? I’d love to do an installment about mascots that have been replaced and no longer exist.
03.09.11 at 11:54 am
Ragingape
Good stuff. That Billings Mustangs joke made me hang my head.
03.09.11 at 12:32 pm
Rodan
wait a minute. what the hell do you mean “fictional”?
03.09.11 at 1:08 pm
Plastic Stranger
Thank god someone is taking a critical glance at such hard-hitting issues. If you have the time, please help me understand exactly what this monstrosity is.
(Hint: it represents the Montgomery Biscuits, a team name so awesome I couldn’t have invented it if I tried)
03.09.11 at 1:23 pm
Paul
“Call your team the Helena Bonham Carters and give me a huge ass bobblehead.”
Almost as good as calling Chris Sabo a John Olerud’s hat eyeballed mofo in the Reds ST Dugout. Nice to see you back, B.
03.09.11 at 6:43 pm
Chris
And who do you think would win in a fight between all these mascots?
03.09.11 at 10:09 pm
Andy
is it just the photo or is that raptor blue
i am not paying my hard earned jesus loving money to see any blue damn raptors
(btw “Clever Girl” is the best quote from that film and one of the best ever common usage quotes, so just a general “wtg on quotes”)
03.10.11 at 12:30 pm
EggoROYffle
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a minor league team runs through it. The league was cut by the world’s great flood of mediocre talent and runs over ballparks from the basement of time. On some of the parks are timeless mascots. Under the parks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by mascots.
-Norman Maclean
03.14.11 at 12:35 pm
Destiny Talley
Aww.. the owls are cute. They are love birds. <3
03.21.11 at 1:55 pm
Dave
I’m a fool for not checking these out properly sooner (the first time I tried it didn’t load correctly for some reason, then I kind of forgot) because this is amazing. The whole part about the Orem Owlz is awesome and I will be checking out the next instalments right away!
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Good stuff, love the baseball posts already.
Do the NY-Penn League next.
Hobart is such a Birdo reference that I can’t believe you didn’t call it out. Seriously, man, even its name- Larry Trask could find a common etymology on an off day.
Also, thank you for the Lois and Clark reference.
This is awesome. Furthermore, The Dugout must be restored.
I got excited because I thought this was about furries. Sad Burnsy.
The Great Falls Voyagers were a lot better before players Seven and Nine showed up, and the team became all about how sexy they were.
That’s some quality nerd humor right there.
“Ogden just got a team, shortly after they put in the monorail.” And by gum, it put them on the map!
This was good, but it would have been even better had it been presented in comical mock chat-room format.
Having a platypus in a Rockies shirt as the mascot for a team in Wyoming named after a ghost is one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever read. As such, he(and the whole of this article) are pretty fantastic. Shades of Zooperstars!
Casper should have made their mascot a restaurant-grade kitchen mixer.
You should do the Frontier League, where they pay you to play baseball, but not enough to keep you from substitute teaching or working at Home Depot.
They have mascots with such lovely names as the Slammers, the Rascals, the Wild Things, and Freedom. (I’m hoping Tone Loc is the play-by-play announcer for the Wild Things.)
I LIKE HOW YOU UNSEATED AN S WITH A Z WHILST SPELLING HOO
HOOTZ
@Lisa – If these are well-received enough, I plan to do every league I can find. The Appalachian League is up next. I already have a picture with Blooper of the Danville Braves.
@WordUpThome Thank you, sentient fictional character I helped create.
I thought Helena was in Montana?
Nah, they moved it last year. (I’m dumb, I’ll fix that)
I grew up in Great Falls, and that ball club used to be affiliated with the LA Dodgers and so were called the Great Falls Dodgers. Their mascot then was Dodger Rabbit, the creepiest rabbit costume I have ever seen. Throughout most of junior high and high school, me and my buddies plotted to steal his head. But we discovered boobs and beer and the conspiracy never came to fruition.
Do you have any pictures of the Dodger Rabbit? I’d love to do an installment about mascots that have been replaced and no longer exist.
Good stuff. That Billings Mustangs joke made me hang my head.
wait a minute. what the hell do you mean “fictional”?
Thank god someone is taking a critical glance at such hard-hitting issues. If you have the time, please help me understand exactly what this monstrosity is.
[www.cantstopthebleeding.com]
(Hint: it represents the Montgomery Biscuits, a team name so awesome I couldn’t have invented it if I tried)
“Call your team the Helena Bonham Carters and give me a huge ass bobblehead.”
Almost as good as calling Chris Sabo a John Olerud’s hat eyeballed mofo in the Reds ST Dugout. Nice to see you back, B.
And who do you think would win in a fight between all these mascots?
is it just the photo or is that raptor blue
i am not paying my hard earned jesus loving money to see any blue damn raptors
(btw “Clever Girl” is the best quote from that film and one of the best ever common usage quotes, so just a general “wtg on quotes”)
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a minor league team runs through it. The league was cut by the world’s great flood of mediocre talent and runs over ballparks from the basement of time. On some of the parks are timeless mascots. Under the parks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by mascots.
-Norman Maclean
Aww.. the owls are cute. They are love birds. <3
I’m a fool for not checking these out properly sooner (the first time I tried it didn’t load correctly for some reason, then I kind of forgot) because this is amazing. The whole part about the Orem Owlz is awesome and I will be checking out the next instalments right away!