Clark!
Not mild-mannered reporter Kent ... and not the nearby street (although that's getting close to the truth) ... but a *new* mascot for the Chicago Cubs. I say *new*, because although it's being reported as the first mascot in the team's history, interwebs research turns up an actual bear that was the mascot temporarily almost a hundred years ago. Sadly, it met its demise when it jumped out of the "express wagon" in which it was being transported and "loped" into a factory, where it "threw thirty five girl employees into a panic" (quotes courtesy of an old timey newspaper article located via google image).
Sadly, I'll never get to see Clark out and about on the 'hood streets (although bears and cubs and such do roam freely nearby, and have for many many years, particular on weekends after bars close), seeing as how the impending move to Florida will take me away from Wrigley ... but I can say I'm glad they passed on Woo Woo man (too loud, and quite possibly soon unable to "perform" as he has in the past) and the Billy the Cub unauthorized dude (too racist, according to police reports of some unseemly things he was doing to passersby who were African American).
I just hope the mascot head has been fitted with working tear ducts ... you know ... for when it's time for the post-season.
NOT QUITE THE FIRST MASCOT AS EVERYONE IS SAYING:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2014/01/15/cubs-mascots-a-dark-and-tragic-history
WOO-WOO IS LOSING HIS VOICE (IS THAT A SURPRISE?):
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-05/sports/ct-spt-1006-cubs-ronnie-woo-chicago-20131006_1_biggest-cubs-fan-ronnie-woo-former-cub-reed-johnson
LAWYERED!:
http://nesn.com/2013/07/chicago-cubs-force-unauthorized-mascot-billy-cub-to-stay-away-from-wrigley-field-video/
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