Photo taken: September 11, 2013
Sometime not all that long ago, some sports team thought it would be fun to have an anthropomorphic representation of itself mill around the stadium to pump up the fans while simultaneously driving them nuts. Most sports mascots are intentionally silly, but you in some strange way they at least make sense. The mascot for the Texas Rangers baseball club, though, looks a bit off. Make that waaaaay off. I think it’s supposed to be a horse, which of course the historical Texas Rangers of old used to ride on… but if you ask me, it looks more like sitcom alien ALF hijacked a golf cart and is joyriding around the warning track harassing the players. Matt Garza’s taking the brunt of ALF’s pep talk here, and given how he pitched that day, it obviously threw him off his game.
Hijacking a golf cart is definitely something that Alf would do. Was there a cat anywhere around the field?
I didn’t notice, but it’s possible. Cats have disrupted baseball games before… but this may be the first instance of an alien delay.
Yep – it’s a horse alright – supposedly palomino but I saw no fewer than four distinct colors of Ranger Mascot horses when I googled…..anyway, hijacking the golf cart is the fast way to “get out of Dodge” when you’re a Texas Ranger I should think!
Pam
So the Rangers mascot is actually a horse of a different color? With those morphing abilities, it’s no wonder he can transform into an alien…
Yeah after googling him, apparently he’s white, brown, beige, so maybe he’s more of a “mood ring horse” ??????
He’s a more than a shade saner looking that that stupid dinosaur the Rockies have scaring the be-Jesus outa little kids. Batter up!! ⚾️
Dinger’s a dandy… and probably not a coincidence that he debuted around the same time as another purple dinosaur that everyone hates. And I’m not talking about Dino…
I assumed it was the groundskeeper in fancy dress,
Gotta sneak around incognito to get those pesky weeds…
I think it might actually BE one of those sitcom aliens. Maybe the bought the outfit from an old TV studio.
I’m thinking a Goodwill costume shop. I feel bad for whoever got the back end…
A horse watching baseball from a cart. How cool is that!
You go out to the ballpark, you never know when you might see something you never saw before…
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen or thought of Alf but that creature in the golf cart does remind me of him. Or it. Or whatever.
If I remember right, the Mariners had a stupid-looking frog dancing around the stadium. Mariner. Frog. Both connected to water? I don’t know. I thought it was an odd choice.
I don’t know if they’ve changed over, but the Mariners used to have a moose. One of my sisters back in the day was a big Griffey fan and had a plush Mariner Moose. If I knew what she did with it (Since I’m sure she never took it with her out of the house), he’d be the newest Shelf Critter…
Oh, yes, you’re right it was a moose, which was cute but made even less sense! I was thinking of the minor team, the Everett Aquasox. I can’t believe I forgot that and got those two mixed up.