Royals’ Mascot in Trouble For Wiener Toss

Royals Getting Sued Because of Mascot’s Wiener Toss

Yup that’s right, a wiener toss.

The Kansas City Royals are going to court because their mascot Sluggerrr the Lion got a little crazy with his wiener tosser in September.

According to court documents, John Coomer claims, “Slugger lost control of his throw or was reckless with his throw, and threw the hotdog directly into the Plaintiff.”

The Plaintiff, John Coomer, is also claiming the hot dog hit his left eye and left him with a detached retina and cataracts are starting to develop.

According to TMZ, Coomer is now suing the Royals for more than $25K for negligence and battery, and also says the Royals “failed to adequately train its agents … in the proper method in which to throw hotdogs into the stands at Kauffman Stadium.

Wow, this is a wild one, but a detached retina is not funny. Phoenix Suns All Star Center Amar’e Stoudemire’s NBA career was almost derailed by a similar injury and had to rehab laying down for 22 hours a day.

All this over a wiener! I just like saying wiener!

@MatAnaya

Royals Getting Sued Because of Mascot’s Wiener Toss February 23, 2010 – Matt Anaya Yup that’s right, a wiener toss. The Kansas City Royals are going to court because their mascot Sluggerrr the Lion got a little crazy with his wiener tosser in September. According to court documents, John Coomer claims, “Slugger lost control of [...]