Wednesday, April 20, 2011

OF COURSE, HE STILL HAS PHATHER ISSUES:  The Phillie Phanatic has been named America's favorite mascot by Forbes Magazine based on "four key attributes: awareness, appeal, entertainment value and team identification (the degree to which consumers are able to associate a mascot with the team it represents)." The Racing Presidents (now with JFK?) are in sixth; Wally, the Green Monster places eighth. It's unclear where Lady PhaPha placed, and there's no sign of the Yankee Dandy.

One thing I'll say about the Phanatic, though, is that he's a real motherplunker. From Sunday's Phanatic Birthday Party mascot baseball game: