This includes appearances in schools and at public ceremonies and events. He has also received the Best Mascot Award in 20 by .Īside from entertaining the crowd during home games at the Minute Maid Park, he makes appearances all over the Greater Houston area. His antics were also broadcast live on television, including MTV, Fox Sports and ESPN. He is so passionate about his team winning that one time he got ejected from the game for arguing with the umpire! His pranks are also fantastically fun to watch: His interactions with the best MLB players are a proof: Orbit is one of the most lovable mascots around. Truly a mascot for the fans, by the fans! More than 10 thousand children’s drawings arrived at the Astros offices, and the Orbit we see today is derived from select drawings. Orbit got its name and likeness from fan input. And it makes sense when you know how orbit came to be. However, in 2012, thanks to a petition and due to a move to the American League, the management felt it was time to bring Orbit back, to huge fan acclaim. This was done to mark the move from the Astrodome to the Enron Field (now called the Minute Maid Park). But in 2000, he was replaced by Junction Jack, another Houston Astros mascot. Orbit actually replaced another mascot, Chester Charge, who was a Texan soldier on a horse.
It didn’t happen, but the person behind Tuffy, Hal Katzman, eventually took over the Orbit’s mask. Team management wanted to bring the Tucson Toros mascot named Tuffy to serve as the Astros’ mascot. He was first introduced (that is, arrived in a spaceship) in 1990. His tenure as a mascot was a tumultuous one.
He’d be a lousy baseball mascot if it weren’t so! And of course, his two lateral antennae extend into two baseballs at the ends. The Royals will put their do-or-die season in the hands of Yordano Ventura and the Astros give the ball to Lance McCullers.A cute little alien named Orbit decided to make Houston his home and serve as a mascot of its baseball team, the Houston Astros.īeing from outer space, he is all green and wears an orange baseball cap. Good to know the PR guy in the bowels of Minute Maid Park has a sense of humor.Īstros-Royals is the first of four Columbus Day baseball games. If your boss won't take a satirical note from a giant green alien written in Comic Sans, I really can't help you. Rather than write with his big green and orange costume hands, Orbit typed the letter. What could go wrong? #HustleTown /X3IBxxwtYk
#ORBIT ASTROS PROFESSIONAL#
Students rallied Orbit to create a letter of excuse for children:įor all of you students, I fixed it.in the most professional way possible. The Astros have a twist on their letter: It is signed by the mascot.Īs if you really needed an excuse to ditch work and come to the game tomorrow, I've got you covered! #HustleTown /8omQ7iyRGtĮmployers of Houston, will you really say no to this adorable alien, who is even fuzzier than Dallas Keuchel? All he wants is for the people of Houston to see their young underdog team win a baseball game.ĭo not worry, kids. Last year, American soccer fans tried to create a national holiday to watch the World Cup. Teams have scripted fake excuse letters to get fans off the job. On this day, the March Madness of Baseball, here are the states that give its workers off on Columbus Day /YAyuobtVpv CT Monday, and many of their fans will be at work despite it being Columbus Day. The Astros host Game 4 of the ALDS series, which starts at 12:07 p.m.
state, which brings us today's Astros-Royals playoff game. Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but if not for Sam Houston, Texas may not be a U.S.
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