The original “Timber Jim’’ doesn’t mind some logs being tossed on the proverbial fire that is the rivalry between the Sounders and his beloved Portland Timbers.
Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer stoked that fire by implying Tuesday that original Portland lumberjack mascot Timber Jim – and more recently, his successor, Timber Joey – may lack actual logging credentials as they saw slabs off of 12-foot logs to celebrate goals by the hometown Timbers. Nevertheless, both Timber Jim and Timber Joey come with their fair share of field experience on the woodsier side of things.
“I wasn’t really as you would say, a logger,’’ said Jim Serrill, 63, who created the original mascot in 1978 and remained in place until retiring in 2008.