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Professional Sports Team - Mascot
Reply to: hr@oaklandathletics.com
Date: 2008-02-01, 11:04AM

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Professional Sports Team - Mascot
Reply to: hr@oaklandathletics.com
Date: 2008-02-01, 11:04AM

The Oakland Athletics are currently seeking a part-time, seasonal Mascot. This position reports directly to the Special Events Coordinator and is responsible for but not limited to the following:
• Performing at all A's Friday, Saturday, and Sunday home games and at a select number of other games during the 2008 season
• Performing at private parties, parades, festivals, grand openings, etc. on specified days during the week and on weekends throughout the year
• Performing at off-site community appearances
• Creating skits, dance routines, and other forms of mascot-related entertainment and crowd interaction
• Responsible for researching, creating and/or purchasing props and costumes for the mascot
• Represent the A's as Stomper at special Major League Baseball functions including the annual All-Star game
• In charge of marketing and scheduling the mascot to generate revenue within company guidelines
Requirements:
• Due to costume restrictions, candidate must be at least 5 feet 7 inches and no more than 6 feet 2 inches and weighs between 165 lbs and 225 lbs
• Punctuality is mandatory and availability to work nights, weekends and holidays
• Must have own transportation
• Must be highly energetic and fit

Anyone interested in applying for this position must send a VHS tape or DVD of a live performance along with a cover letter and résumé to Oakland A's, Special Events Dept., 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, CA 94621. No phone calls please.

   * This is a part-time job.
   * Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
   * Please, no phone calls about this job!
   * Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Original URL: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/lab/...
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Do I need to say anything else?  Res Ipsa Loquiter.

I'm busy, or I'd make up a poll as to favored ANer for the job.

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by rubin sierra on Feb 2, 2008 1:40 PM PST reply actions  

This job is still open?

I'm concerned that the A's still haven't filled this position, which they've been advertising for months.  If they'd offer more than peanuts to fill it, and make it a full 81 game gig, perhaps they could attract talent they could keep for more than one year at a time.  

There's a lot of room for a new top tier mascot in baseball, but it doesn't look like the A's are interested in making the investment to fill that void.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 2, 2008 1:42 PM PST reply actions  

no kidding!

They've been looking for months.  Loosen up the wallets! Cheap out on the squad all you want, but don't mess with my Stomper.

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Feb 2, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah...

you gotta pay over slot for top-notch mascot prospects!

"The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be."- Bill "The Spaceman" Lee

by The Pilots Dared Me To Die on Feb 4, 2008 12:05 PM PST up reply actions  

To be fair...

...you pay peanuts, you get elephants.

Notes From The Nat has a new home: http://www.natnotes.com - Stop by and mock me for getting my domain stolen.

by Ozzz on Feb 3, 2008 3:02 AM PST up reply actions  

Other duties include opening AN threads...

And you can set your own demands as well.

More than just ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/

by louismg on Feb 2, 2008 1:45 PM PST reply actions  

The Carribean World Series

is on ESPN Deportes and DirecTV 625 if anyone is interested in a little pre-season baseball fix.  

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Feb 2, 2008 3:00 PM PST reply actions  

the old stomper went dummy
President of the Joey Devine fan club as of 1/15/08. Accepting applications for other positions. "He has no equivalent." -Paul DePodesta on Jeremy Brown

by flipgatey3 on Feb 2, 2008 7:29 PM PST up reply actions  

No.

You haven't noticed he's white?

Notes From The Nat has a new home: http://www.natnotes.com - Stop by and mock me for getting my domain stolen.

by Ozzz on Feb 3, 2008 3:03 AM PST up reply actions  

Mine was a rhetorical question

having read the ad – the old Stomper's dancing was worth watching.

by OaklandSi on Feb 3, 2008 8:06 AM PST up reply actions  

Hmmm... Friday Saturday Sunday, ...

... and me with the weeknight tickets.

Too bad about that pesky "fit" part.  

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Feb 3, 2008 10:31 AM PST reply actions  

Hey!

Then who was the Stomper impostor at Fan Fest?

"There's no real reason why a flight in which one flies naked should be more expensive than any other."

by Poppy on Feb 3, 2008 1:53 PM PST reply actions  

Were David Forst and Stomper

ever seen at the same time in the same area???

That gives you a hint!  *8^)

I loved it when someone asked if Marvin Bernard was ever seen on the playing field when "Lu Seal" was bouncing around.  That was funny!

"I never predict anything, and I never will." Paul Gascoigne, English footballer

by One won lost won on Feb 3, 2008 8:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Fun superbowl for a change!

I have to say, with all the "Silicon Valley" brainpower, why hasn't someone from Intel, Google, etc., built an anamatronic Stomper, about 30 feet tall, on a contract for the Athletics.  He'd do a backflip onto the field from centerfield and bounce around.  Fill the inflated body skin with hydrogen or helium, use a titanium skeleton, use Disney-type technology.  Industrial Light & Magic, they got inventive guys.

The A's ought to take "mascots" to the next level: robotics.

"I never predict anything, and I never will." Paul Gascoigne, English footballer

by One won lost won on Feb 3, 2008 8:41 PM PST reply actions  

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