Vote down Baxter!

by Jim McLennan on Sep 25, 2007 4:40 PM EDT

HomerDerby.com have been running an NCAA-style tournament to decide the best mascot. They've reached D.Baxter vs. Stomper from Oakland. Even neutral observers hate Baxter:

D. Baxter the Bobcat? What? Aren't they the diamondbacks? The Diamondbacks waited two years after they started playing baseball to unveil their mascot in 2000. They should have waited longer, because it's very possible that the lamest mascot in all mascotdom is a wildcat. It's unimaginative and lame. Especially when your actual mascot is a deadly rattlesnake.

Think how cool that mascot would be. And the jokes I could have made about it. Instead they have another cat in Arizona alongside the University of Arizona's Wilbur the Wildcat. Rumor has it that the son of Jay Bell (the D-Backs' 2B) thought it would be cool if the mascot was a bob cat because the D-Backs played at the BOB, short for Bank One Ballpark. Fast forward to a corporate buyout of Bank One by Chase Manhattan ... and the mascot is even stupider.

I probably don't need to say this, but click on the link above and vote for Stomper. From multiple computers. In as many locations as possible. Me, I'm stopping at the library on the way home, just to vote against Baxter a few more times...

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I've always liked Stomper.

So now it's even easier to vote against Baxter -- not that I needed any extra incentive.

by Azreous on Sep 25, 2007 4:50 PM EDT reply actions

This should find its way to AN

I don't think it has yet, or the total # of votes would be a lot higher. ;) I pointed it out to a friend of mine who visits there.

by snakecharmer on Sep 25, 2007 5:07 PM EDT reply actions

Only 24 votes so far

But it is for Stomper 100%, Baxter 0%. This is like a Saddam-for-president election, without even being fixed.

I'm not sure I'd be any happier with someone in a snake costume though.

by andrewinnewyork on Sep 25, 2007 5:42 PM EDT reply actions

Ouch

24-0? I think Baxter is a dumb mascot, too, but that's just embarrassing. I may have to give Baxter a pity vote.

I agree, though, that I'm not sure a snake costume would be a better mascot. But then I'd just fear we'd end up with a cactus, or a cowboy, or a cowboy cactus. Do we really want this as our mascot?

Maybe not having a mascot is a better way to go...

I'm not superstitious- it's bad luck.

by kishi on Sep 25, 2007 5:48 PM EDT reply actions

Now

Baxter is losing 50-3. I'm not sure if that's better or worse.

I'm not superstitious- it's bad luck.

by kishi on Sep 25, 2007 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Where's the option

for hating all mascots?

Stay grindy, my friends.

by soco on Sep 25, 2007 8:37 PM EDT reply actions

Baxter

What's with all the hate for Baxter? I think he's cute and voted for him.

by TwinnerA on Sep 26, 2007 1:09 PM EDT reply actions

He represents all that is evil

A vote for Baxter is a vote for the slaughtering of sheep, the downfall of humanity, and for Eric Byrnes to win the MVP. Each more evil then the last.

Bob Melvin Sucks

by nihil67 on Sep 26, 2007 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, come now

Mutton's always good?

Come on, Sandy Baby, loosen up. You're too tight.

by DbacksSkins on Sep 26, 2007 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree

nothing wrong with slaughtering sheep. You have to kill 'em to eat 'em.

by andrewinnewyork on Sep 27, 2007 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

a few missed points

a vote for baxter is a vote for a convicted pedophile as a school bus driver, a vote for terrorists around the world and a plea for Michael Vick to operate a Humane Society

by peeklay on Sep 26, 2007 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Argh..... dammit peeklay!!

I was JUST coming here to write that if you vote for Baxter then the terrorists win!!

Come on, Sandy Baby, loosen up. You're too tight.

by DbacksSkins on Sep 26, 2007 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

According to the guy running the poll

We're not the first team to have actively campaigned against their own mascot. In particular, the Blue Jays blogger was equally opposed to their current mascot, Ace.

68-7 for Stomper thus far. Let's go for the landslide!

by Jim McLennan on Sep 26, 2007 4:35 PM EDT reply actions