In a live YouTube video, Hall of Fame mascot Reggy the Purple Party Dude introduced each member of the class, which also included the Indiana Pacers’ Boomer, the Montreal Canadiens’ Youppi! and the Indianapolis Colts’ Blue. The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held at the 25,000-square-foot museum near Chicago before the coronavirus pandemic forced the building to temporarily close in March.
“After hatching from an egg back at Memorial Stadium in 1979, our next character is finally cracked into the Mascot Hall of Fame,” Reggy said during The Oriole Bird’s introduction.