Hi everyone! You’ve picked a great day to spend a little time from your busy day with Golden Seals Hockey! This week, I’ve got a double-whammy for you all! Two articles for the price of one, which, considering is zero dollars, is one heck of a great deal, right? The first piece is about Charlie Finley’s attempts to make the Seals relevant. Old Charlie was always up for a wild new marketing ploy, even though most of them failed miserably, or at the very least, were just plain weird. One of his classic moves was taking his legendary “Charlie O.” mule mascot from the baseball A’s and transferring it over to the ice. The problem, I can only assume, is that donkey’s don’t skate. Not in the least. So, what else could Charlie do but hire a couple of dudes, stick them inside a donkey costume, and voilà! The Seals’ new mascot worked out about as well as their previous mascots, Stella and Seymour, the two live seals who spent their short-lived careers literally laying down on the wonderfully cold ice surface of the Oakland Coliseum. This article, courtesy of Mark Harris, features a beautiful picture of the Seals’ mule, and you can take a look at it right here.

The second treat this week is a funny, short story from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan about former Seal great Bill Hicke, who seemed to have a bit of trouble understanding how the autographing procedure worked. From what I gather, he may have had quite the collection of Bill Hicke cards in his personal collection. Why, you ask? You’ll have to check the article out for yourself here. Thanks go out to Pete Manzolillo for sending me the link to this great piece.

Hope you all have a great weekend, and if you are living in Ontario, a great, long Family Day weekend! Until next time, stay gold!