REPOST OF 2008 BLOG

I love Mascot Games - 2008

I went to the Dome today to see Kevin "Slow Ride" Slowey's complete game shutout. It was a real pitchers duel between he and Sheets for the Brewers, but we moved runners around and won 5-0. Great stuff. Real good game.

HOWEVER, not as good a game as TC's 8th Annual Mascot Softball Game. I try to go to this event every year. It kicks ass. They also play mascot basketball and hockey at Gopher game intermissions sometimes. It is the most perfect sporting event I know of. Always exciting and always satisfying. Today was the greatest of the 6 or 7 of these softball games that I have seen.

I wish I had been keeping a book or taking notes somehow. This Mascot Game was so fucking awesome I don't know what to do. Those of you who know me know that I hate TC and love all of the mascots that are too tall and gangly to function (ie Hardware Hank, the original inflatable Subway Sub, and the inflatable Air Force mascots). This game was fantastic because TC was a non-factor and Airman Andy was the Player of the Game. He accidentally deflated 3 times due to making too athletic of a play and screwing up the airflow within the costume. Goldy had to go over twice and help hiim stand up straight so the air could fill him up again. Just awesome. The announcer kept yelling "At attention Soldier! You are representing the United States!" and then the costume would snap back into its full glory. Priceless.

Also, a giant liver that was promoting liver health, Crunch, and Goldy combined to win the game over Bernie Brewer, so TC's at-bat didn't matter at all because Goldy had already scored the winning run. In fact, TC was the last batter, so he just kept running well past the double he had hit, and ended up getting tagged out/mauled by Bernie Brewer in a rather emasculating run-down between 3rd and Home. He ended up out and knocked on his ass. Good thing Goldy won it for him. That fucking bear.

I was hooting and hollering the whole game. It was a really good game. Some amazingly athletic plays were made considering the size of some of those costumes. And Twins 3rd baseman Brian Buscher made an outfield assist to get Bernie Brewer out during his warm ups, so that kicked ass too.

MVP- Airman Andy
Best Diving Catch/Slide into Home Plate- The Giant Liver
Most Suck- TC
Best Mascot Name- Colonol Oom-Pa-Pa from Valleyfair. (Old foam man in Red White and Blue with crazy foam mustache.)

I love mascots. They kick ass. Bring back Hardware Hank.