Comments on: Timeout with Tambo: Seeing too much pink and too many phony mascots http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/10/27/timeout-with-tambo-seeing-too-much-pink-and-too-many-phony-mascots/ Ramona's Community Paper Since 1886 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Health officials say cancer research offers hope – The Missoulian | Cure Skin Diseases http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/10/27/timeout-with-tambo-seeing-too-much-pink-and-too-many-phony-mascots/#comment-59864 Health officials say cancer research offers hope – The Missoulian | Cure Skin Diseases Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:05:04 +0000 http://ramonasentinel.mscsddev.com/?p=7060#comment-59864 [...] Early detectionMiddle East North Africa Financial NetworkExaminer.com -Ramona Sentinel -Blayney Chronicleall 615 news [...] [...] Early detectionMiddle East North Africa Financial NetworkExaminer.com -Ramona Sentinel -Blayney Chronicleall 615 news [...]

]]> By: Rulon http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/10/27/timeout-with-tambo-seeing-too-much-pink-and-too-many-phony-mascots/#comment-59471 Rulon Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:20:43 +0000 http://ramonasentinel.mscsddev.com/?p=7060#comment-59471 Sir, I assure you that the current San Diego State University mascot, known as the Aztec Warrior, is portrayed by a student and that student is of Aztec heritage. There are actually two students who portray the Warrior. http://www.sdsualumni.org/s/997/index.aspx?pgid=1643&gid=1 The school no longer uses the name Monty Montezuma, and has not for over a decade, but the uniform of the Aztec Warrior is authentic, having been created by one of the foremost experts in the state of California. Sir, I assure you that the current San Diego State University mascot, known as the Aztec Warrior, is portrayed by a student and that student is of Aztec heritage. There are actually two students who portray the Warrior.

http://www.sdsualumni.org/s/997/index.aspx?pgid=1643&gid=1

The school no longer uses the name Monty Montezuma, and has not for over a decade, but the uniform of the Aztec Warrior is authentic, having been created by one of the foremost experts in the state of California.

]]> By: Erin Blank http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/10/27/timeout-with-tambo-seeing-too-much-pink-and-too-many-phony-mascots/#comment-59342 Erin Blank Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:33:52 +0000 http://ramonasentinel.mscsddev.com/?p=7060#comment-59342 I don't like purists. Purists are people who think they have all the answers and have more laws than the worst cults created by man. If you don't live up to their laws then you're a fake. I have an idea. Purists should all go to some Iowa cornfield, plow some grain, stitch up some rags for bases and pine for the ghosts of sports past to come back and bow to their imaginary ideal sports world. The rest of us can enjoy the sweet, timeless hype that sports offer to us - wearing pink, blue, and yellow ribbons, being entertained by kids dancing with fake mascots, with artificial lights to see the game at night, names on the backs of jerseys, dizzy bat races, and amateurs who get scholarships for playing for some big name school. And why? Because eventually we realize the only fake thing out there is a true purist. There is no such thing as a pure purist. They're all anachronistic hypocrites looking to heckle everyone else's game... you remember the game.... Ernie Harwell coined it as "a game for boys played by men". : ) I don’t like purists. Purists are people who think they have all the answers and have more laws than the worst cults created by man. If you don’t live up to their laws then you’re a fake.

I have an idea. Purists should all go to some Iowa cornfield, plow some grain, stitch up some rags for bases and pine for the ghosts of sports past to come back and bow to their imaginary ideal sports world.

The rest of us can enjoy the sweet, timeless hype that sports offer to us – wearing pink, blue, and yellow ribbons, being entertained by kids dancing with fake mascots, with artificial lights to see the game at night, names on the backs of jerseys, dizzy bat races, and amateurs who get scholarships for playing for some big name school.

And why? Because eventually we realize the only fake thing out there is a true purist. There is no such thing as a pure purist. They’re all anachronistic hypocrites looking to heckle everyone else’s game… you remember the game…. Ernie Harwell coined it as “a game for boys played by men”.

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