What Your Favorite MLB Mascot Says About You
Phillie Phanatic – You’re a big fan of role play.
Baxter of the Arizona Diamondbacks – You’re into furries and/or are Andrew McCutchen.
Swinging Friar of the San Diego Padres – You keep track of your score when you watch Jeopardy! You have never won.
Mariner Moose – Your spouse is into role play and asks you to wear the moose head with the Phanatic body.
Dinger of the Colorado Rockies – You hit your one and only home run in second-year T-ball.
Billy the Marlin – You are a serial killer.
Lou Seal of the San Francisco Giants – You buy all your clothes from Anthropologie on ThredUp.
Rosie Red – Your fantasy team was toast the third week of April.
Mr. Redlegs – You are really into taxidermy.
Pirate Parrot – You pick your fantasy team based on players’ real-life salaries. The lower, the better.
Mr. Met – You have never given up your seat on public transportation. That old lady is fine.
Mrs. Met – You refuse to sit next to your spouse on public transportation.
T.C. Bear of the Minnesota Twins – You brush your teeth with a bottle of Jack, once a week
Bernie of the Milwaukee Brewers – Your favorite poet is Jim Morrison
Sluggerrr of the Kansas City Royals – You’re the guy whose motivational HR posts show up on everyone’s LinkedIn feeds.
Orbit of the Houston Astros – You pile your bags of garbage on the sidewalk for weekly pickup. Sometimes you don’t even use bags.
PAWS of the Detroit Tigers – You, a grown-ass adult, ride your bike on the sidewalk.
Slider of the Cleveland Guardians – You’re definitely a nepo baby.
Southpaw of the Chicago White Sox – You eat chicken fingers with ketchup.
Clark the Cub – You haven’t eaten breakfast since June 16, 1997.
Wally of the Boston Red Sox – You’re known for your dad jokes and mediocre grilling skillz.
Oriole Bird – You have made your backyard into a haven for migratory birds.
Blooper of the Atlanta Braves – Also a nepo baby.
Stomper of the Oakland Athletics – You have been on thirteen nationally televised game shows since 1973. You have won a combined total of $734.23 and a lifetime supply of Garlique.
Fredbird of the St. Louis Cardinals – Your all-time favorite band is Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Raymond of the Tampa Bay Rays – You have been arrested one time in your life. It was for indecent exposure when, completely sober, you streaked through a cornhole tournament at 2:36 p.m. on a Sunday in July.
Rangers Captain – You eat carrots without peeling them first.
Ace of the Toronto Blue Jays – You eat s’mores with chocolate, marshmallow, and a toasted English muffin.
Screech of the Washington Nationals – You refuse to drive in the right-hand lane.
Dandy of the New York Yankees – You should just admit to having hair plugs (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
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riana Wipf recently completed her PhD in English literature, which saw her thinking a lot about how medieval literature portrays contact between different cultures. She can also tell you about fart jokes in The Canterbury Tales. Her creative work has appeared in The Watershed Review, The Good Life Review and Drunk Monkeys, among others. A hapless Pirates fan, she lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Jesse, and their dog, Roger Daltrey. Find out more about her work at http://www.brianawipf.com.