Stomper is the new Casilla

by Reg on Apr 14, 2008 2:45 PM PDT Comment 36 comments

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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Harry the Elephant?

by mrrickyg on Apr 14, 2008 2:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

People call him Peanuts all the time

"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra

by Cheezombie on Apr 14, 2008 3:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i think his name is trini.

either way, he ain't youppi.

owner of a lonely tarp

by oakath on Apr 14, 2008 3:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thats cuz the mascot naming contest

occured later didn't it?

A True American Hero

by Zonis on Apr 14, 2008 3:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

This is all the more reason

to bring back Charlie O.

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Apr 14, 2008 3:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

Stomper's Home Page.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 14, 2008 3:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

that makes stomper twice as badass

"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra

by Cheezombie on Apr 14, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it was Ida Sessions

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 14, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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

by batgirl on Apr 15, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Section 108 @ $13 Those were the days.

6/26/1994 Oakland 10 Detroit 5

by mrrickyg on Apr 14, 2008 4:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

beat up on Mike Moore, Greg Cadaret, Storm Davis, and Buddy Groom.

by mrrickyg on Apr 14, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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

by hunter on Apr 14, 2008 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

they were like 1 game out when the strike started and well under .500

by mrrickyg on Apr 14, 2008 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Felix Jose

Junior Felix Jose Canseco

by mrrickyg on Apr 14, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sandy Alomar Junior Felix Jose Canseco

by mrrickyg on Apr 14, 2008 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 15, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

Trunk was good luck

In a small size sample sort of way

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 15, 2008 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're rocking my world here

H-A-N-A-H-A-N. Hanahan.

by Rocktopus on Apr 14, 2008 8:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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!"

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 14, 2008 9:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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

by Nico on Apr 14, 2008 9:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 15, 2008 12:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 15, 2008 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's true what they say

“Elephants never forget”

- Trunk

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 15, 2008 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You used to be Trunk and then...

you lost 40 pounds . :-)

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 15, 2008 1:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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.

by mrrickyg on Apr 15, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

if only the expo's finished out the season...

"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra

by Cheezombie on Apr 16, 2008 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then

they’d probably still be the Expos.

by Dilferules on Apr 16, 2008 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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

by greenmachine on Apr 15, 2008 5:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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

by The Dogfather on Apr 15, 2008 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 15, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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

by Nico on Apr 15, 2008 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs