Sometimes the Big Scary Pig Gets You..

Sometimes you get the big scary pig…

That’s exactly what the crowd at Coca Cola Park got tonight. In an amusing skit played out for the birthday of our loveable and recognizable Pigs, Ferrous and FeFe, we got more than we expected.. boy did we ever.

Fans gasped, some groaned, some stared in disbelief and a hoard of children ran screaming in horror as the mascots came out in their new look. I’ll let you form your own opinion before I go on.

Photo by Heather Mastropieri

Now I don’t know the driving force behind this change was… I liked the original costumes. The new ones seem to be a cross between the Phillie Phanatic and Snuffleuffagus in a Country Bears Jamboree kind of way. Literally, children were scared. Heck, I was scared. Why change a good thing? The team spent almost 3 years establishing a brand with the faces of Ferrous and FeFe images and every kid in the Lehigh Valley could recognize them. Would we be accepting of a creepy change to the Jolly Green Giant or Mr. Clean? Come on..

I initially thought this was a joke. Haha! Someone sewed these together in a garage last week and we all laugh and tomorrow the real Ferrous and FeFe return. Not likely though. The rumor mill sent me some info that these new Pig-like creatures are here to stay. The only real way to tell they are pigs is by their nose. I really wonder why… I wondered why my dad cut down a perfectly healthy tree. I wondered why my dog continually dumps the trash can for recreation. Some answers won’t be known but this is true. The team owns these Pigs and can do whatever they want to them. I even heard that a Facebook group has been created to restore the Pigs to their original look.

I’ll just keep wondering…