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Our Team Has Lost Its Purpose

This is just too much:

For a team that is trying to build a fan base there not doing a very good job of it. I understand ticket prices but why Raymond? My got my fieance to become a baseball fan last year and she loves Raymonds personality but now it will change. Stupid moves they are making.

Posted by: Scott

Note to the Rays: this winning pennant crap that you pulled last year does not make up for this lack of justice. If you really want fans to come to the ballpark, make the mascots better! This is just disgraceful.  DISGRACEFUL I SAY. /mascot fanatic

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On a related note, I really need a non-mascot roster move to happen.

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Can we get

The Montgomery Biscuit to come to the games? That’s the best mascot in sports.

by Erik Hahmann on Nov 18, 2008 1:17 PM EST reply actions  

Too bad their mascot is not a giant biscuit walking around

but a “Biscuit Eater” which looks like an anteater costume where they decided to go “Oh hell! A biscuit costume is too much lets just turn an anteater into a biscuit eater.”

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by SRQman on Nov 18, 2008 3:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh no....

what is his "fieance" going to do now. Personally, I couldn’t care less about the game. I go for the bottle races.

by Tommy Rancel on Nov 18, 2008 1:20 PM EST reply actions  

Laugh all you want

But for some people, including my wife (who went to more games than most of you guys last year), the entertainment factor at the ballpark is a big draw.

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 18, 2008 1:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Be as smug as you want

But the fact is, many women and children will be turned off by this decision. It’s really easy for someone like yourself who doesn’t actually attend games (i.e. you have the entire web at your disposal during commercial breaks) to dismiss the non-baseball entertainment value at the park.

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 18, 2008 1:39 PM EST up reply actions  

I'll inject Jonny Gomes' Sweat into their Bloodstream

Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.

by P Brady on Nov 18, 2008 1:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Also serious question: you can tell the difference in mascots?

They aren’t replacing Raymond, they’re replacing the person inside the outfit. There’s almost no way of knowing.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 18, 2008 1:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Again, I cite your lack of attendance at games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5SDzk0LqjI

It wasn’t just the girls job to walk around in a suit. She also scripted most of the things her character did, as well as many other marketing projects.

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 18, 2008 1:47 PM EST up reply actions  

And again,

They can get somebody to do the same thing, but maybe even better.

by Tommy Rancel on Nov 18, 2008 1:48 PM EST up reply actions  

You can cite my lack of attendance all day long.

I went to a handful of games this year. I’m a broke college student almost two hours away who can’t find a job and has to put his money towards things other than baseball games. The mascot is like the least of my concerns when I do go.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 18, 2008 1:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Exactly

And the Rays need to market themselves to people other than broke college students who can’t afford to go to games.

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 18, 2008 1:49 PM EST up reply actions  

The Rays need to market themselves to people who enjoy good baseball.

If your wife stops going because of this, then holy shit she’s not a real fan anyways.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 18, 2008 1:50 PM EST up reply actions  

What's a 'real fan'?

And are they going to be the lifeblood of this organization? It wasn’t the ‘real fans’ who showed up in October and bought all those shirts. From my perspective, it isn’t the ‘real fans’ that are just now getting season packages. According to your standards, there are about 7 women in Pinellas county who would qualify as ‘real fans’.

The team needs fans period.

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 18, 2008 1:54 PM EST up reply actions  

A real fan of baseball.

Not every kid needs entertainment outside of the game. Not every woman needs a glorified furry. Why is this hard to comprehend

The Rays now win baseball games. If people need a freaking mascot to come to games, then they may as well move this team tomorrow. This area doesn’t deserve the team if that’s the case. .

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 18, 2008 1:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Also

My wife may not be a ‘real fan’, but her willingness to go to baseball games will most certainly effect my ability and desire to attend.

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 18, 2008 1:58 PM EST up reply actions  

81 times a year?

I take it you don’t have a girlfriend.

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 18, 2008 2:00 PM EST up reply actions  

He doesn't stop at one.

Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.

by P Brady on Nov 18, 2008 2:01 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't go 81 times a year.

Comparing my situation to yours is dumb. You’re obviously in an advanced part of your life.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 18, 2008 2:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Rec'd

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Nov 18, 2008 2:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Um, I didn't say we needed 36,000 of me.

I know there aren’t, I encounter morons all the time. Point is, not everyone goes for mascots, and if they do, they’ll get over it.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 18, 2008 2:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I hope so

If not, there is always Stubhub for my Saturday/Sunday games.

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 18, 2008 2:15 PM EST up reply actions  

both sides of this are correct

mascots are dumb, but people for some godly reason like having them around like kids and women.

My guess is that GomesSweetGomes puts more money in the pocketbooks of the Rays FO because of his wife (and kids?)

agree to disagree and move on…

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by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Nov 18, 2008 2:27 PM EST up reply actions  

This.

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 18, 2008 2:32 PM EST up reply actions  

The only people who knew her name before this article were either her family members or mentally ill people who stalk mascots.

She will be replaced and no one will know the difference. There will be no normal people who will refuse to go to the game because the lady inside the freak suit got replaced.

by floridaroar on Nov 18, 2008 2:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Can we stop bickering

over a mascot? In 2 months no one is going to even remember she got fired. Life will go on. Leave it at that.

by Erik Hahmann on Nov 18, 2008 2:06 PM EST up reply actions  

If

You really like a guy that works at your local 711 and one day Hakim isn’t there to make you your coffee anymore you’re not going to be up in arms. Calm down.

by Erik Hahmann on Nov 18, 2008 1:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Umm

If she is the one wearing the costume that hides her face, probably not.

by Erik Hahmann on Nov 18, 2008 1:50 PM EST up reply actions  

But.

Ugly girls usually don’t have those kind of dance moves, though.

Eduardo Morlan = God.

by Devilray187 on Nov 18, 2008 1:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes

They do. They go to clubs and dance with their friends. Except they dance alone.

by Erik Hahmann on Nov 18, 2008 2:01 PM EST up reply actions  

She is not.

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by SRQman on Nov 18, 2008 3:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Annoyed

I thought she was a very good Raymond, and this seems like an odd time to can her.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Nov 18, 2008 1:53 PM EST reply actions  

Agreed.

Got fired yesterday, can definitely sympathize.

Finding a job is no easy task. Blech.

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 18, 2008 2:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Sorry, not trying to make light of your situation.

Seriously, best of luck finding a job. Times are tough.

by floridaroar on Nov 18, 2008 2:10 PM EST up reply actions  

I didn't take it as such.

Thanks. :-)

Might have to take some time off due to school + health stuff though.

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 18, 2008 2:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh god
My got my fieance to become a baseball fan last year and she loves Raymonds personality but now it will change.

LMFAO. I can haz speeeling skilzz.

I really don’t know what to think of this. Raymond was a great mascot; can she be replaced by someone of equal/greater quality? Yes, she’s a draw of fans, especially the kid ones.

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 18, 2008 2:11 PM EST reply actions  

Maybe this will give them an excuse to wash that suit.

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by SRQman on Nov 18, 2008 4:40 PM EST reply actions  

Agreed

It was disgusting at the end of the year

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 18, 2008 5:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Rick Vaughn, the team’s spokesman, declined to comment.

“But be assured Raymond will live on,” he wrote in an e-mail.

by walkoffwalk on Nov 18, 2008 6:27 PM EST reply actions  

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