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I suggest some type of public execution. Braveheart-style.

Every mascot dies...not every mascot truly lives.

Any non-San-Diego Chicken mascot is useless....

Hanging anyone?

Mascots in general are stupid, but this one should really go. Who thought this would be a good idea in the first place?

Can we deal him to the Creation Museum? I think we could work a trade for a once-bitten apple and a sin to be named later.

It's just what I've been waiting for since I was a little girl. Where do I sign?

I live in Denver but have never been a Baseball fan, but that mascot is the most retarded thing I have ever seen. Looks like Barneys rejected step cousin.

We'll trade you Steely McBeam for him

He's gotta go!

I kind of like Dinger. In fact, I think he's dino-riffic!

I concur.

It's pathetic when you stare at the Philadelphia Fanatic with a sense of awe and wonder.

What's worse? Dinger charges $300 for a private appearance. People who've paid for this should also face, if not execution, than some stockade like form of public shaming.

Oh, hell, yeah. Consider this sucker signed.

Dinger must go, makes Denver look like a bunch of (purple) panzies.

Put him out in the center field wilderness/vistor's bullpen area and then, in the middle of the sixth, raffle off the chance to shoot him from the press box with a high powered rifle. Then replace him/it in that area with a live mountain lion.

When my kids where younger, I would buy them treats for kicking Dinger in the jewels. GO ROCKIES!

Send him to Jersey, they deserve him after all the Garden State transplants we have to put up with here now.

I really don't like dinger... i just don't get the relationship between the ROCKIES and a dinosaur ( and yes i do know about the bones under the stadium when it was being built), no NO ONE outside Colorado would know that...

You people sound like a bunch of drunk, whiney, so called fans... the kind of people I hate sitting next to at the a games... children love Dinger and he's there for them... Respect Denver, respect the Rockies, and respect Dinger... you know very little about what he does for our community and his team!!

Dinger has been with the rockies since coors field was bulit he's apart of the field he draws in the kids and makes the love baseball at a young age

Dinger has been with the rockies since coors field was bulit he's apart of the field he draws in the kids and makes the love baseball at a young age

I can't believe this garbage. This is hateful and hurtful. Dinger is a part of the rockies history and is a part of Colorado sports history. I remember when the only way I could get my kids to go to a game was the promise of seeing Dinger. Did any of you go to a Rockies game this year? The line to have Dinger sign autographs was consistently longer then any other line in the buidling. Dinger keeps families coming back to the park. He has always treated my kids as special guests and he is this families favorite part of a day at the field.

How sad you have gotten so old...Dinger is adorable...kids love him, even those kids from 1-92....Pray tell what would you prefer?? Some mascot running around in a stupid costume that looks like the Rockie Mountains?? Get real...All mascots charge to appear at events...Shame on anyone who pays their kids to kick anyone. Seriously what are you thinking??You are a hateful bunch...I hope the Rockies win in spite of you!! I say destroy Westword!!

How sad that these people don't have anything better to do with their time then to pick on a loyal Rockies member. Dinger has been there for our team throughout everything! How many people have become fans in the last three weeks just because the team is winning? Dinger gives his time and love to the team and should be graciously thanked, not disrespected like this! Shame on you.

We love Dinger, why would anyone want to get rid of someone who is wholesome and represents fun and sportsmanship. Kids and adults enjoy him and is part of the great experience at our Rockies games!

All you Dinger haters really SUCK! Who cares if you don't like him, the kids love him and that is what matters. Who cares if you don't like him or you don't know what he stands for, you are probably to drunk to know better anyway. Baseball is a sport for families and I think that fact has been lost. LONG LIVE DINGER!!!

Kill Dinger.......Really? To my knowledge baseball is a family sport, hence a family oriented mascot. I would much rather have a purple dinosaur in a belly shirt represent our baseball team then any one of you.

Shame on you for even thinking of getting rid of Dinger. Have you not witnessed the joy and giggles of the children that swarm around him? I can only think that you want to replace him with the Grinch or Scrooge!Love live Dinger!!

Ohh great idea! Kill the one fan who sticks by the rockies through everything? So many people suddenly became rockies fans the past two weeks...but who was the one fan at every game cheering them on no matter how well their season had been? The one fan who keeps the crowd cheering at each game regardless of the score? Great idea..lets kill the biggest fan the rockies have ever had!

Who really cares one way or the other what kind of mascot we have? Isn't it really more important that (1) he is instantly recognized? (2) he offers a wholesome, "kid-safe" image of America's favorite past time? (3) that he is active, enthusiastic, and loyal? I'll grant you that I also wondered about why Dinger was a "dinger" but it caused me to do some research and once I found out why, I thought it was cool. I wish all fans could see Dinger with the kids. Then, those who have nothing else to do but complain about almost anything might change their tunes! I had the chance to see him with some little girls. At first they were scared. BUT he knelt beside them, opened his arms to them, and they rush into them to get a great big hug. They were laughing and patting and waving good bye when he left. The young man inside of Dinger has a huge heart! The costume is just a costume. It's what HE does with it that matters and THIS guy is a "Dinger!" (If you are a baseball fan, you'll know that is GREAT! IF you aren't, then quite complaining!)

Get over yourselves! Dinger is cute, especially as mascots go! Dinger is for the kids, even those of us who chronologically don't really qualify as kids!
If you want to joke around about "killing" Dinger in the privacy of your own homes, fine. But, there is way too much violence in this world anyway, so let's just play nice!

ARE YOU KIDDING? This is what i say. Have some pride in a The rockies best friend. He's a big purple dinasour that loves the rockies loves you as fans and your kids. He does everything he can to make the fans happy and this is how you repay him? SHAME ON YOU!! KILL DINGER?? What kind of people are you? ohh probably the ones that just started watching the rockies this past week. ROCKIES PRIDE FOLKS!

I think Dinger is great. What do you bunch of nerds at Westword and readers want for a mascot? Dinger is great with kids and is pretty funny with the adults too. It's awesome that you all are jumping on the Rockies bandwagon now. I would be willing to stand in front of Dinger in center field and take a shot from the loser who wants to shoot him. Why can't you dorks at westword find something worth reading to write about. This is garbage and anyone who signs a petition to kill a mascot is pathetic!!! GO ROX and GO DINGER

Obviously, the bandwagon fans have lost their sense of right and wrong. Just because you’ve decided to become fans during this team's great post-season does not give you the right to bash one of the great, cute, fun and enthusiastic symbols of that team. Someone above said it best - it would be a shameful display of stupid haste if we got rid of the never ending Rockies fan that is at every home game and never stops loving his team, Denver and Colorado. You all need to think of something better to talk about, because after 12 years, not a single one of you last minute fans has a right to say a word about anything the Rockies "ought to do..." And this newspaper should pull the shameful remarks from their website before the thoughtful natives of Colorful Colorado decide to label it as an ignorant anti-Colorado rag.

Westword, you need to grow up and write about something that won't mess up a child's head- probably your own child's head. Why would you want to kill a mascot? That is probably the stupidest thing I've ever read (and believe me, I've read a lot of crap, i.e. your magazine). Just because youare jealous and you didn't have the skills or energy or talent to be a professional mascot, don't take it out on Dinger. You don't know who your messing with, Dinger has friends everywhere you go.

It is great to hear from those would be assasins out there. Since your skill and intellect are deperately needed elsewhere why don't you enlist in the Army I'm sure there are good men and women in Iraq that need a break. Better yet, Blackwater might be the way to go you can shoot first and ask questions later.

Love you Dinger,

2B

Kill Dinger??? What are you smoking? Guess you couldn't find any more tatooed sleezes to write about in an attempt to get people to read your "paper". Dinger is for the kids. If you would have attended any of the games over the last several years you would see how much they love him. As far as paying your kids to kick Dinger, what else are you paying your kids to do? Maybe show them how to burn puppies or drown a few kittens. With you as their parent, I can see they will probably need a lot of counseling in the future.

Dinger has always been a positive influence. I can tell you his ability to connect wth kids make the entire experience family friendly. It upset me that we have people that encorage this type of behavior. Look around every team has some sort of mascot and are they being attacked like Dinger?

Dinger has got to go! Seriously! He is a shameful excuse for a mascot. All you Dinger lovers must have been sent here by the friends of the poor slob who has to prance around in that smelly outfit. Don't worry dude inside Dinger-- we nominate you to take on the role of playing the new mascot. It is not you we hate-- just Dinger.

Come on people. Every sport has a mascot. Dinger is cute and all of the children love him. Please do not get rid of DINGER!!!

Off with his gigantic, purple head!!!

I rule. I am king of the mascots. I can slam dunk, you know I can hit the ball our of the park!

you people are ridiculous! get rid of dinger? he is a hilaroius part of the rockies experience! obviously Westword is a piece of crap magazine, if it can even be called that, if it would encourage such an idiotic idea. who the hell wrote this anyway, some guy who hates santa and the easter bunny too? go dinger!

WELL! Looks like the interns at the Rockies office have been put to good use. How many more aliases can you guys come up with? Maybe an impassioned plea from "lil' Suzie", only 8-years-old in Englewood who has posters of loveable dingle above her bed and kisses his widdle puhpul head every night befow pwayers. Please, save yourselves while you still can. Dinger is doomed.

Just get rid of him.

One thing you seem to have forgotten: like Trix, MASCOTS ARE FOR KIDS! Another thing, the team name is so awkward, I mean, is each player a mountain? Rockies, being short for Rocky Mountains, should be represented by a peak. Or better yet, have a whole range of them running around the field, from some fourteeners to a few foothills for THE KIDS!!!

Other than that, your best suggestion was to have Rocky the Cougar working the town year-round, except that the seasons overlap...

Dinger's a dud. The Rockies need a tougher mascot, perhaps a real rocky mountain man.

I always thought the old Great Northern Railroad's mountain ghoat looked tough

I would like to add my name to the list of those looking to end the reign of Dinger.

A world class team deserves a world class mascot - not a 2nd grade one

It's spelled "Phillie" Phanatic, genius.

Please visit www.nodinger.org to sign up for the email list and future announcements concering the Denver Citizens for the Replacement of Dinger (DCRD).

We do not plan to "kill" Dinger, but rather retire him and replace him with a mascot more appropriate for our terrific baseball team and city. The mascot will be decided upon by Rockies fans via a idea submission and internet vote format, and submitted formally to Rockies ownership for consideration.

Contrary to many comments we receive and reflected on this post, a mascot is NOT just for children - and a better mascot will also be loved by children as well as adults.

Go Rockies!!!! Boo Dinger!!!

Amen to all those who responded defending Dinger. Rocky Mountains (hence the name, Rockies) + Dinosaurs = Duh

I say if someone wants to kill Dinger they do so right after they kill the MORON that wrote this article. GO Rockies , GO Dinger

Get him some pants--his dinger's hanging out.

I agree with the article in saying we should get Rocky for the Rockies mascot as well. He rules.

Mascots suck in general.

it's not too late to admit you made a mistake, Rockies. Get it out.

I am amazed at the people who do not know that very large reptiles filled our back yard. And then I am amazed at the people who are filled with ANY amonisity towards a MASCOT who only brings on good will, charity, and being an adored icon to children. How can anyone, at this time, be negative to something that only represents the moment of the ballpark. What are you thinking of? Where is your spirit?

Shame on all of you for wanting to kill Dinger! He's a wonderful source of enjoyment for the kids. I even enjoy his antics. You all need to grow up and get a life!

Why would any parent support a "stuffed animal" that runs around hugging their child while it's belly is hanging out?? Is there anything that further typlifies the moral destruction of our youth? I certainly don't allow my children to dress so immodestly. If you do nothing else about Dinger, get it a T-shirt that fits!! But, better yet, get a mascot that truly represents the "pride of Colorado" (uh, that would be a baseball team!).

I love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!