David West Put the Cavaliers’ Mascot in the Hospital

All, Mascots, NBA Stephen Douglas April 12th. 2012, 11:12am

Cleveland Cavaliers mascot Moondog was taken to the hospital after suffering an eye injury during a pre-game fight with Indiana Pacers forward David West. It was just the latest injury to hit the lottery-bound Cavs this season.

“He jumped at me so I thought we were playing around and then the next thing I know he went down,” West told reporters after the game. “It was definitely an accident.”

Right… Does this sound like an accident to you?

Moondog was spotted running through the hall, his dog head removed, clutching a towel to his eye. The mascot occasionally has fun sparring with opposing players before the game or during a timeout. Moondog and West exchanged some playful punches and apparently one caught him hard enough to do damage.

He took his head off! Rule # 1 of Mascot Law is don’t let the kids see you without the head. Not only did David West put a dog in the hospital, who knows how many young children were caused irreparable emotional damage when they witnessed a headless Moondog. There is only one next move for Cleveland – they have to kill Tyler Hansbrough.

Wait, that’s the Chicago way. Hansbrough is probably safe.

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56 Responses to “David West Put the Cavaliers’ Mascot in the Hospital”

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molemaninthemorning Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
There is only one next move for Cleveland – they have to kill Tyler Hansbrough.
Favorite thing ever written on this site.
I saw two black kids getting into a fight at a bus-stop across the street from the Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh yesterday. Some solid blows were landed.
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spencer096 Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
There is only one next move for Cleveland – they have to kill Tyler Hansbrough.
i hope you’re hungry, tyler, because i got a steaming plate of bullets for you to eat.
/nods at sirpenis williams
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KingGrizz Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
He took his head off! Rule # 1 of Mascot Law is don’t let the kids see you without the head.
Speaking as someone who was a mascot (Columbus Clippers — LouSeal) this is true. Rule #2 is NEVER speak. I once danced on a dugout in front of 8k people to “Panama” — cross that off the old bucket list.
Here is LouSeal:
http://www.milb.com/images/2011/01/21/p2R48ha6.jpg
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Watsonian Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
There is only one next move for Cleveland – they have to kill Tyler Hansbrough.
Or just make him read in public. Seriously, have any of you heard that audio of him reading to some kids? He might be legally retarded.
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HuskerDawg Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Interesting…
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molemaninthemorning Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Speaking as someone who was a mascot (Columbus Clippers — LouSeal)
I’m sorry, how has this NEVER come up before?
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T.E. Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Best fight I ever saw in person:
Junior year of high school, lunchroom. These two chicks start fighting over some guy and just start wailing on each other. I’m talking 3″ apart, throwing bombs, with no attempts from either side at defense. They finally get separated by an administrator and a security guard. Both already have noticeable swelling and bruising on their faces. One of the girls then picks up a chair and hurls it over both the administrator holding her back and the security guard holding back the other chick. It hits the other girl square in the head. Just a legendary battle.
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HuskerDawg Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Best fight I ever saw in person:
Freshman year in HS a race fight broke out because the gf’s of the white dudes had a feud with the gf’s of the black dudes. This shit broke out right outside my homeroom door. Some little black kid took a master lock and used it as a brass knuckle of sorts and knocked this one dude out cold. The best part was after all of the bf’s were hauled off, about an hour or so later the gf’s threw down.
Good times.
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KingGrizz Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Other things that were funny:
-I was a little too tall for the suit, so if I had to bend down you could see the back of my neck. One time, a little black girl kept saying “Louseal white?” over and over again.
-I broke a rule #2 of no talking when a women came up to me and asked if I could go to section x to see a group of special needs kids, because they couldnt come and see me. I told her yes and what inning – I get up there and it’s both fun and heartbreaking, but there were these two kids — clearly not with special needs. And they were trying to get all my attention but I couldnt slap them across the face, so I kept pushing them aside, but they would push aside the other kids and it was an awkward scenario. Then it was time for the group picture and the two little shit kids were right beside me and the mother taking the picture grabs both of them but the arm and yells “DO YOU HAVE DOWN SYNDROME?!”, they ran away quickly
-I made an apperance at an opening of a YMCA and kids were crow hooping play ground balls at me, I got so frustrated because I couldnt throw them back with enough force.
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KingGrizz Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
I’m sorry, how has this NEVER come up before?
I’ve brought it up from time to time, but never really got into it. I interened for the Clippers in 2006 and was the Mascot 15-20 times.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Again.
I’m sorry, how has this NEVER come up before?
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molemaninthemorning Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
I forget where, maybe Niagara, but definitely somewhere in Upstate NY when I was a kid… fist fight broke out between two waiters in the middle of a restaurant.
The restaurant? Friendly’s.
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KingGrizz Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:34 AM
I also wore a full sized hot dog suit and raced other hot dogs
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St. Bear Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Judging by the first pic, it’s nice that they take the mascot on road games.
/because those girls are too attractive to be from Cleveland, you see
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molemaninthemorning Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
One of my friends got arrested in college for wearing a full Pink Panther costume and chasing after coeds running down the main street of town. One of our friends’ moms worked for HB and somehow had access to all the costumes, that was a fun time.
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spencer096 Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
atlanta on hard knocks? pretty sure arthur blank only agreed because the fax said “hard kocks.”
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
fist fight broke out between two waiters in the middle of a restaurant.
Now this is pretty awesome because involves employees. Bar/restaurant fights are so fucking stupid for the most part because everyone acts like a tough guy because they know it’s going to get broken up in a matter of 5 seconds. So dumb, unless Roger Dorn is involved, of course.
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KingGrizz Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Oh how could I forget — I also donned a giant sumo outfit and had Jerry “The King” Lawler spear me in at home plate.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
I saw two black kids getting into a fight at a bus-stop across the street from the Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh yesterday.
That’s what you get for moving it to Bloomfield.
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Watsonian Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
I also wore a full sized hot dog suit and raced other hot dogs
“Ask me about my weiner?”
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Watsonian Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:43 AM
/because those girls are too attractive to be from Cleveland, you see
Those girls are probably 15.
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Theaton6 Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Rule #2 is NEVER speak.
My favorite example of breaking this rule is when our college mascot, who I knew through friends on the cheer leading squad, was down on the first row with us during a B-Ball game. A nice looking lady walks by trying to chase after some kids, and he just leans over and I hear “mmiiillff” and he walked away. I almost died.
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chatterbox Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Jason should like this, as I too, was a former mascot, Truman the Tiger. Worst thing that ever happened was a kid came up from behind and unzipped the suit the entire length. The whole thing just fell off my arms. I put it back on but could not zip it from behind. I had to wait 5 minutes up against a wall at the old Kemper Arena until I saw a friend, waved him over and had him zip me up.
I also still have a classic photo of me as Truman and McGruff the crime dog from a mall opening.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
those chicks ain’t bad for Ohio girls.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Those girls are probably 15.
no way. 18-22 range.
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HuskerDawg Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Those girls are probably 15.
And?
/ATL_Badger’d
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St. Bear Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
/because those girls are too attractive to be from Cleveland, you see
Those girls are probably 15.
God bless hormone milk.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:49 AM
The restaurant? Friendly’s.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:50 AM
And?
/ATL_Badger’d
This meme has gotten so distorted. At least put /traderjack’d instead. ATL_Badger likes dead toddlers.
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BFFredo Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Best fight I ever saw in person:
During Mardi Gras, this one douche got mad when another guy accidentally brushed past his gf (there’s thousands of people shoved into Bourbon St). The gf is trying to get him to move on, but he’s all “no, no fuck that!” He squares up to the other guy, who’s gotten all silent, and when the douche throws his punch, the other guy side steps it and connects with one hell of a right. The douche collapses and falls face first into a dirty puddle.
Then some black kid ran up and yelled “You just got knocked the fuck out!” before the cops arrived.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Oh god, is Grizz talking about his mascot days again?
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Watsonian Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:53 AM
And?
/ATL_Badger’d
I think ATL’s cap was like 5 years old. Might’ve been younger. Traderjack is the teenager guy. Or Banders.
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Watsonian Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Ha, WWoS beat me to it.
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KingGrizz Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Oh god, is Grizz talking about his mascot days again?
It needs to be heard!
Has ATL gotten any reinstatement?
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KingGrizz Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
Sometimes I forget what I’ve said on here and what I haven’t — I’ll drop it from now on
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molemaninthemorning Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:04 PM
I’m presuming he was not being serious.
I don’t have the picture here but have you ever watched Bob’s Burgers, grizz? There’s a character whose wife left him to fuck a furry and he walks in on her getting plowed by a guy in a seal costume, it’s one of the funniest goddamn things I’ve ever seen.
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Lorenzo Von Matterhorn Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Best fight I ever saw in person:
Right field bleachers at old Yankee Stadium, before they stopped selling bear. Some college kids sitting behind a group of guys accuse one of them of stealing a beer. This little shit is just running his mouth non-stop because he has his 2 boys with him who are pretty big. One of the big guys says something to this dude sitting in front of him who hasn’t even turned his head throughout the entire thing. Whatever he said, this guy puts his beer down, wipes his hands on his pants, stands up all calm and collected. He turns around and this kid is hopping around like hes ready to fight. The older guy looks at him, throws a haymaker to the kids face and the kid drops. The guy picks him up, pulls his shirt over his head like its a hockey fight, and chucks the kid 5 rows down the bleachers. The cops run up and the guy just puts his hands out for the cuffs and walks off.
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Lorenzo Von Matterhorn Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:05 PM
before they stopped selling bear.
beer*
/fml
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KingGrizz Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:07 PM
I don’t have the picture here but have you ever watched Bob’s Burgers, grizz? There’s a character whose wife left him to fuck a furry and he walks in on her getting plowed by a guy in a seal costume, it’s one of the funniest goddamn things I’ve ever seen.
I haven’t but that sounds incredible.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Oh god, is Grizz talking about his mascot days again?
I used to hate the concept of mascots, but now that I’ve read some first-and account, I have a new respect for the artform.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
first-hand
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spencer096 Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:11 PM
THEY SOLD BEARS AT YANKEE STADIUM?!?!?!
/buys six bears
//doesn’t think about long term consequences
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:14 PM
/buys six bears
//doesn’t think about long term consequences
Nailed it.
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Lorenzo Von Matterhorn Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
THEY SOLD BEARS AT YANKEE STADIUM?!?!?!
David Wells used to like to wrestle them on his off days.
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sportsgal116 Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:19 PM
I didn’t know Grizz was a mascot. He must be teeny tiny.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:24 PM
You can’t buy bears after the sixth inning though. Bullshit rule.
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St. Bear Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:27 PM
THEY SOLD BEARS AT YANKEE STADIUM?!?!?!
/buys six bears
//doesn’t think about long term consequences
Disgusting act.
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St. Bear Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Wait, now that I actually read the post, can someone explain to me why the Cleveland Cavaliers mascot is named Moondog?
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spencer096 Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:29 PM
You can’t buy bears after the sixth inning though. Bullshit rule.
no shit…i mean, do they have any idea how hard it is to carry five bears back to your seat and not spill anything?
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KingGrizz Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:29 PM
I didn’t know Grizz was a mascot. He must be teeny tiny.
Not exactly — I’m 6’4 and weighed myself this morning. 262.5 LBS.
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spencer096 Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Wait, now that I actually read the post, can someone explain to me why the Cleveland Cavaliers mascot is named Moondog?
according to wiki…
Moondog is the official mascot of the Cavaliers. Like a growing number of NBA Mascots, the character has a unique connection not just to the team, but to the city and surrounding area. Cleveland is known worldwide as the rock and roll city, due to famed Cleveland radio disc jockey Alan Freed, who popularized the phrase “rock and roll”, breaking new ground and sparking a music explosion.
Freed called himself the “Moondog”, and his listeners were “Moondoggers”. When the Cavaliers looked to create a new mascot which represents the city, Moondog was a natural selection. Like Alan Freed, the mascot aims to be innovative, fun-loving, passionate and controversial.
Moondog was an NBA All-Star selection in 2003 and 2004. He is best known for his behind the back half-court shot and fierce loyalty to his Cavaliers. His first appearance was on November 5, 2003
this has gone on long enough…cleveland is not the home of rock and roll. period. we’re sick of being called that because it’s patronizing just as much as you’re sick of hearing it because it’s false. everyone hates it…so lets move on.
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sportsgal116 Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Not exactly — I’m 6’4 and weighed myself this morning. 262.5 LBS.
Oh hey! How are you today? /bats eyelashes
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Wait, now that I actually read the post, can someone explain to me why the Cleveland Cavaliers mascot is named Moondog?
I can tell you why, but it’s pretty stupid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog_Coronation_Ball
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cracker jack Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:35 PM
I didn’t know Grizz was a mascot. He must be teeny tiny.
This is funny, because my hubby was a mascot in college
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St. Bear Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Freed called himself the “Moondog”, and his listeners were “Moondoggers”. When the Cavaliers looked to create a new mascot which represents the city, Moondog was a natural selection. Like Alan Freed, the mascot aims to be innovative, fun-loving, passionate and controversial.
Ugh. What bothers me most is that someone got paid a lot of money to come up with this drivel.
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DetectiveBunkMoreland Says:
April 12th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
The girl on the right (my right), I’d knock the dust off that.

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