I thought this was really funny. Here’s a couple of paragraphs from the article:
Dave Raymond shakes his head. Now that was a rough night. The former Phillie Phanatic chuckles at the memory, still vivid after 18 years: August 1988, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia. An incident that lives in mascot infamy. The fuming Los Angeles Dodgers manager, eyes bulging, whaling away at the jolly green fuzzball with his own effigy, a plastic dummy swaddled in a replica Dodgers jersey, the letters L-A-S-O-R-D-A hand-stitched along the back.
Inside the costume, Raymond couldn’t believe it. Was Lasorda serious? Seriously trying to hurt him? What happened to their longstanding détente? The Phanatic would mock Lasorda’s waddle, or maybe his ubiquitous Slim-Fast commercials; in return, Lasorda would shout obscenities, or perhaps threaten Raymond’s life.
Maybe we could get the Phanatic to go head to head with Skratch?
