The Oakland Ballers new mascot, Scrappy, fully encapsulates the city and the team he represents
Only in Oakland will you find people excited to see a possum. Excuse me, a rally possum. The Oakland Ballers debuted their new mascot over the weekend, and recently sent out an official press release to mark the addition of Scrappy the Rally Possum.of Scrappy at the Oakland Coliseum. While baseball fans jeered, the fans in The Town embraced him. He led the A's to a 3-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays the night of his debut after all.
Scrappy made another appearance in 2022 in the A's press box, and it was around this time that he thought he may have to move out.From the press release: "Scrappy the Rally Possum became a frequent attendee at Coliseum games due to his love of all things baseball and Oakland. Recently, Scrappy left his life at the Coliseum behind to join Oakland’s newest professional baseball team, the Oakland Ballers, at their home at Raimondi Park.
I’ve enjoyed my time at The Coliseum over the last decade. But it was clear that it was time to find a new home with a team committed to never leaving Oakland. After an epic journey across Oakland to Raimondi Park, I got to watch the Oakland Ballers play. And boy oh boy can they play! Now I’m proud to represent Oakland’s next great professional baseball team.
Oaklandish has also said that they are working on Scrappy merch, so we can expect all kinds of possum memorabilia before long. Baseball fans in Oakland are a different breed because they can find something small, hold onto it for a decade, and make it a rallying cry. The New York Mets are having fun rattling off wins thanks to McDonalds' Grimace, but that is a nice, clean mascot for the fans to get behind. Oakland fans are so fond of the rally possum that it's now the actual mascot of the Ballers, and he's going to have merch.
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