Phanatic, Andruw Jones and Dinger

What do these three characters have in common?

All have been visitors to my home here at Chukchansi Park and only one of them has been a welcome guest! Obviously, my welcomed guest was the legendary Phillie Phanatic.

The game on Aug. 16th with the Phanatic was a dream come true for me! On the same field as the guy who pioneered the mascot business, pinch me now! If you were lucky enough to have gone to the game, you saw the Phanatic retain his title as best mascot in baseball by being able to finish the Balance Beam of Greatness, while I failed once again to cross it.

For Andruw Jones and Dinger (who should be coming here on the 23rd), these two weren't welcomed guests and let's all be clear I despise both of them, Dodgers and Rivercat.

Make sure to come out on the 23rd as Dinger gets shown some true Fresno hospitality!

Parker out.

One Week Until the Phillie Phanatic arrives in Phresno!

I have so much work to do before the Phanatic gets into town!
It's not everyday that the pioneer for sports mascots comes to Fresno.

I still need to write the script, plan some pranks on him and figure out how I'm going to upstage the greatest mascot of all-time!

Even though Saturday will be fun and games for everyone who comes to The Chuk, I will be soaking in as much information from the big-green guy as I possibly can!

Can't wait!

--Parker

My Office is a Mess

Here is a quick summary of my office...

On my desk.

- Candy Jar
- Holiday Pools Squirt Buggy Keys
- Parker's Pickup Keys
- Scorcher's Tundra Keys
- My cold medicine
- Ipod
- Sunglasses
- Computer, Phone, Speakers, Stapler, Tape Dispenser, Papers, Business Cards, Post-It Notes, Scissors, Two-way Radio, Tennis Ball, Phone Extensions and Play-Doh.

Everywhere else.

- Towels, T-Shirts, Underwear, Magazines, Febreze, Refrigerator, Bottled Water, Gatorade, Crutches, Bobbleheads, Toiletries, Silly String, Couch, Microwave, TV, Cooler, Scale, Skydiving Harness, Squirt Gun, Toilet Seat, Autograph Cards, Banners, Little Kids Pictures, Repair Kit and of course, my air mattress.


This is a normal office right???

Ball Girl Video @ The Chuk

Many of you may have seen the viral video Ball Girl here at Chukchansi Park.

In case you were wondering...of course it's real!

It was the most amazing catch I've ever seen!!!

Also...Congrats Fresno State CWS Champs.

Parker Out.

Tampa Bay Recap

Wow.
What a weekend!

My last post was Friday night, so let me recap my happenings all the way up until I got back into Fresno.

Saturday, June 21st.

• Slept in until 12:30
• Ate at Panera for Lunch
• Headed to Tropicana Field for Game 2 of the Rays vs. Astros
• Watched the game with Ace from the Toronto Blue Jays and Stanley of the Florida Panthers, the Rays won in a walk-off hit in the bottom of the 9th. It was awesome!
• Post-game, since it was 80's night, they had a Kool & The Gang Concert and we got to hang out in Tampa Bay's dugout and watch the show. Troy Percival and his lady-friend kept giving me looks for taking pictures of myself in the dugout....what's so weird about that?
• After Kool and the Gang was over we headed back to the hotel and Albert and Alberta from UofFlorida showed up as well as TD from the Miami Dolphins, we kicked it for a while and then when to bed.

Sunday, June 22nd - The Big Day

• Stanley from the Florida Panthers drove me to Tropicana Field and we headed beneath the Concourse and were shown are VIP Dressing Room, I think VIP means Very Idiotic Parker.
• Anyway, we're all suited up and ready to go in the Tunnel and the announcer reads "A Bear with Flare, all the way from Fresno, CA, give it up for the 2007 Gameops.com Mascot of the Year, PARKER!!!.....I run out from behind home plate ready to make my big debut and guess what. I fell flat on my face, how embarrassing.
• We all had a good time on the field pre-game and I was clearly the most-talented out there :).
• We all sang Raymond happy birthday and headed back to the dressing room.
• 3rd Inning - T-Shirt Toss time, I got up on the Rays dugout and threw my t-shirt and dropped some knowledge by doing the worm.
• 8th Inning - Raymond, Lou Seal and I headed up on top of the Astros dugout and had a little dance off...when I refused to get off the dugout, Lou Seal unfortunately ripped off my clothes and I ran away in shame of being in front of 30,000 people in my tighty whities!!!
• Post-game was Kids Run the Bases, Stuff and I from the Orlando Magic chased the kids, TD from the Dolphins stole a golf cart, Albert and Alberta took hundreds of pics with all the crazy southern college football fans.
• Post-post game - We all met up for Dinner at a Tapas restaurant and had an incredible meal, I had Frog Legs for the first time.
• Post-Dinner - We headed out for a bit of fun and guess who Parker sees sitting at the bar ordering some food? Gary Sheffield of the Detroit Tigers, needless to say it was the capper to an amazing day.

Monday, June 23rd

• Let's just say I had a hard time waking up on Monday morning. My flight left at 9:25. I woke up at 7:45 and hadn't packed yet. I threw all my stuff in my luggage, got to the Ray's Hummer at 8:00 and then headed to the airport.
• However, there was a traffic jam and I didn't get to the airport until 8:50, approximately 2 minutes before the cut-off time for luggage. I pleaded my case to the curbside check in guy and threw him a $20 and he hooked me up. (Turns out he was from Visalia)
• Barely made my plane and had a rough flight from Tampa to Atlanta.
• Next was Atlantic to Salt Lake City, my Ipod died and forced me to sleep.
• Salt Lake City to Fresno.
• What a weekend!

Hopefully I get to do it again next year!

Your MLB tested mascot,

Parker

Where in the World is Parker?

Guess where I am right now?

Sitting in my awesome hotel room in Tampa, Florida.

That's right, Florida!

Apparently the Tampa Bay Rays have seen my work and thought I was worthy of coming to their mascot, Raymond's, Birthday Party. The party is on Sunday, June 22nd, so I have all day today to spend in Tampa.

So why am I plogging on my off day in Florida?.....IT'S RAINING and I can't go outside and play!

Also, it was a late night last night.....HAHAHA

Here are a few of the highlights from my trip so far....

• Raymond picked me up in the Ray's custom Hummer from the Airport and took me to the hotel to drop off my bags.
• We met up with Ace, the Blue Jays mascot and headed over to Tropicana Field to catch the Rays play the Astros
• Houston won the game 4-3, I think.
• It was weird seeing a game in a dome and even weirder was everyone was hitting cowbells all game long.
• Highlight of the night was seeing a skinny Ray's fan nearly get in a fight with a big, husky Red Sox fan...it was oddly amusing.
• After the game we headed back to the Airport in the Hummer to pick up Lou Seal of the Giants.
• Late last night, realizing we were in the South, Lou Seal, Ace, Raymond and myself decided to hit up a Waffle House. UMMMMMMM....Waffle House.

Going to another game tonight, so it should be fun. I hope to post some pics soon.

Also, I almost forgot, I went to Sacramento on Thursday night and showed Dinger and the Rivercats how a true mascot really works!

Dinger, the worst mascot in Minor League Baseball.

Keeping it real in FLA.

--Parker

Get your Spooky Costumes Ready for Friday!

The greatest Friday promotion, ever, Friday the 13th will be taking place at The Chuk this Friday....I have my costume already....do you?

See you on Friday and don't scare me!