Crazy Crab is back in San Francisco
Home Run Derby —
Somehow I missed this in Home Run Derby’s Top MLB Promotions of 2008. I think it was because I excluded bobbleheads from the list.
But Friday Night (July 18) was Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night in San Francisco. Who’s Crazy Crab? Well, The Crab was a mascot the San Francisco Giants paraded out in 1984 as an anti-mascot to rival the recent influx of mascots into Major League Baseball.
Why an “anti-mascot” instead of a regular mascot? Well, then-Giants exec Pat Gallagher explains …
Our fans were too hip, too sophisticated and way too baseball oriented to put ...
Crazy Crab Back with the Giants - Video
Knuckle Curve —
Crazy Crab was the San Francisco Giants’ anti-mascot during the 1984 season. His reign as the team’s anti-mascot lasted only one season.
Recently, the Giants brought back Crazy Crab and even had Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night. For those who haven’t seen Crazy Crab, he’s unlike any other mascot. Well, that’s probably because he’s considered an anti-mascot.
Here is a Crazy Crab video of his return to the San Francisco Giants: ...
San Francisco Crazy Crab Returns
FanIQ Blog —
Sometimes there are things out there that are so bad they're good. Like the Brian DePalma film Scarface. It was panned by critics when it came out for being a bloody spectacle not worthy of your attention. But over time, the film has become a cult classic, pretty much for exactly the same reasons it was once panned - that it's a bloody spectacle.
The same can more or less be said about the San Francisco Crazy Crab, quite possibly the weirdest team mascot in baseball history. The crab was in existence for only one year as the SF Giants' mascot during the 1984 season, and inspired more ...
How The Hell Did I Miss Crazy Crab?
TheScore.com Blog —
So I was surfing through some YouTube goodness here this afternoon, and I came across the following clip-- a 1984 commercial for the San Francisco Giants featuring... uh... Crazy Crab. Take a look: WTF, am I right? I have to admit, I follow baseball a lot, but had never heard of Crazy Crab before. The video didn't have all that many views, so I thought maybe I'd found some kind of hidden gem here. . . Unsurprisingly, it turns out I'm just an idiot and have simply missed this entire phenomenon until now, but on the bright side, that also means I don't have to do any research into ...
