Flyers mascot Gritty under investigation for assault of teen

Reuters ^ | 01/22/2020

[Kid Shelleen]

ritty, the Philadelphia Flyers’ fuzzy, orange mascot, is under investigation for an alleged physical assault of a 13-year-old boy during a photo shoot at the team’s stadium back in November, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.

Chris Greenwell, the boy’s father and a longtime season ticket holder, wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday that his son, Brandon, was “punched and injured” by Gritty, and that the organization “tried to bribe me not to speak about it.”

[Kid Shelleen]

I think the father is trying to win the legal lotto but its still a funny mental picture.

[sport]

Agree. If he was a man, he would have beat the guy’s ass for whaling on his child. If an adult male had struck my child when he was 13, there would have been a war.

[cowboyusa]

Leave gritty alone!!

[Kid Shelleen]

*** Philly Metro Ping ***

[Red Badger]

Why does a hockey team have a mascot that looks like an escapee from Sesame Street?.......................

[mware]

Actually the kid tapped Gritty on his head three times,then Gritty responded. He should have known better.

[edwinland]

Greenwell told the Inquirer that the company that owns the Flyers, Comcast Spectacor, said it looked into the incident but did not have video footage and did not find evidence of any such interaction after interviewing Gritty, “Gritty’s handler” and others.

A guy allegedly committed a crime while in costume. Apparently the costume managed to fool this reporter into thinking it's a real animal.

[PGR88]

Many years ago, a friend of mine was employed as the mouse character at Chucky Cheese.

While in character, he got in a fight in the store with a guy who thought it would be funny to torment the cartoon mouse.

[FirstFlaBn]

Ho hum, just another ‘Orange Man bad’ story.

[mware]

The Philly Phanatic was actually made by Jim Benson’s group. They offered the character to Philly for 5K.

[bankwalker]

Why does a hockey team have a mascot that looks like an escapee from Sesame Street?.......................

a few decades ago professional sports decided to target a different audience ...

many of us left and found other things to do ... but the game goes on ...

[mware]

Make that Henson

[bramps]

Greenwell, who says he won’t renew his season tickets, told the Inquirer that his son saw a chiropractor and was diagnosed with a back bruise
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Sounds series.

[Conserv]

Ho hum, just another ‘Orange Man bad’ story.
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You’re killing me

[Buckeye McFrog]

He’s just living up to the Flyers’ reputation.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The Philly Phanatic is a choirboy compared to the Pirate Parrot, who actually used to smuggle drugs into the Pirate clubhouse back in the 80’s.

[DoodleBob]

[Russ]

"He's just living up to the Flyers' reputation."

What's that, being a loser?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

[Buckeye McFrog]

While in character, he got in a fight in the store with a guy who thought it would be funny to torment the cartoon mouse.

Shades of the notorious brawl between the WKRP Carp and the WPIG Pig.