When will it end?

[enzfan]

You can't name a team or a mascot anything without someone being offended by it then having to change it. Come on it's a fucking pig.[:(!]

"PorkChop" Mascot Inflames Pa. Fans
Slur Used Against Hispanics Factory Workers Prompts Name Change By Triple-A Team

ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 4, 2007



The Philadelphia Phillies' new Triple-A affiliate dropped their mascot name of "PorkChop," after receiving complaints that the term was a derogatory term for Puerto Ricans, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. (AP)


(CBS/AP) Two days after naming its mascot "PorkChop," the Philadelphia Phillies' new Triple-A affiliate abruptly dropped the moniker after receiving complaints from Hispanics that it was offensive.

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, whose mascot is a large, furry pig, had selected PorkChop from more than 7,300 fan submissions

General Manager Kurt Landes said he heard from several Hispanics who said PorkChop was derogatory.

The team, which begins play in 2008, announced Monday that the mascot will be named "Ferrous" instead.

"We were really unaware of any negative connotations with the word 'pork chop,"' Landes said. "If it offended a few, it's a few too many."

The name dredged up memories of prejudice and racism for some area residents.

"Here in the Lehigh Valley, the name for Puerto Ricans was pork chop and in particular in areas like the steel company and Mack Truck," said Guillermo Lopez, a Bethlehem Steel Corp. worker for 25 years. "I was called pork chop in the workplace," reported The Express-Times in Allentown.

"If my parents were alive, they'd be having fits," said Lopez, among those who complained to the team. "It meant much more to them than it does to Puerto Ricans now in the Lehigh Valley."

PorkChop had been submitted by 32 fans. The replacement name, Ferrous - from the Latin word "ferrum," or iron - received the most fan nominations, with 235.

"Thankfully because we have so much support in town, I think most of the e-mails were heads-up to say, 'I don't think you were aware of this,'" IronPigs spokesman Matt Provence said, according to the newspaper. "They were more instructive than they were resentful."

The team moved to Allentown from Ottawa - where it was known as the Lynx - following the 2007 season. Construction is wrapping up on a new stadium in east Allentown.

[phillyidol]

Either we all turn into grey blobs- all the same as each other, or we get a fucking grip. PC has gone out of control.Someone someplace will be offended by.....something? I mean there is not one thing you can name that someone won't take offense to. So fuck em!Get a grip everyone!First of all how can they be hurt? Puerto Ricans don't watch anything but boxing anyway! This must be a plot by the jews to start ww3.





Brooklyn USA

[coop41]

If PorkChop only got 32 votes and Ferrous (Bueller?)got 235 votes, how come Ferrous didn't win in the first place??????
Since it's in Allentown, the obvious Billy Joel reference would have been perfectly fine (BJ the team mascot....wait a second, that blows too)

[eight6]

Congratulations to the Puerto Ricans for beating the Muslims to this one. It's nice to see another group throw a totally pointless hissy fit once in a while.

[eight6]

[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
Puerto Ricans don't watch anything but boxing anyway!

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Sorry, I can't stop laughing at this statement...I thought exactly the same thing.

[eight6]

[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
<br>If PorkChop only got 32 votes and Ferrous (Bueller?)got 235 votes, how come Ferrous didn't win in the first place??????
Since it's in Allentown, the obvious Billy Joel reference would have been perfectly fine (BJ the team mascot....wait a second, that blows too)
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What's the Coyote mascots nickname coop?

[enzfan]

I scanned the minor leagues teams and found more teams with the possibiltiy of being offensive.

"Johnson" City Cardinals
Modesto "Nuts"
Wilmington "Blue Rocks"
Beloit "Snappers"
Frisco Roughriders, to use Frisco and roughrider together, ugh
Portland "Beavers"

Obviously these teams are being sexually offensive and thier names should be changed.

[Frau_Blucher]

Go Redskins!

[coop41]

[quote][i]Originally posted by eight6[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
<br>If PorkChop only got 32 votes and Ferrous (Bueller?)got 235 votes, how come Ferrous didn't win in the first place??????
Since it's in Allentown, the obvious Billy Joel reference would have been perfectly fine (BJ the team mascot....wait a second, that blows too)
[/quote]

What's the Coyote mascots nickname coop?



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Howler

[plagiarism]

[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
<br>If PorkChop only got 32 votes and Ferrous (Bueller?)got 235 votes, how come Ferrous didn't win in the first place??????
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I don't know anything about this story other than what's been posted, but one possible reason the mascot wasn't named Ferrous in the first place is that the Aberdeen (Md) Ironbirds mascot is named Ferrous. Aberdeen is in the New York-Penn league (short season A league).

(I know this because my mom lives near Aberdeen.)

You know, Anthony Bourdain went to Puerto Rico for his show "No Reservations". They had roast pork on the episode, but I don't remember it being of the long pig variety.

[enzfan]

Pork Chop was the name fans voted on first, then people were offended so a second vote ended up with Ferrous.

[Bitter Almonds]

<p align="justify">Haha. I didn't even know puerto ricans were referred to as "porkchop"[}:)]

[phillyidol]

Funny thing is they are not called that. I work with pr's and I married one. They never heard this. Now switch blade carrying old lady muggers...that is a name you call em.

New names for teams: The NY stinkin jew bastards
The Jersey grease balls
The california wet backs
The Detroit darkies
I am offended by the name Yankees. I need a lawyer now!





Brooklyn USA

[MARV]

Yeah, I agree with that too. I've lived in New York my entire life, know many Puerto Ricans, dated many Puerto Rican girls, been in many Puerto Rican households and have been to Puerto Rico. New York has the largest Puerto Rican population in the country and I have never, ever heard the word "porkchop" used as racist slander. If anything could be weirder than the report itself, it's this.

<a href="http://www.worldwildlife.org/cetaceans/index.cfm">Own. Rule. All.</a>

[phillyidol]

For any new people out there, I am trying to be sarcastic and show how silly it is to be so pc about everything. So I will be opposite.

BTW I called my puerto rican wife pork chop. She stabbed me with her switch blade. (the one they get at confirmation)





Brooklyn USA