Dinger on Ice

Despite my repeated pleas, a people's poll and the work of the good folks at nodinger.org, Dinger, the Colorado Rockies' insipid dinosaur mascot, somehow survived the last season, and is once again ready to bare his belly at Coors Field. The Washington Nationals have the right idea – they’re keeping...

By Patricia Calhoun

March 13, 2008

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Despite my repeated pleas, a people's poll and the work of the good folks at nodinger.org, Dinger, the Colorado Rockies' insipid dinosaur mascot, somehow survived the last season, and is once again ready to bare his belly at Coors Field.

The Washington Nationals have the right idea – they’re keeping their Dinger on ice. When that team opens its season against the Atlanta Braves at the new Nationals Stadium, one of the items offered in the lineup will be the Dinger – an ice cream sandwich created by Gifford’s, an institution in the D.C. area that will sell the confection not just at the stadium, but at local shops -- with 15 percent of the sales going to the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation.

Good eats for a good cause -- let's just hope the Colorado Rockies don’t threaten to sue over the Dinger name, as they did Rocktober. -- Patricia Calhoun

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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