The Mariner Moose Is Innocent!!!
So everybody’ been talking how about how lucky Coco Crisp is to have not been injured when he was “viciously assaulted” by the Mariner Moose. Over the last 24 hours there’s been a lot of outrage directed towards The Moose, and he has been painted as an evil villain whose complete disregard for all that is good in the world nearly caused Coco Crisp to get hurt.
But here’s the thing. The Moose didn’t just pop out of nowhere—he had been riding around the whole stadium. This version of the video proves it. He started in the right field corner and was riding around to the left field corner. Everybody in the stadium knew where he was going—well, everybody except Coco Crisp. Crisp was too absentminded to look both ways before crossing the street. He needs to learn that in between innings the field belongs to the mascot just as much as it belongs to the players. The Red Sox coach who was shown yelling at the Moose should have been screaming at Crisp instead.
That’s probably why Crisp showed no signs of anger whatsoever—he couldn’t complain about nearly being hurt because it was his fault. If anything, the Moose should be angry at Crisp because the Moose could have been seriously injured if Crisp caused him to crash the ATV. Crisp is a smart guy and so he was happy to smile and laugh and forget about it.
The point of all this is that we cannot forget the real victim in all of this—Mariner Moose. His name has now been slandered and libeled. And for what? For one careless baseball player not looking where he was going. It’s time the name of Mariner Moose be cleared.
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on 07 Aug 2007 at 11:54 am #
Pitching coach John Farrell has hired Wally the Green Monster to vandalize and disable the ATV.
on 07 Aug 2007 at 1:00 pm #
Players shouldn’t have to look out for speeding vehicles every time they take the field. If Felix Hernandez were injured by a speeding mascot in some other city (assuming any other team would have such a ridiculous thing) Mariners fans would be going ballistic.
on 07 Aug 2007 at 1:17 pm #
I’m not sure which club runs their game day operations like a single A team more, Seattle or Arizona, but it’s all part of satiating a fan base that really has no idea what’s going on between the chalk lines. Safeco is my favorite ballpark in all of baseball (my home field is Fenway) but the fan entertainment is by far the worst. It’s impossible to enjoy the game when there is tons of racket. I was there when Ichiro broke the single season hit record. Not only did a ton of season ticket holders not show, but every between inning included some horrible giveaway that had the fans more riveted than the fact that this guy just broke one of the longest standing records in history.
Hitting a player with the ATV was inevitable. I just hope it means they’ll stop it. Also, can somebody explain how a moose represents a team called the Mariners? When did the great moose adapt to living in the ocean? I’m sure Darwin is curious too.
on 07 Aug 2007 at 6:16 pm #
Living in the Seattle area and loving the Mariners, I didn’t know Coco almost got run over. To be fair, the Moose does this every few games (ride around on his ATV), so it’s not like this was a once in a life time thing. It’s just lucky he wasn’t hurt. Maybe it will be a blooper in a few years.
I don’t know why MSGiro is complaining, that’s the way it’s always have been here in Seattle. Yes, it can get annoying, but it doesn’t seem like most of the people go there for games (yes, that’s sad, but it might be a “Hey look at me, I’m at a Mariner’s Game” thing that people in LA get with the Dodgers).
Plus, I think that night that Ichiro broke the single season hits was fan appreciation night. I wasn’t able to get tickets, so I couldn’t go.
And don’t ask me why we’ve got a Moose as a mascot. I want a salty pirate. Arggggg. But my gf loves the Moose, so maybe that’s the appeal…
on 07 Aug 2007 at 9:03 pm #
This could have been a serious accident. I remember when Jeff Ruland of the 76ers had hiis ankle ruined by a Celtics ball boy with a cart. Always seems like the visitors are taking the beating
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