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Originally Posted by gblowfish
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The Yankees almost had a
mascot, but a bizarre angry confrontation between Yankee coach Lou Piniella and the Famous San Diego Chicken at a game in Seattle pissed off Steinbrenner so much that he declared to the media that mascots had no place in baseball. He apparently forgot that he approved a new mascot that was going to debut in 2 weeks. The new Yankee mascot was banished to the upper decks, they did nothing to promote him, and they got rid of him after 3 years.