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Michael Sykes

INSANE: The philadelphia stars new blob mascot is just dollar tree gritty | Rare Historical Photos

You’d be hard-pressed to find a mascot more deplorable than Gritty in the pantheon of mascots from across the sports world.

I mean, just go look at that dude really quickly. It’s fine — you can stop reading for one second to go do it. OK, back? Good. Now, wasn’t that awful? Why would anyone make a mascot that looks like that?

What were the Flyers thinking? Shoutout to them as a hockey team and an organization, but the mascot looks like what would happen if you took the Philly Fanatic, painted it orange and told it not to bathe for a few months.

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