It’s down to 4 teams - [1] Cleveland, [2] Boston, [3] Colorado and [4] Arizona for the right to call themselves 2007 Major League Baseball World Champions.

Thought I might profile the 4 team mascots…

The Cleveland Indians mascot is a pink [5] heffalump called Slider. Birthdate is July 29, 1990. Origins unknown, he lives between homeplate and the teams dugout. Loves Popcorn, Hot Dogs, and Pizza and Strawberry Shakes. Supposedly hangs out with best buddy mascots Billy the Marlin (Florida), Philly Phanatic (Philadelphia), The Moose (Seattle), Slugerrr (Kansas City), Dinger (Colorado) and Pirate Parrot (Pittsburgh) in the off season. I’m not sure how they came up with Slider as his appearance has absolutely no relation to baseball or anything associated with Cleveland. Not my personal favorite but he seems a hit with the kids.

Wally the Green Monster is the official mascot for the Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball team. Born on April 13, 1997, he lives in the famous 37 foot wall called Green Monster in left field at Boston’s Fenway Park Stadium. He actually looks like a Muppet and has his own blog called [6] Wally’s Blog (hmmm very original). His pals are [7] Lefty and Righty (um, a pair of baseball playing red socks).

Dinger is the official mascot of the Colorado Rockies. He is a a purple triceratops. The team decided on this mascot after dinosaur bones were found at their Stadium construction site. Purple happens to be the official team colors — hence a purple dinosaur. Unfortunately, Dinger is not as well liked by his fans with constant petitions being made to drop him. Has been spotted in Cleveland on many occasions with his buddy Slider.

D. Baxter is the mascot of the Major League Baseball team the Arizona Diamondbacks. Baxter was born in 2000 and lives just close to the stadium’s centerfield in The Den. The choice of animal came about from Jay Bell’s son (an Arizona player at the time). He thought it would cool to have a Bobcat as part of it spelt BOB (which was the initials of their stadium at the time i.e. Bank One Ballpark). The name rights to the stadium have seen been sold and it is not longer called Bank One Ballpark.

Mascot links:

[8] List of Major League Baseball’s Mascots
[9] Mascot Hall of Fame