Some say Dinger is dumb.
An affront to the game. An unnecessary eyesore. Barney after a meth binge.
Ever since it first hatched on the Mile High Stadium grass in 1994, the Rockies’ adorably dense dinosaur mascot has been a deeply divisive figure on the Colorado sports landscape.
But nobody could have foreseen the discord Dinger would unleash upon the masses earlier this week, when it went national for all the wrong reasons.
Dinger — F
In real time, it sounded awful.
And the cacophony of instant outrage that followed — from television announcers, social media and even the Rockies themselves — felt entirely justified.