http://www.the700level.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/news/Video-Jen-Utley-Shakes-It-with-the-Phill?blockID=726872
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Dancing with the...Mascots?
For those of you who love Dancing with the Stars...why not Dancing with the Mascots??? I have a feeling that the Phillie Phanatic would be tough competition on the show! Check out his sizzling dance moves with Jenn Utley from last night's Phillies fashion show!
http://www.the700level.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/news/Video-Jen-Utley-Shakes-It-with-the-Phill?blockID=726872
http://www.the700level.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/news/Video-Jen-Utley-Shakes-It-with-the-Phill?blockID=726872
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Rumble v. Burnie...a preview of the 2012 NBA champion?!
Happy NBA finals time! The series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat got off to a good start last night (yes, i am routing for the Thunder - love the young energy!). I'm sure while you were watching the game, you inevitably wondered - who are the mascots for these teams?? Let's take a look at the two mascots in the NBA finals...since we all know, having a good mascot may make the difference in who pulls off a Championship! right lebron? :)
Burnie, the Miami Heat Mascot
According to Wikipedia:
The Burnie suit is a full-body costume. The body is furry orange with orange feathers for hair. Burnie's "nose" is a green basketball. Burnie wears number 0 for the Heat, typically in a black uniform, although he's also worn the Heat's red and white jerseys during playoff promotions. During the 2012 NBA Playoffs, due to the "White Hot Playoffs" of the Miami Heat, Burnie changed his outfit. It is still the same suit, but instead of the normal coloring, it is colored all-white. Burnie also wears an all-white Miami Heat jersey, with the words having a black trim. He may also wear a white Miami Heat t-shirt sometimes. Burnie is also the only Jewish mascot in the league (btw - how do we know this? does he love matzo ball soup?)
Rumble (Thunder Mascot).
On February 17, 2009, Rumble the Bison was introduced as the new Oklahoma City Thunder mascot during the halftime of a game against the New Orleans Hornets. Rumble was the winner of the 2008–2009 NBA Mascot of the Year. According to his official backstory on NBA.com, Rumble is the subject of a Native America tale has been passed down for centuries which tells of a bison who was struck by lightning while saving his herd from a ferocious storm in the Arbuckle Mountains. The lightning transformed him into the anthropomorphic, super-powered bison known today as Rumble. When the Thunder arrived in Oklahoma City, he identified with them and joined the team.
Well, it's pretty clear to me that Rumble would beat out Burnie in any championship series! No contest! what do you think? Do you think Burnie has a chance based on his criminal past? Would Burnie "burn" the bison, or would Rumble lighting strike down the flame?
Burnie, the Miami Heat Mascot
According to Wikipedia:
The Burnie suit is a full-body costume. The body is furry orange with orange feathers for hair. Burnie's "nose" is a green basketball. Burnie wears number 0 for the Heat, typically in a black uniform, although he's also worn the Heat's red and white jerseys during playoff promotions. During the 2012 NBA Playoffs, due to the "White Hot Playoffs" of the Miami Heat, Burnie changed his outfit. It is still the same suit, but instead of the normal coloring, it is colored all-white. Burnie also wears an all-white Miami Heat jersey, with the words having a black trim. He may also wear a white Miami Heat t-shirt sometimes. Burnie is also the only Jewish mascot in the league (btw - how do we know this? does he love matzo ball soup?)
Rumble (Thunder Mascot).
On February 17, 2009, Rumble the Bison was introduced as the new Oklahoma City Thunder mascot during the halftime of a game against the New Orleans Hornets. Rumble was the winner of the 2008–2009 NBA Mascot of the Year. According to his official backstory on NBA.com, Rumble is the subject of a Native America tale has been passed down for centuries which tells of a bison who was struck by lightning while saving his herd from a ferocious storm in the Arbuckle Mountains. The lightning transformed him into the anthropomorphic, super-powered bison known today as Rumble. When the Thunder arrived in Oklahoma City, he identified with them and joined the team.
Well, it's pretty clear to me that Rumble would beat out Burnie in any championship series! No contest! what do you think? Do you think Burnie has a chance based on his criminal past? Would Burnie "burn" the bison, or would Rumble lighting strike down the flame?
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Phanatic in Court??
Just saw this article...what do you think? Do people assume risk of injury when playing with a mascot? Do mascots have to be more gentle to fans? Will the phanatic show up in court? If you are a true phillies fan, would you ever sue the phanatic????
He's big, green and usually just a little goofy, but an Abington woman claims the Phillie Phanatic turned into the Incredible Hulk at the Jersey Shore when he tossed her in a hotel pool.
Suzanne Peirce claims she was attending her sister's wedding at The Golden Inn in Avalon on July 17, 2010 and was poolside with the Phanatic, who was "engaging in various antics" during a comic routine, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Common Pleas Court and first reported by Courthouse News,
The Phanatic suddenly picked up both Peirce and her lounge chair and tossed both into the pool, according to the suit.
Peirce claims she hurt just about everything in the incident, including suffering "severe and permanent injuries to her head, neck, back, body, arms and legs, bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and tissues ..." and more. The pool did have water in it, attorney Aaron Denker said, though Peirce was tossed in the shallow end.
"The next day she really felt it and had a difficult time getting out bed and had a difficult time participating in the wedding," Denker said.
Since it was unclear who was actually in the Phanatic costume that day, Peirce is suing both Tom Burgoyne and Matt Mehler or any other unnamed individual who was portraying the Galápagos Islands native there, the complaint claims. The team and The Golden Inn are also named as defendants.
A Phillies spokeswoman said the team was aware of the lawsuit and declined to comment while a representative from The Golden Inn did not immediately return requests for comment.
Denker said the Phanatic was not a part of this particular wedding, though pictures on The Golden Inn's website show him posing with unnamed newlyweds. There's also a YouTube video of the Phanatic at the pool there, dancing with some women and playing in the sand with a kid.
The lawsuit does not mention specific dollar amounts, but claims Peirce has spent large sums of money on medicine and medical attention and has also suffered from "humiliation and loss of life's pleasures. “
Peirce, Denker said, is a Phillies fan.
This isn't the first time the Phanatic's been accused of being too fanatical: in 2010 the Daily News found he'd been sued at least three other times in the last decade, once for hugging someone too hard. In 2010, a woman attending a Reading Phillies game with her church group claimed he sat on her legs, making her arthritis act up and ultimately led to a knee replacement, a lawsuit alleged.
He's not the only mascot to get into legal trouble, though. In 2010, an Upper Darby woman sued Disney, claiming a Donald Duck mascot touched her breast, causing a “shock to her entire nervous system" along with flashbacks and digestive problems.
Phanatic sued by Abington woman over alleged pool horseplay
He's big, green and usually just a little goofy, but an Abington woman claims the Phillie Phanatic turned into the Incredible Hulk at the Jersey Shore when he tossed her in a hotel pool.
Suzanne Peirce claims she was attending her sister's wedding at The Golden Inn in Avalon on July 17, 2010 and was poolside with the Phanatic, who was "engaging in various antics" during a comic routine, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Common Pleas Court and first reported by Courthouse News,
The Phanatic suddenly picked up both Peirce and her lounge chair and tossed both into the pool, according to the suit.
Peirce claims she hurt just about everything in the incident, including suffering "severe and permanent injuries to her head, neck, back, body, arms and legs, bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and tissues ..." and more. The pool did have water in it, attorney Aaron Denker said, though Peirce was tossed in the shallow end.
"The next day she really felt it and had a difficult time getting out bed and had a difficult time participating in the wedding," Denker said.
Since it was unclear who was actually in the Phanatic costume that day, Peirce is suing both Tom Burgoyne and Matt Mehler or any other unnamed individual who was portraying the Galápagos Islands native there, the complaint claims. The team and The Golden Inn are also named as defendants.
A Phillies spokeswoman said the team was aware of the lawsuit and declined to comment while a representative from The Golden Inn did not immediately return requests for comment.
Denker said the Phanatic was not a part of this particular wedding, though pictures on The Golden Inn's website show him posing with unnamed newlyweds. There's also a YouTube video of the Phanatic at the pool there, dancing with some women and playing in the sand with a kid.
The lawsuit does not mention specific dollar amounts, but claims Peirce has spent large sums of money on medicine and medical attention and has also suffered from "humiliation and loss of life's pleasures. “
Peirce, Denker said, is a Phillies fan.
This isn't the first time the Phanatic's been accused of being too fanatical: in 2010 the Daily News found he'd been sued at least three other times in the last decade, once for hugging someone too hard. In 2010, a woman attending a Reading Phillies game with her church group claimed he sat on her legs, making her arthritis act up and ultimately led to a knee replacement, a lawsuit alleged.
He's not the only mascot to get into legal trouble, though. In 2010, an Upper Darby woman sued Disney, claiming a Donald Duck mascot touched her breast, causing a “shock to her entire nervous system" along with flashbacks and digestive problems.
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