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Bob Loblaw
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...I'm not talking about the regular ones with the team names, like the Montgomery Biscuits (mmm...biscuits...). As you know, minor league teams have "event nights" and change their uniform accordingly. I've seen the local minor league team, the Clearwater Threshers, wear Hawaiian themed jerseys, pink jerseys (breast cancer), baby blue jerseys (prostate), and countless other ugly, yet not disgusting, jerseys.
Here's me and Cole back around July 4th, in 2005...hence the USA jersey...
The Reading Phillies, the AA affiliate, has now taken the cake with most ridiculous, worst minor league uniform ever.
A little backstory - the Reading Phillies have a -- mascot, I suppose -- called the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor. He wears one of those fake ostriches that make him appear as though he's riding one. I suspect, and I don't know for sure, he was a regular vendor who became so endearing for his insane ways to sell beef/pork products, the team embraced him.
The Crazy Hot Dog Vendor is pretty much what it sounds like. He dresses up in khaki shorts, a red-striped vest, and a white button-down shirt. The vendor also wears a red bow tie, a nerdy wig, big glasses and a hot-dog-vendor paper hat.
Put that together with some hot dogs to distribute to the crowd and an ostrich for a ride, and you have the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor.
At every Phillies home game, in the middle of the second inning, the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor comes out on his ostrich to his own music and intro video to throw out free hot dogs to the crowd. He will yell and scream, sometimes lose control of his ostrich and even chase players into the dugout.
Each performance, though, is a little different and unique, generating fresh laughs and smiles. The Crazy Hot Dog Vendor has appeared without riding his ostrich, instead carrying the animal over his back. Another time, the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor did his routine with his suit on backwards. On some nights, visiting teams even participate in the fun, throwing buckets of water on the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor.
He has his own merchandise.
Has had his own bobblehead...
[youtube:1wv5fc9q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qcn3oTunlQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube:1wv5fc9q]
Well, last night was his night at the ballpark.
I give to you, your 2010 Reading Phillies.
At least the players didn't wear the paper hats.
Here's me and Cole back around July 4th, in 2005...hence the USA jersey...
The Reading Phillies, the AA affiliate, has now taken the cake with most ridiculous, worst minor league uniform ever.
A little backstory - the Reading Phillies have a -- mascot, I suppose -- called the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor. He wears one of those fake ostriches that make him appear as though he's riding one. I suspect, and I don't know for sure, he was a regular vendor who became so endearing for his insane ways to sell beef/pork products, the team embraced him.
The Crazy Hot Dog Vendor is pretty much what it sounds like. He dresses up in khaki shorts, a red-striped vest, and a white button-down shirt. The vendor also wears a red bow tie, a nerdy wig, big glasses and a hot-dog-vendor paper hat.
Put that together with some hot dogs to distribute to the crowd and an ostrich for a ride, and you have the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor.
At every Phillies home game, in the middle of the second inning, the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor comes out on his ostrich to his own music and intro video to throw out free hot dogs to the crowd. He will yell and scream, sometimes lose control of his ostrich and even chase players into the dugout.
Each performance, though, is a little different and unique, generating fresh laughs and smiles. The Crazy Hot Dog Vendor has appeared without riding his ostrich, instead carrying the animal over his back. Another time, the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor did his routine with his suit on backwards. On some nights, visiting teams even participate in the fun, throwing buckets of water on the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor.
He has his own merchandise.
Has had his own bobblehead...
[youtube:1wv5fc9q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qcn3oTunlQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube:1wv5fc9q]
Well, last night was his night at the ballpark.
I give to you, your 2010 Reading Phillies.
At least the players didn't wear the paper hats.
