The Boston Celtics G-League affiliate happens to be the Maine Red Claws. Their mascot is a large red lobster - as in one that has already been boiled to death. Live lobsters are a brown/green color. What was the team thinking? One of my readers, David Anthopoulos, broached this question some time ago, and it got my attention. I even took a Twitter poll on this matter. Should the Maine Red Claws have a dead, red lobster as their mascot? — Tom Lane (@TomLaneHC) October 2, 2018 How can 30% of respondents not care about this? The current red mascot leaves the door open for rival announcers to come up with such demeaning statements as: "Looks like the Red Claws are dead in the water!" "There was just no life in the Red Claws right from the start!" See what I mean? It gets worse. According to NewMaineNews.com , the Red Claws mascot, Crusher got tossed back into the sea to breed. I am not making this up! Maine Red Claws Mascot Seized by Wardens for Being Over t...
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