The Top 5 Strangest Baseball Mascots

When it comes to mascots, if you are looking for weird, you need look no further than baseball. Of course, there are so many sports teams from around the world, I will confess to not knowing every possible mascot for every possible team. There may be teams who play soccer in Japan who have stranger mascots than here, but these are the ones I know. I am also cheating a bit on the number one mascot and relying solely on personal experience for that one.

Number five would have the be the Phillie Phanatic. He is one of the oldest and was, supposedly, created so that the Phillies would have a mascot that would be similar to the San Diego Chicken. So, they created a bizarre, fat, furry creature with a cylindrical nose that has a tongue that sticks out. One of the first to make you say, that's cute but what the hell is it?

Number four is South Paw from the Chicago White Sox. The Sox had two strange mascots during the 80s named Ribbie and Rhubarb. They were also weird. For a long blissful few years the Sox were mascot-free before someone decided they needed another one. So, enter South Paw. What is he? Who knows. If you look at him online he kind of looks like a lizard, until you see him in person and realize he is covered with green fur. He also wears a Sox uniform.

Number three would be Boomer from the Windy City Thunderbolts. Boomer has an origin story about suddenly appearing as an infant in the middle of a lightning storm at this Frontier League team's home stadium. He looks like that blue Aardvark cartoon character you might remember from when you were a kid who was always chasing after the wise-cracking ant and was voiced by Jackie Mason. He is very blue, wears a hat with lightning bolts, is mute and is not any kind of animal from this planet or dimension.

Number two is Jammer from the Joliet Jackhammers minor league baseball team. Again, what is he? He could be cousins with the Phillie Phanatic. He is blue, with orange eyebrows, has the same portly appearance, and has a similar cylindrical nose and has a party-favor-like tongue thing that comes out of his nose. Or is that his mouth? Who the hell can tell?

Number one is the Gorlock from Webster University. Ok, I am cheating here. Webster does indeed have a baseball team and the Gorlock does indeed appear there, but he, or she, also does at the basketball games and soccer games. I attended Webster and there is nothing more strange than telling people your college's mascot was a Gorlock. It has yellow fur and looks like some kind of fuzzy demon thing. It was designed, years ago, by the art department, and some B.S. story about what it is was made up for it. Then a competition was held to name it and the one that won combined the streets of Gore and Lockwood, which were right near the school. Thus, the Gorlock was born and hundreds of Webster-ites have been muttering quietly to themselves ever since when people have asked, "So, what was the name of your team in college?

There you have it. In my opinion, the five strangest mascots in baseball (or small university) history.