"PorkChop" is offensive to Dirty Messicans?

[wiffleball 4,800]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Two days after naming its mascot "PorkChop," the Philadelphia Phillies' new Triple-A affiliate abruptly dropped the moniker after receiving complaints from Hispanics that it was offensive.

 

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, whose mascot is a large, furry pig, had selected PorkChop from more than 7,300 fan submissions. The team, which begins play in 2008, announced Monday that the mascot will be named "Ferrous" instead.

 

General Manager Kurt Landes said he heard from several Hispanics who said PorkChop was derogatory.

 

"We were really unaware of any negative connotations with the word 'pork chop,"' he said. "If it offended a few, it's a few too many."

 

Guillermo Lopez, vice president of the Latino Leadership Alliance, said he was called "pork chop" when he worked at Bethlehem Steel decades ago.

 

"If my parents were alive, they'd be having fits," said Lopez, among those who complained to the team. "It meant much more to them than it does to Puerto Ricans now in the Lehigh Valley."

 

PorkChop had been submitted by 32 fans. The replacement name, Ferrous — from the Latin word "ferrum," or iron — received the most fan nominations, with 235.

 

The team moved to Allentown from Ottawa — where it was known as the Lynx — following the 2007 season. Construction is wrapping up on a new stadium in east Allentown.

 

WTF??? I'm gonna have to give Mr. Lopez a call...

[Yer mom 2]

Why the hell is everyone getting so sensative about words these days. If Moreno named the Angels mascot White Trash Phaggot Cracker, id say tough break and go buy my $7 beer wtih a smile and STFU. WTF

[RLLD 4,283]

[phillybear 366]

Sweet. I learned another insulting word today. Life is good.

[Cruzer 1,996]

PorkChop is a great mascot name, how stupid.

[Let Da Big Dog Eat 42]

Pork Chop was also the name of a puppet years ago on a kid's show. Can't remember the name of the All American homemaker type who used to stick her hand up his butt.

 

Seems more like Lopez didn't like his old nick name more than a generally known "term."

[akaoni 0]

Pork Chop was also the name of a puppet years ago on a kid's show. Can't remember the name of the All American homemaker type who used to stick her hand up his butt.

 

Seems more like Lopez didn't like his old nick name more than a generally known "term."

 

It's Lamb Chop dickweed! No one insults Shari Lewis on my watch!

[Birdseed 1]

It's Lamb Chop dickweed! No one insults Shari Lewis on my watch!

 

 

[patweisers44 878]

Wonder what Floyd Womack thinks of all this?

 

Bacon tastes gooood. Pork Chops taste goooood.

[phillybear 366]

Guillermo Lopez, vice president of the Latino Leadership Alliance, said he was called "pork chop" when he worked at Bethlehem Steel decades ago

 

If I'm the owner, I drop the name Pork Chop, and call the flying pig "Guillermo Lopez". Dammit. Why doesn't that owner be a focking man for once in his prancing nancy life.

[Let Da Big Dog Eat 42]

It's Lamb Chop dickweed! No one insults Shari Lewis on my watch!

There is someone else on this bored that shares my extreme ancientocity? Who's a thunk?

 

Or was it a hand me down from your grandparents.

[akaoni 0]

There is someone else on this bored that shares my extreme ancientocity? Who's a thunk?

 

Or was it a hand me down from your grandparents.

 

No, I'm pretty sure you're older than me. That said, I think I'm likely older than the median age on this bored.

 

Now apologize fockface!

[rallo 139]

porkchop was doug's dog on the show 'doug'

 

it was a nickelodeon cartoon i watched when i was a kid... didn't know that dog was a mexi

 

doug theme... life was good

[jerryskids 7,291]

I grew up about an hour NNW of Allentown in the thriving metropolis of Wilkes-Barre. I told this story at the time but it bears retelling. A few years ago my aunt was trying to sell her house, and we had this exchange:

 

Aunt: You won't believe who looked at my house.

Me: Mmkay... who?

Aunt: Puerta Ricans!@#

Me:

Aunt: I have a big attic, they can easily sleep 10 or more up there.

Me:

Aunt: My neighbors would be pissed if I sold it to Puerta Ricans. Fock em, I don't care!

 

For those of you on the edge of your seats, the Puerta Ricans never bought the house.

[NorthernVike 2,122]

I grew up about an hour NNW of Allentown in the thriving metropolis of Wilkes-Barre. I told this story at the time but it bears retelling. A few years ago my aunt was trying to sell her house, and we had this exchange:

 

Aunt: You won't believe who looked at my house.

Me: Mmkay... who?

Aunt: Puerta Ricans!@#

Me:

Aunt: I have a big attic, they can easily sleep 10 or more up there.

Me:

Aunt: My neighbors would be pissed if I sold it to Puerta Ricans. Fock em, I don't care!

 

For those of you on the edge of your seats, the Puerta Ricans never bought the house.

 

 

 

Thats focking funny.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also: CAN SIZE!

[jerryskids 7,291]

Thats focking funny.

also: CAN SIZE!

Hard to say, she had a mastectomy on one breast due to cancer about 25 years ago.

[Slim Pickins 0]

Hard to say, she had a mastectomy on one breast due to cancer about 25 years ago.

In Vikes defense, he said "can," not "cans."