The introduction of the mascots of the last 5 of the 30 teams from the League Of Nations West has finally arrived, and the fans of these five teams have been waiting for a long time
San Francisco Giants: Lou Seal
Lou Seal's popularity in mlB mascots rivals that of Phillie Phanatic of the Philadelphians, and in the 2008 Forbes selection, Lou Seal overtook his opponent to become the best mascot in sports. In 1996, the SEAL-shaped mascot was born in the Giant, and its name should be the same as that of the san Francisco baseball team, the SEALs (1903-1957). In the Giant's call for mascot ideas, 6 people invariably submitted the name Lou Seal, so the team owner simply invited the 6 fans to the luxury box to watch the ball, and picked out one person to complete the kick-off.
Image source: Lou Seal Twitter
Lou Seal already has a record of 1,150 consecutive home appearances and will also help the team's home batters wear a giraffe hat when they play. However, the Giants also had a well-known mascot called The Crazy Crab earlier, which, unlike others, was a symbol of an "anti-mascot" that the team introduced in 1984 to satirize other teams' enthusiasm for mascots. At that time, the home fans would throw all kinds of dangerous items at it, until a player was injured later. After the appearance of Lou Seal, Crazy Crab also appeared in the audience's field of vision from time to time.
Crazy Crab Image Source: MLB official website
San Diego Priest: Swinging Friar
Swinging Friar has always been the official mascot of the priests, and currently it is a cartoon figure, stocky and bald, smiling, dressed like a monk, wearing sandals and draped in a black cloak. It had become the team mascot as early as 1958, when the Padres were not major league teams; the padres retained the mascot after they joined major leagues in 1969. Priests had asked real people to wear friar costumes as mascots, but then they began to cartoonish designs, and it wasn't until 1996 that this version of swinging Friar was used. The team once introduced a dark blue puppy mascot named Bluepper in 1982, but the response was not good, and it disappeared after only two years.
Swingingin' Friar Wearing a Mask Credit: Swinging Friar Tweet
Swinging Friar wielded a bat in his hand, sometimes with his left hand, sometimes with his right hand, so the team simply called him a "left-right bow breaker." In Sunday's home match, it will also change into a monk's robe and change into camouflage to meet the team.
Greeting Everyone with Swaying Friar
Colorado Rocky: Dinger
Dinger is one of the more special of all the mascots because it is a dinosaur! The guy who became Loki's official mascot in 1994 is a purple Triceratops. Dinosaurs were chosen as mascots because the team found some dinosaur fossils during the construction of the current home Coors Field Stadium, the most famous of which was a 2.1-meter-long, 450-kilogram triangular dragon head bone; the team simply used Triceratops as a mascot. Its name, Digger, is also a slang term for home runs, coinciding with the "hitting paradise" attribute of Coors Field on Highlands.
Image source: MLB Rockies
The Dinger usually appears before and after the game, but in the bottom half of the 9th inning, when it is the turn of its own batter, it will dance behind the home plate to distract the opposing pitcher. Just before the opposing pitcher makes a pitching motion, it will sit down immediately and will not disturb the progress of the game. Since 1994, it has not only cheered for the Rockies on the field, but also for the children outside the stadium, including performances at children's hospitals and health centers.
Cleaning little dinosaur ~
Arizona Rattlesnake: D. Baxter the Bobcat&D-backs Luchador
The Diamondback, which was only established in 1998, had its first mascot, D. Baxter the Bobcat, in 2000, inspired by the son of the team's second baseman at the time, who thought that the name of the team's mascot should have the abbreviation BOB of the stadium name at that time, so the team owner chose Bobcat, that is, Bobcat, as his mascot. And the D. in the name. Baxter comes from the team's nickname D-Backs, a mascot that was a great wit, and in 2001 the team won the World Series championship by reversing the Yankees 4-3.
D. Baxter the Bobcat Image Source: MLB DBACKS official website
In each game, D. Baxter the Bobcat interacts with fans in the upper stands, with which fans can take photos and experience baseball mini-games. Compared to it, D-backs Luchador didn't become the team mascot until 2013; in 2012 it was critically acclaimed at an event, and in 2013 it was in everyone's sights wearing a black cloak, red pants, and a mask with the team logo (how is this setting so much like a bull warrior!?). ）。
The bull warrior never takes off his mask Source: MLB Tubing
Los Angeles Dodgers: No!
Finally, the much-anticipated Dodgers are mentioned, and fans familiar with the Dodgers understand that they are the only three teams in the league that currently do not have an official mascot (the other two are the Yankees and The Angels). Although the team does not have an official mascot, it does not mean that the atmosphere of the fans will be affected! When the Dodgers play at home, there will be a giant little boy doll who acts as a moderation of the atmosphere.
The mascot of the Dou Dance
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