http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...itesox,1,7038099.story?coll=cs-home-headlines Wimpiest Mascot in Chicagoland: "Probably Sparky from the Chicago Fire," he (Southpaw from the Sox) said. Fighting words, indeed!
Ah, but isn't he not called Sparky anymore? I thought they ran into some sort of trademark violation or other threat of legal action. I remember seeing him continually referred to as "The Chicago Fire Mascot" in a press release recently. Later, COZ
Well you have to admit that the White Sox mascot, 'Unemployed Drunken Tattooed White Trash Guy' would kick Sparky's ass.
I'm a Sox fan, but I gotta say, who is that thing to be callin' out anybody. That Sox Thing is the wimpiest mascot because all you'd need to get rid of him would be a can of Tinactin. Honestly, is his nickname FootFunk?
Seriously, I've been a Sox fan my entire life, and I go to games on a regular basis. Until now, I had no idea that the Sox had a mascot.
My friend's uncle was the Phillie Phanatic in the 80's. He used to get the crap kicked out of him on a regular basis.
I have no idea why I'm posting in here, but here goes: back in the day Dave Barry (semi-retired columnist) dressed up as the Fusion mascot and went about his business at a game down there. Turns out he wandered around near the Afusionados (remember them?), and they proceeded to beat the crap out of him. Don't remember the exact circumstance, but some group came to his rescue and he was pulled out alive. He wrote an article about it, funny as hell. Tim
I remember that column. You can find it here. I have no idea why this site is hosting it... Is Dave Barry Jewish? I didn't think so. Anyway, that's the first link that popped up... http://www.jewishworldreview.com/dave/barry071199.asp .... edit.... his wife is Jewish. He's not.
He's not the Cubs mascot. He just hangs around and is annoying as hell, like that dum@ss Wendy's guy.
So, Sparky's been served. Maybe it will inspire him to strive for the high standard set by Stanley Sting.
Anyone else have an overwhelming desire to see a Chicago Mascot rumble? Lets just throw 'em all into a cage with a couple bats, some steel chairs, and a 'live' fire extinguisher and see what happens.
My friends got Ronnie Woo-Woo very drunk after a game once and then drove him out to Schiller Park and left him there. The next morning in the paper there was a blurb about him how he was picked up by the cops for disturbing the peace.
Wow. Sparky got called-out. Is this really a thread... that's amazing. The bottom line is that all other Chicago teams, for the moment, suck, except for us, The Great Chicago Fire. And that's all that matters. If our mascot sucks, I'm not gonna go cry in bed over it thinking how I'm going to plot out my revenge on the White Sox mascot. I like the real dalmation dog they have at games, though. He has a weird name I can't remember... but he's cool (or she?).
That dog is named Humo. I have it on good authority Sparky has been similarly interviewed and will respond to the statement made by Forkball, or whoever he is.