Wet, Wild, and….Furry? – Cleveland Guardians: Slider’s 36th Birthday (8/2/26)

Anyway, Today was no different than any other game we cover, other than the weather, and the fact there was a group of 9+ mascots roaming around causing trouble. So, in fact, it was very different. To start things off, we had a decent sized cast of characters, some old, some new.

A quick breakdown:

Baxter the Bobcat (Arizona Diamondbacks) – First Appearance on the website!
Sluggerrr (Kansas City Royals) – Appeared on COTW during 2019 MLB All-Star Game
Chomps (Cleveland Browns) – First COTW Article Appearance
Brownie the Elf (Cleveland Browns) – First COTW article appearance
T.C. Bear (Minnesota Twins) – First COTW appearance
Pirate Parrot (Pittsburgh Pirates) – constantly on here
Sir CC (Cleveland Cavaliers) – First COTW Appearance
Slider’s Parents (Cleveland Indians)
Slider (Birthday Boy)

Now, the other stand out event. Early in the game, there were a few spotty showers, one of which was decent enough to send people up to the concourse, but still not hard or long enough to stop the game. After (I believe) the fifth inning, there was another shower, which just got progressively harder, causing the tarp to be pulled and the game to be paused, effectively somewhat ruining the event (again, biased opinion).

The delay happened in multiple parts, taking the tarp off, fixing the field, putting the tarp back on, starting to take the tarp back off, putting the tarp back on, having the managers and umps check the warning track, then taking the tarp off, and announcing a 4:50 pm restart time.

Manager Stephen Vogt (Guardians), Torey Lovullo (Diamondbacks) with Umpires & Team Management discussing playing surface recovery/playability

The Guardians did end up winning 5-0 over the Arizona Diamondbacks, BUT, the rain showers prevented any further fuzzy entertainment after that fifth inning, which really put a damper on the seventh inning stretch activities. Nonetheless! We shall continue on to our next event, which you could come meet us at by using the link down below!

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