On Tuesday, Peoria Chiefs mascot Homer was suspended after he used a squirt gun to squirt “a liquid of some nature” at an umpire during Monday night’s game. The President of the Class A Midwest League sent Homer a letter confirming the “On-Field Policy Behavior Ejection” and notifying him that he would not be allowed to appear during the Chiefs’ August 1st game, making it a Mascot Free Night at Dozer Park.
After the Peoria Chiefs suspended their mascot, other mascots are picketing the injustice
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The suspension is apparently to discourage copycat incidents, and if Homer appears during the August 1st game and fails to comply to the suspension before 20 days are out he will have to attend a Mascot session at Minor League University. In short, this is all incredible and the story is just getting started.
On Wednesday night, Homer’s mascot friends went to Dover Park and picketed in Homer’s name, protesting his suspension. If there’s something funnier in the mascot world this year than an ear of corn mascot carrying a sign that says “NO HOMER NO CORN” then I haven’t seen it.
Justice for Homer! If there’s not, it looks like the Chiefs won’t be getting any peace near their park anytime soon. As far as minor league promotions go, this is not only creative but has some legs to it, so the Chiefs deserve props. We’ll keep you posted as this mascontroversy unfolds.
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