November 09, 2018

Gritty fever still fresh, Philly reacts to another new mascot

By Michael Tanenbaum
PhillyVoice Staff

Philadelphia Wings/Twitter

Wingston is the new mascot of the National Lacrosse League's Philadelphia Wings.

The Philadelphia Wings witnessed the meteoric rise of Flyers mascot Gritty — and they wanted a piece.

So the professional lacrosse team rolled out a brand new mascot of its own on Friday.

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Meet Wingston, who's like a ... dragon? Griffin? Prehistoric turtlesaurus?

Let’s welcome the newest addition to the Wings Family, @WingstonNLL! pic.twitter.com/1glDtFT0H9
— Philadelphia Wings (@NLLwings) November 9, 2018

Introducing the @NLLwings mascot Wingston!! Welcome to the @NLL !!! pic.twitter.com/Wij5UATJWp
— NLL (@NLL) November 9, 2018

Whatever he is, he's family now, even if he's a lax bro. (We all know Gritty sucks really bad at hockey and we still love him, anyway.)

Welcome to the Philly Fam, @WingstonNLL! #BrotherlyLove pic.twitter.com/zT9rUx1IAm
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) November 9, 2018

Pictured: Philadelphia City Council pic.twitter.com/hUjioPpo8J
— Dan McQuade (@dhm) November 9, 2018

New @NLLwings mascot “Wingston” makes his debut! pic.twitter.com/jAsaJ5jznc
— Underground Sports Philadelphia (@UndergroundPHI) November 9, 2018

Here's what Philly is saying about the latest addition to the mascot club. You have to get hazed a little, Wingston. Then you're cool.

ok I'll go ahead and say it: he doesn't have wings https://t.co/MBdRz3Hf0B
— CarMax McCarthy (@OhWowHmm) November 9, 2018

Here’s another round of “what the fuck is that Philly mascot” https://t.co/kRGOskdJI5
— catarina (@catxbenn) November 9, 2018

Those damn meth head Philly mascots @branded_sports https://t.co/FHMCjMlAgF
— Kurbs (@ekurbyun) November 9, 2018

Philly is having a mascot renaissance https://t.co/rn0vHbvASK
— (((Nick Dye))) (@NickDye1993) November 9, 2018

Yet another new Philly mascot. I wonder if he will explode just like @GrittyNHL.

(Checks earpiece)

I’m being told there is literally a 0% chance of this happening. https://t.co/lkZW0mdAwt
— Podadelphia: A Philly Sports Podcast (@podadelphia) November 9, 2018

I need a poster of all of the Philly mascots together so I can hang it up in my room @Phillies @sixers @Eagles @NHLFlyers @NLLwings
— Mikey Crone™ (@iCRONE_324) November 9, 2018