Running the social media for a minor league baseball team demands a lot of imagination, especially during the offseason (not to mention in the midst of a Major League Baseball lockout). The content drought in the offseason is real, and it takes extra effort to build anticipation for the upcoming season.
The Portland Pickles, a collegiate wood bat summer league team, decided to let their mascot, Dillon, loose for a social media takeover that almost immediately went off the rails when Dillon posted a selfie that looked like he was showing fans a very different part of his mascot anatomy, while it was intended to be him giving fans a thumbs up.
In a highly unfortunate photo crop, it certainly looks like we are staring at a fuzzy, green penis, which is immediately what everyone else jumped to in the replies, which were rather hilarious.
In a highly unfortunate photo crop, it certainly looks like we are staring at a fuzzy, green penis, which is immediately what everyone else jumped to in the replies, which were rather hilarious.
In a highly unfortunate photo crop, it certainly looks like we are staring at a fuzzy, green penis, which is immediately what everyone else jumped to in the replies, which were rather hilarious.
It took less than 15 minutes for someone on the social team to see all of the replies and realize they had made a grave mistake, and the Pickles ended the mascot takeover abruptly with an apology from Dillon, who was just trying to give a thumbs up.
The lesson, as usual, is to examine photos carefully before posting them to your company's social media accounts, since you may have a snapshot that appears to show your mascot exposing himself to the public.