By Chris Wright
The Portland Timbers rolled out their mascot/gimmick, Timber Joey (a fine example of why some European football fans can’t quite take the MLS seriously if ever there was one) during the club’s maiden MLS home game against Chicago Fire t’other day…
http://youtu.be/8-GmHcmdYBo
Yes, you saw that correctly – Joey is an actual lumberjack, with an actual chainsaw which he actually uses on the touchlines as the game goes on behind him – for you see, every time Portland score, Joey slices a wedge of his giant log and passes it up into the crowd.
Amazing…just…amazing.
For the record, the Timbers won the game 4-2.