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Hello, communicators:
A minor league baseball team from Oregon made waves on Twitter this week when it shared a photo of its mascot, a life-sized pickle, in what appeared to be a rather compromising position.
We have ended our mascot takeover. It’s come to our attention that this photo can be misinterpreted as a disturbing image. Dillon would like to go on record and say that he was trying to give his fans a thumbs up. https://t.co/5VUgkhieq2
— Portland Pickles (@picklesbaseball) January 12, 2022
In the space of just eight minutes, the Portland Pickles announced that Dillon T. Pickle would be taking over the account, Mr. Pickle tweeted the offending image of his…thumb (?) and the team announced the end of the mascot takeover.
Yet, the seeming misfire has some questioning whether the raunchy tweet was actually an accident. As evidence, accounts tagged in the offending photo include personal grooming company Manscaped, California State Sen. Scott Weiner (D) and a person named Justin Dickmeyer.
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