Clark the Cub

[gblowfish]

Nice of Chicago to name their new mascot after the Chiefs' owner. Well, guess it takes a loser to know a loser....


Too Soon?

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[RealSNR]

What is it with old sports teams and ridiculous dorky nicknames?

Knickerbockers? Cubs? Colts? Socks (Sox)? Why the fuck would you choose clothing items and cute newborn animals? Why wouldn't you go for Chicago Chainsaw-wielding Rabid Pissed-off Psycho Bear Rapists for an animal? Or if you REALLY wanted a clothing item, go for a fearsome clothing item like the Boston John Goodman's Underwear After Polish Food Night.

[BlackHelicopters]

What is it with old sports teams and ridiculous dorky nicknames?

Knickerbockers? Cubs? Colts? Socks (Sox)? Why the fuck would you choose clothing items and cute newborn animals? Why wouldn't you go for Chicago Chainsaw-wielding Rabid Pissed-off Psycho Bear Rapists for an animal? Or if you REALLY wanted a clothing item, go for a fearsome clothing item like the Boston John Goodman's Underwear After Polish Food Night.

RIP John Goodman

[DaKCMan AP]

What is it with old sports teams and ridiculous dorky nicknames?


New Orleans Pelicans say what?

[Reaper16]

Those are the eyes of every Cubs fan. That bear looks afraid of opening day.

[BlackHelicopters]

ChUNT has better hair.

[Pepe Silvia]

Like a new mascot is going to change the fact that they suck. :LOL:

[gblowfish]

I'll bet some White Sox fans pull his ass outta Wrigley and throw him in front of a speeding train on the "EL"

[Why Not?]

Lamest mascot ever, which is quite an accomplishment

[Why Not?]

They should have gone with the cave bear skeleton from the other thread

[Great Expectations]

Good talk Rusty

[kcxiv]

Went into this thread thinking it was about Clark Hunt and how he's still a baby cub owner of a Football team.lol

[Halfcan]

Lamest mascot ever, which is quite an accomplishment

yep

[gblowfish]

Clark the Bear flashes his "Cubby"....on TV!

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[Chief Roundup]

Fuck the Cubs.

[Chest Rockwell]

That there is a shitty mascot, Clark.

[greatgooglymoogly]

At least they've been to the playoffs in my lifetime. :cuss:

[alpha_omega]

Looks like a character from a cereal box, or a toy commercial.

[BigMeatballDave]

Clark the Bear flashes his "Cubby"....on TV!

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LMAO

[Coach]

.

"They hate me," he said. "I haven't even been the mascot one day and they all already hate me."

He'd grown up, like most kids in his neighborhood, with dreams of manning third base for the Cubs. The cover of the diary he kept as a nine-year-old was now almost completely worn off, and some of the pages threatened to fall out of the spiral rings. But, in this moment, he found himself turning the pages. He'd dared not open it for years, afraid of losing some of the priceless mementos of his past.

In it, he found he'd charted his career path as a Cubs minor league.

"'Triple A by 20,' what a joke," he said, aware that when he was 20, he had actually been a D-student with a steadily growing ponch above his belt. The Freshman 15 had gotten him at least twice, appropriate, considering he'd repeated many of the classes he'd taken those first two semesters.

But the thought struck him that, at just 25, he was still tasked with going to Wrigley Field every day. Sure it wasn't on the hot corner, but he was still in the park. And yeah, the adults would hate him, throw beer on him, hell, probably piss on him. But the kids would love him. And wasn't that the point? Who dreams of being a pro athlete as a child with the goal being the adoration of adults? He'd always envisioned himself taking pictures with little kids, signing autographs, tussling their hair and calling them "champ" or "sport."

Suddenly he discovered he was no longer dreading the job, he was actually looking forward to it.

Running his fingers across his chinstrap beard, he looked one last time into the Tupac poster above his bed, "Hail Mary" playing on his iPod.

"Now, do you want to ride or die?" he asked.

[Shogun]

New Orleans Pelicans say what?

Woah Woah Woah.

The Pelican is actually a bad motherfucker. Watch your step.

Fuck You, Pelicans Are Awesome: A Defense Of The NBA's Best New Team Name (http://deadspin.com/5966336/fuck-you-pelicans-are-awesome-a-defense-of-the-nbas-best-new-team-name)

[a pp roach]

he even looks like clark hunt

[BlackHelicopters]

At least they've been to the playoffs in my lifetime. :cuss:

LMAO

[Rasputin]

They should name the mascot um something like maybe Bartman or Steve Bartman.

Ya that's a name that would stick.

[Eleazar]

What's so bad about it?

[Kiimo]

It's probably based less on Clark the character from Vacation (who is from Chicago incidentally) and more like Clark the street which runs right by Wrigley Field.

Dogs on Clark is the best place to eat but Nuts on Clark is the funniest.