Going Off The Grid: Mascots Discuss Favorite Songs, "Best Friends"

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, we talked to mascots from various teams and schools about their "best friends" and movies that made them cry.

• Gritty (Flyers)
  -- Stays in shape over the offseason with pork chops and push ups.
• Benny (Bulls)
  -- Biggest fear is forgetting his pants.
• Bernie (Brewers)
  --Favorite ballpark food is a sausage, but won't pick a favorite, as the Racing Sausages are a little sensitive.
• Sparky (Arizona State)
  -- Favorite place to vacation is Pasadena in January.
• Chompers (Hartford Yard Goats)
  -- Thinks the San Diego Chicken is the G.O.A.T. mascot.

Going Off The Grid
	Movie that made you cry?	Who is your mascot "best friend"?	Favorite song to dance to?	Hardest part about gameday?	Piece of advice for the next generation of mascots?
Gritty	Titanic	Phillie Phanatic	Macarena	The ice, super hard	Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
Benny	Space Jam	Robin Lopez	The Percolator (because that means I hit a behind-the-back half court shot)	Waiting for the game to start	Don't get an ego. Your head is big enough already
Bernie	Major League. Uecker makes me laugh so hard that I was sobbing. Gets me every time.	Obviously The Johnsonville Famous Racing Sausages	Too easy. Roll Out The Barrel	Multi-homer innings, it's a long climb back up from the bottom of the slide	Stay humble ... and keep your moustache well-groomed
Sparky	Hellboy. Devils are people too	Everyone wants to be my friend!	THUNDERSTRUCK	Leaving everyone when the game is over	Try to be as great as me
Chompers	The Notebook	Chew Chew (the other Yard Goat mascot)	Cha Cha Slide	Trying to meet every fan	Stay cool

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