The AntiMascot (2015)

The mid80s were a terrible time for the San Francisco Giants In 1984 the team lost 96 games and finished in last place but no one on the roster had as horrible an experience as Wayne Doba That season the 33yearold actor was selected to play the Giants first mascot Well not really a mascot but an antimascot The Crazy Crab was conceived as a satire of the mascot craze of the late 70s that produced nowiconic characters like the Phillie Phanatic The Giants Crab was not impressive to look at and that was on purpose they intentionally gave him a shabby foam costume and even went so far as to film a commercial in which thenmanager Frank Robinson attempted to strangle him When the Crab made his debut at Candlestick Park the PA announcer would encourage fans to boo It was an experiment unlike anything in professional sports