The Phillies mascot has been sued for allegedly throwing a woman into a hotel pool in July 2010. The woman, Suzanne Pierce, claims she was hurt pretty badly after landing in the shallow end, suffering "severe and permanent injuries to her head, neck, back, body, arms and legs, bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and tissues."
A spokeswoman for the Phillies said the team is aware of the lawsuit but does not believe the mascot engaged in "wrongful conduct."
The woman's injuries, of course, are hardly a laughing matter. But this unfortunate accident adds to the bizarre history of mascots.
While they usually have the best intentions, we sometimes come across fluke injuries, bizarre scenes, unplanned incidents and other interesting happenings when it comes to sports mascots. Therefore, we decided to put together a gallery of some of stranger incidents we've seen involving mascots over the years.
