FAYETTEVILLE — The San Diego Chicken – also known as Ted Giannoulas – wanted to buy the bat Reggie Jackson used to hit two of his three home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series.
Several years after Jackson’s epic power display carried the New York Yankees to an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers to take the Series 4 games to 2, Giannoulas tracked down the bat’s owner.
“I don’t remember how much the San Diego Chicken offered me, but it didn’t matter,” Eric Musselman said of the famous mascot who has appeared at thousands of sporting events in his colorful costume.