Comments on: Dundee for Dandy: Suckiest Sucker Award http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sun, 19 May 2013 18:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117926 thelarmis Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:13:37 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117926 wow - yuck! we've already got a dandy and he's a golden god! Happy Birthday, Andy!!! that 'stache really does evoke thurman. i've been on a thurman baseball card collecting kick here lately. only 1 left to get! this is something i've wanted to do for several years and i'm glad i'm finally around to it. thurman was my 1st idol. i've got a plaque of his here in my den, a cool action photo of him behind my drumset and a t-shirt i wear regularly. wow – yuck! we’ve already got a dandy and he’s a golden god! Happy Birthday, Andy!!!

that ‘stache really does evoke thurman. i’ve been on a thurman baseball card collecting kick here lately. only 1 left to get! this is something i’ve wanted to do for several years and i’m glad i’m finally around to it.

thurman was my 1st idol. i’ve got a plaque of his here in my den, a cool action photo of him behind my drumset and a t-shirt i wear regularly.

]]> By: jumbletron http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117925 jumbletron Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:53:57 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117925 Wow, never saw that pic of Dandy. Pretty bad. Mascots and the wave are the two things that any self respecting Yankee fan will consider a terrible idea. I do love the Philly Phanatic though too. Wow, never saw that pic of Dandy. Pretty bad. Mascots and the wave are the two things that any self respecting Yankee fan will consider a terrible idea.

I do love the Philly Phanatic though too.

]]> By: The Hawk http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117924 The Hawk Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:17:07 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117924 Yup, Dandy was just ugly, it seems. Yup, Dandy was just ugly, it seems.

]]> By: Shaun P. http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117923 Shaun P. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:07:28 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117923 [1] It was the seventies, after all - sassy was in! [4] I think the 'stache (and the hair) are what really sink Dandy. That puke-orange color (very 70s!) just doesn't mix with the blue-and-white. I'm not sure what would. Neck down, I think Dandy's a fine looking mascot. But that mug? Ugh. Munson looked better (and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible). In some ways, its a shame Dandy didn't make it. Couldn't you just picture how thrilled Kay and Sterling would be to have Dandy hovering behind them at the mike for "big events"? Tons of wasted comedic potential. [1] It was the seventies, after all – sassy was in!

[4] I think the ‘stache (and the hair) are what really sink Dandy. That puke-orange color (very 70s!) just doesn’t mix with the blue-and-white. I’m not sure what would. Neck down, I think Dandy’s a fine looking mascot. But that mug? Ugh. Munson looked better (and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible).

In some ways, its a shame Dandy didn’t make it. Couldn’t you just picture how thrilled Kay and Sterling would be to have Dandy hovering behind them at the mike for “big events”? Tons of wasted comedic potential.

]]> By: Raf http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117922 Raf Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:34:12 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117922 I'll have to check, but I don't think the Yankees yearbooks of the times make any reference to Dandy either. I’ll have to check, but I don’t think the Yankees yearbooks of the times make any reference to Dandy either.

]]> By: kenboyer made me cry http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117921 kenboyer made me cry Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:21:15 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117921 [8] oops, sorry. [8] oops, sorry.

]]> By: williamnyy23 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117920 williamnyy23 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:20:19 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117920 [7] More politics? That could have been left behind the last thread. [7] More politics? That could have been left behind the last thread.

]]> By: kenboyer made me cry http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117919 kenboyer made me cry Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:14:12 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117919 (from the last thread) Thank god I had left the NY area (returning in the 90’s) before this muppet made the rounds in Yankee Stadium and I never saw the thing live. It just is not the Yankee Way. The dixieland band was more appropriate. For some reason, I do like the Philly Phanatic, he would be as crude as the Philly fans if he had a voice. It is also un-Yankeelike when they show scoreboard graphics enticing the crowd “to make some noise”. Yankee fans know when to cheer, and an electronic cheer-leader is insulting to the faithful. Going to the game tonight, and looking forward to CC holding down the slumping Phils, and the Yanks getting to Halladay…it has happened on occasion. PS: Please Boycott the local edition of the WSJ. It has become a clarion for Murdoch’s Foxian agenda, and he will spend and lose whatever it takes to bring the NY Times down. (from the last thread)

Thank god I had left the NY area (returning in the 90’s) before this muppet made the rounds in Yankee Stadium and I never saw the thing live. It just is not the Yankee Way. The dixieland band was more appropriate.

For some reason, I do like the Philly Phanatic, he would be as crude as the Philly fans if he had a voice.

It is also un-Yankeelike when they show scoreboard graphics enticing the crowd “to make some noise”. Yankee fans know when to cheer, and an electronic cheer-leader is insulting to the faithful.

Going to the game tonight, and looking forward to CC holding down the slumping Phils, and the Yanks getting to Halladay…it has happened on occasion.

PS: Please Boycott the local edition of the WSJ. It has become a clarion for Murdoch’s Foxian agenda, and he will spend and lose whatever it takes to bring the NY Times down.

]]> By: Diane Firstman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117918 Diane Firstman Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:44:09 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117918 Maybe Dandy can show up at Andy Pettitte's 38th birthday party! (Happy B'day Andy) Maybe Dandy can show up at Andy Pettitte’s 38th birthday party!

(Happy B’day Andy)

]]> By: bp1 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117917 bp1 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:37:48 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117917 I thought Freddie Sez was the mascot. (almost got my pic w/ him when my wife and I took in a game a couple weeks ago). I thought Freddie Sez was the mascot.

(almost got my pic w/ him when my wife and I took in a game a couple weeks ago).

]]> By: Sliced Bread http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117916 Sliced Bread Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:36:32 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117916 The only furry Yankee mascot I ever liked was Sal Fasano. He had a slighly bushier 'stache than Dandy. The only furry Yankee mascot I ever liked was Sal Fasano. He had a slighly bushier ‘stache than Dandy.

]]> By: williamnyy23 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117915 williamnyy23 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:26:55 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117915 In the previous thread, Shaun linked to our discussion of Dandy from the old Toaster: http://bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com/archives/1005978.html Interestingly, the article Emma referenced seems as if it got some of the facts wrong, which I guess par for the course from the NYT. In the previous thread, Shaun linked to our discussion of Dandy from the old Toaster: http://bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com/archives/1005978.html

Interestingly, the article Emma referenced seems as if it got some of the facts wrong, which I guess par for the course from the NYT.

]]> By: williamnyy23 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117914 williamnyy23 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:22:29 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117914 Dandy wasn't the first time George dabbled in the mascot business. In 1973, he hired Max Patkin, the "clown prince of baseball", to perform in the stands during a handful of Yankees games. Thankfully, such experiments were short lived. Dandy wasn’t the first time George dabbled in the mascot business. In 1973, he hired Max Patkin, the “clown prince of baseball”, to perform in the stands during a handful of Yankees games. Thankfully, such experiments were short lived.

]]> By: ms october http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/06/15/dundee-for-dandy-suckiest-sucker-award/#comment-117913 ms october Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:21:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=36002#comment-117913 my oh my - just look at that thing. it belongs in a dumpster. "sassy" is not an adjective i want anywhere near the yankees. my oh my – just look at that thing. it belongs in a dumpster.

“sassy” is not an adjective i want anywhere near the yankees.

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