MLB Mascot Brackets – Swinging Friar vs. Jolly Roger the Pirate
Posted by: Richie Rich in Mascot Brackets, Mascots, Padres, PiratesFirst, let’s recap the last matchup … The Phillie Phanatic absolutely CRUSHED Wally the Green Monster by a 3 to 1 margin.
So much for Red Sox Nation. First order of business for the new “President” of Red Sox Nation – have a better showing for your mascots. Or don’t you like Wally either?
With the Number One Seed (The Phanatic) holding court in the Furrie Bracket, let’s move on to the Primate Bracket for our first man to man matchup (mostly).
#2 The Swinging Friar (San Diego) vs. #7 Captain Jolly Roger (Pittsburgh)
Swinging Friar represents the history of his host city better than many mascots (tigers were never native to Detroit) as San Diego was built around Spanish missions populated by Franciscan Friars in the 1700’s.
His image pre-dates the Padres’ joining MLB in 1969 as he was the symbol for the minor-league Padres from at least 1958. He became an anthropomorph in 1996 after having disappeared from the Padre unis since 1984.
This wildly popular Man of the Cloth gets to hang out with the Pad Squad, San Diego’s pep crew…
Not too many Youtubes of the Friar … this one will have to do (thanks to our friends at Gas Lamp Ball)
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Captain Jolly Roger is one of baseball’s newer mascots, introduced in May of 2006 and was named by a bunch of Pittsburgh kids.
I’m not sure why the Pirates needed this guy. To me he’s the 7th best mascot in the Pirates’ hefty rotation of mascots – behind The Parrot and the five Racing Pierogies. Rumor has it the Pirates introduced him to keep people from watching the players on the field.
There’s even less YouTubes of Jolly Roger … which is REALLY unfortunate for his chances in the brackets. Because this foulmouthed drunken fan is pointing out that Jolly will “never be the Parrot” …
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July 23rd, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I see what you did here.
You took the two mascots that could potentially pass for child molesters and you bracketed them against each other.
Genius.
July 23rd, 2007 at 6:53 pm
It’s funny because it’s TRUE.
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Mascot brackets? I’ve seen it ALL now!
July 24th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Isn’t a Swinging Friar the same as a Gay Chicken?
I know California is ahead of their time, but appealing to homosexual fowl is really taking sports marketing to a whole new level. Just can’t believe they missed the co-branding opportunities when they had Piazza last year.
July 24th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
The friar is the greatest mascot ever. Pure entertainment…..works really hard. Muah!
July 24th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Well, you’d probably be able to get drunk with both of them, but since with a pirate you may end up stabbed at the end of the night I’ll just go with the padre. Worst he’ll do is a clumsy reacharound attempt at closing time.
Oh, and you can’t discount the taint of the Pirates’ general suckitude.
July 25th, 2007 at 12:19 am
FRIAR. Hands down. The best.
January 30th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
FRAIR
July 24th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Yes, but will the Friar shoot hot dogs and T-Shirts at you?
At least THIS Pirate mascot, unlike his predecessor, wasn’t caught skinny dipping with a married woman (not to him) in a swimming pool in the middle of the night…