From Deseret News archives:
Mascots, hot dogs and stuff
So what am I worrying about?
Whether Bear will get in the Mascot Hall of Fame, naturally.
I never claimed to be a serious George Will-type journalist. I like to entertain myself with oddball things. Like, for instance, the Mascot Hall of Fame and whether eating more than 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes is really good etiquette.
Call me George Will Lite.
I've been thinking of putting together an impassioned plea to get Bear in the MHOF. Now that Stockton and Malone are gone, and Jerry Sloan isn't retiring anytime soon, how else are the Jazz going to get someone in the Hall of Fame?
I was also wondering how a 160-pound guy can eat his weight in pork and live to tell.
But wait. I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's take it from the top. First, mascots. Second, hot dogs both the type you eat and the type you watch.
Already in the Hall: The Famous Chicken, the Phoenix Gorilla and the Philly Phanatic.
Good choices, one and all.
They're lumpy, comical and harebrained.
So how come Greg Ostertag's not up for consideration? If you think mascots are all about laughs, though, consider this: A Chicago Bulls mascot was charged this week with misdemeanor battery and driving within a parkway after allegedly punching a sheriff's deputy.
Benny the Bull real name Barry Anderson was reportedly riding his motorcycle, in costume, through the crowd at the Taste of Chicago festival without a permit. When an off-duty officer tried to stop him, the bull ran. (Is this what they mean by "the running of the bulls"?)
When the officer caught him, trouble ensued. Anderson is accused of breaking the officer's watch and knocking off his glasses.
That's not the first time a Bulls mascot has had a scrape with the law. Last year a mascot called Da Bull was sentenced to probation for possession of cannabis with intent to deliver.
Seems the Bulls mascots are as bad as they wanna be.
So I ask, how come the Jazz's mascot never gets arrested?
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