I'm Pretty Sure The City Of Philadelphia Is Now Home To The Most Mascots Per Capita As They Introduce Wingston Of The Philadelphia Wings
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First there was the Phanatic. A lovable, yet mischievous, green whatever he is. Then you have Swoop who represents your Super Bowl LII winning Philadelphia Eagles. You have all the college mascots in the city. There used to be Hip Hop from the Sixers but unfortunately all great things come to an end at some point and he was forced into retirement. Filling in for Hip Hop now with the Sixers is Franklin. Then Phang came along this year with the Philadelphia Union. Following up right behind Phang was, of course, Gritty. Gritty took the world by storm and even though he’s only been alive for a couple of months, it feels like he’s been here for a lifetime. And then this morning, the city of Philadelphia welcomed yet another mascot to the squad.
“Wow, Jordie. The flow and the mustache look incredible, you magnificent sexy bastard” – All of you right now.
Well thanks, guys. I really appreciate your kind words.
Now right off the bat, we can tell that Wingston is a little more….family friendly than his buddy Gritty. I mean I don’t think you have to worry about Wingston getting locked up after a long night out at the bar. I don’t think you need to worry about Wingston puking on the kids during the game from being too hungover. I don’t think you need to worry about Wingston asking your kids for clean urine to use so he can pass his drug test. Which is probably for best if we’re being completely honest. If there were two Gritty’s at the Wells Fargo Center I think that place would have the windows boarded up by the end of the month. Two Gritties would be running a meth lab out of the Farg and probably get involved in some sort of high level mafia shit that they can’t get themselves out of. Not saying that Wingston is a total straight edge loser or anything like that, but he definitely has a more “that guy isn’t completely guilty of anything he’s ever been accused of” face. He’s also the ultimate fall guy for Gritty. He’s ferda boys like that.
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So yeah. Here’s to hoping that Wingston is able to make his NLL debut on time because at the moment, the season is supposed to start on December 1 but there’s still no CBA in place for this upcoming year. I really can’t imagine the NLL would want to have to miss any time this season due to a holdout with how much growth and hype the league has been seeing over the last year or so. But considering most guys are supposed to be at training camps this weekend and they’re still at home isn’t a great sign. Maybe the league was just waiting for the unveiling of Wingston to come to an agreement on the CBA though.