Stomper is the new Casilla
by Reg on Apr 14, 2008 2:45 PM PDT
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Recently my friend told me that he remembered going to an A's game in the 90's and getting an autograph from the elephant mascot. We got a good laugh out of that. Then he said, "The mascot's name is Trunk, right?" Again I laughed and informed him that the mascot is named Stomper. Well, he straightened me out. Turns out he actually saved the ticket from the game (that alone amazed me) and the autograph on the ticket tells the true story. Stomper is really Trunk! Check it out. This saddens me. Who else on the A's is lying about his name? By the way, I have no idea if I'm doing this image posting right so go easy on me if I screwed it up.
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I believe you're right
I don't think Stomper was officially named until mid-season 1997. I remember going to an A's/NYY game at the Coliseum in April of 1997 and I was sitting in a luxury box. Stomper came by to visit us and I remember a young girl from our box got his autograph. However, the autograph was just a scribble. The girl explained to everybody that he didn't have a name yet.
by uci anteater on Apr 14, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
This is all the more reason
to bring back Charlie O.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
Stomper debuted Opening Day, 1997
He rode in on a zip line from Mount Davis. He may not have been named "Stomper" at that point, but the moniker followed later that season. This "Trunk" fellow was obviously some two-bit imposter scooped off of Skid Row and dropped into a flea-ridden carpet remnant for a one-game appearance on 6/26/94, probably at the behest of some drunken corporate type who'd forgotten the whole conversation by the time Wino the Elephant made it to the stands a few innings later.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 14, 2008 3:36 PM PDT reply actions
it was Ida Sessions
And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@
Whoa, wait just a minute
Stomper has the nerve in his March 6 opener to encourage all of us to come to the home opener, and then he doesn’t show up himself?! Shame Stomper, shame.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
Wow
That is the weirdest lineup card, ever. Tony Phillips, Mickey Tettleton, Jose Felix, Mike Moore, Greg Cadaret, Storm Davis, Buddy Groom.
by Colorado Fan on Apr 14, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, and that win put them at 4th place in the division...
at 29-45, only 4.5 games back. A truly sorry state of affairs in the west.
See the latest dumbass thing I've done -- camUra
Sandy Alomar Junior Felix Jose Cansecoco Crisp
And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@
One Pitcher
There was one pitcher in the game who never pitched for the A’s…. Amazing.
by As Fan in the Bronx on Apr 15, 2008 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions
II do remember this Trunk
fellow. I remember my youngest girl going up to the mascot and asking his name. He did say Trunk because I remember Britty saying over and over to her sister who couldn't come to the game..." Haha You didn't get to meet Trunk!"
So is the real "Trunk" a slightly older elephant
still living in the Dominican Republic?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Does anyone else see the irony?
The stub says “celebrating 125 years of baseball”.
Yeah, they celebrated so hard that they “forgot” to play a World Series that season. For the first time since, oh, 1904.
Who can forget the look of the AL West standings the day the strike hit? Man, I wished they would have completed that season just to see if the A’s could have won the west with 75 wins. Assuming they would have layed .500 ball those last 48 games.
But credit the ticket holder for 1) going to a game in ‘94, and 2) actually keeping the stub. Unless, you only kept the stub for Trunk’s sig. In that case, you only get credit for the first one.
I'm here to talk about the past.
I've never kept my stubs
and I do regret that because I’d enjoy knowing how many games I have watched and the stubs would jog my memory about certain games. They all run together after a few years. You really do have an amazing memory for games, Don.
you know whats interesting
Is that at the time, noone really thought the A’s had a chance…they were supposed to fade. But if you look at the run differentials, the A’s were the clear favorite.
but fade they did
In the last week of that season (this was early August), the whole division was fading at once. I think the A’s lost 4-of-5 or 5-of-6 or something leading into the break, but so did the first-place team (was it the Rangers?) Nobody wanted first place.
I was at the season finale. Bob Welch pitched, and the A’s lost thanks mainly to a grand slam by Ken Griffey Jr. It seemed like there were more Griffey jerseys in the crowd than A’s jerseys, and more cheers than boos when he hit that home run. My friends and I spent most of the game doing fictional sports reporting of the game—imagining how fun it might be if they kept doing radio broadcasts of A’s games during the strike, never mind that there weren’t any games.
“Oh my god! That runner was out by 20 feet, but the umpire inexplicably called him safe! But it’s no wonder … look—I’ve never seen this before! Folks, this is amazing! That umpire literally has his head up his ass! He must be some kind of circus acrobat!”
Brainless Automaton #439
by rubin sierra on Apr 19, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Stomper works for Homeland Security
Stomper is really an undercover Agent for Homeland Security…..I have it straight from the Pink Rabbit’s mouth…..
The greenmachine
Ya know, I could rock the high socks,
IFF they brought back the stirrups. Otherwise, they remind me of this guy: 
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
Nico might have some spare stirrups
And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@
Sorry, I need them
Check with me Sunday morning.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
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