re: A great story about Mike VII on National Radio

quote:

---

1) It's stupid to say that this tiger is going to react the same as the last. 2) This tradition shouldn't have been left to one man to make the call. 3) Nobody cares about PETA. They kill more dogs than anybody. They're the planned parenthood of animals. 4) the tiger only stays at the game for a little while anyway so the noise level shouldn't be that bad. 5) the fireworks shiild only be planned for night games or late afternoon games just out of sheer logic.

---

this x1000. It's a great tradition that is well known around the country.
Does anyone have the Mike the Tiger book Dr Baker wrote about 15 yrs ago? In many parts throughout, the tradition of driving around the field is mentioned. Only talks about it in a positive light and what a cool tradition it is. Of course now it is supposedly upsetting to Mike. It's not like it's hard to tell when an animal is upset, whether it's a dog, cat etc. and none of the Mikes ever looked distressed to me. Mike would just lay in his trailer as cool as a cucumber checking everything out.