Argumentative Essay On Mascots

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Picture yourself at your favorite baseball team’s game. When you look out into the field, something that usually catches people’s eyes is that teams mascot because is it is a fun, silly character. If you know of some mascots, you probably know that they are all some wacky color or something of the sort, but many don’t have something that distinguishes them from other mascots. Now picture the Swinging Friar. He is unique to many other mascots and has a completely different design compared to most. This is exactly what the Mascot Hall of Fame needs. Even though some may argue that the Swinging Friar doesn’t have what it takes to be in the Mascot Hall of Fame since he hasn’t had that big of an impact on the sport as the Padres have only gone …show more content…

As a general rule, mascots usually are part of many memorable moments. One of the many memorable moment is when he did a video with the journalist site A Great Big Story as they also said “It's hard not to love this robed, big-sandaled ball of joy.”, showing that this mascot is loved by many. Another groundbreaking thing that he did was hitting a home run while he participated in the mascot derby (Gomez). He also is the one responsible for pumping up the fans which could very well help with getting contracts, like their eight year contract for $144 million for Eric Hosmer which is also the largest contract in franchise history (Snyder). It's also clear that he has very loyal fans as he has a ton of merchandise. People consider his change in color to also be very memorable as older fans will remember his change from red to …show more content…

As a general rule, mascot characters demonstrate major impacts on their community. A few years ago, the Padres and Swinging Friar visited BLCI around the holidays to spread holiday cheer (San Diego). According to BLCI’s website, the Padres had “...presented BLCI Executive Director, Jose Cruz, with a check for $10,000 towards their College Success Pipeline Program.”(San Diego). Swinging Friar also had “all of their parents and students receive a Padres Yearbook…”(San Diego) and “Everyone present had their yearbooks autographed by Carlos Quentin and picture taken with him and the Swinging Friar.”(San Diego). Similarly, the Padres had a holiday giving event this past year. They went to “40 stops from December 5th-December 16th.”(Padres 12 Days). They visited different “...community events and organizations throughout San Diego County and the Baja region.”(Padres 12 Days). Thus, the Swinging Friar is well suited for the mascot hall of fame because of his activity in his

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