Anyone who went to a Pirates game from 1988-96 has seen Tom Mosser, though he was usually obscured by green feathers and a big yellow beak.
“It will be on my gravestone that I was the Pirate Parrot,” he joked. “Some artists and actors wait on tables. I jumped around in a bird suit.”
Mosser absolutely considers his work as the iconic Pirates mascot art. The former Penn State University cheerleader spent eight years messing with opposing players while riling up crowds during an era of Pirates baseball where the team’s success rivaled that of Pittsburgh’s other two professional sports teams.