Random Card of the Day

I remember when I was a kid I was at a game with my cousins in old Milwaukee County Stadium, Brewers playing the Orioles.  We met a woman who was apparently a huge Orioles fan and she wore one of these mascot suits to the game.  It was fairly gross.

His name is Darryl...

Hey Billy he does not have a tradional mascot name. In fact he is listed as The Oriole Bird in mascots lists.

Thanks for the info. That's not very creative.

Bit lazy not putting the mascot's name on there.

As I recall, some of the "early" mascot cards of the Royals said simply Mascot or Kansas City Royals instead of Sluggerrr.  The name was always Sluggerrr, although the spelling has changed. (Originally there were 3 g's.)   I wondered why it wasn't listed as such.  I just figured the person in charge at Topps was too lazy to do a search for the name.

There are some strange inconsistencies in this set/checklist.  Like #81 is listed as TC for Team Card, while most others are MAS for Mascot.  The cards themselves are inconsistent in the labels.  I love Mascot Cards anyway! 

I always wonder if the name thing is a licensing deal.  I don't think mascots have a union, since none of them can talk, and they would have to pay their dues in peanuts and crackerjack.  But Stomper, the beloved Oakland Elephant mascot, has been called Stomper on a few cards, but nowadays just gets Oakland Mascot, despite other mascots in the same sets having their names on cards.

By the way, there is a mascot Hall of Fame, up near Chicago, and Boomer, the Pacers mascot, was among the 2020 inductees.  The governor of Indiana actually made the presentation speech for the Colts mascot.  It's a pretty big deal.  I gotta go there someday.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot_Hall_of_Fame