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DEL.ICIO.USHawks need a team mascot can be proud of
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Terence Moore
What about Harry the Hawk? I mean, what were the folks involved with the new Mascot Hall of Fame in Philadelphia thinking this week? Surely they had to use one of their first ballots to include the most consistently wonderful thing about Hawks games.
Actually, Harry the Hawk is the ONLY consistently wonderful thing about Hawks games.
Those other first-ballot inductees are deserving. You have to pick the Famous Chicken or the San Diego Chicken, which was the best mascot in history. And who can argue with the Phillie Phanatic, a green thing that was a fun thing and never a mean thing, except to Tommy Lasorda? Then you have the acrobatic and exciting ways of the Phoenix Suns Gorilla.
Well, Harry the Hawk is a little of them all, with a mighty dash of uniqueness. Here’s the big thing, though: Unlike the team that Harry the Hawk represents, he never is boring, and he never loses. Like the team that Harry the Hawk represents, he often is rather silly. It’s just that Harry the Hawk gets paid to look that way, while the Hawks players don’t.
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By doc
August 17, 2005 04:23 PM | Link to this
all mascots have the potential to offend or havent you heard. i really dont care about mascots as all they are is vehicles of money mongering to sell an image or degradation of a cultures soul. now about your fighting irish ….
By fred b.
August 17, 2005 07:39 PM | Link to this
what the hell do we need with a sports mascot hall of fame anyway. the whole idea seems rather ridiculous to me.