Theatre of the Absurd
Benny the Bull is innocent: Chicago officials
Benny the Bull is innocent, according to a Chicago Bulls official who denies the mascot hit Boston Celtics players Kevin Garnett and James Posey with T-shirts hot out of a T-shirt cannon.

The incident occurred Tuesday during the fourth quarter of the Celtics' 106-92 win over the Bulls at the United Center. According to a report in the Boston Globe, the Chicago mascot shot T-shirts out of a gun that hit the two players who were on the way to the bench.

Garnett and Posey reportedly gave Benny the Bull a glare and, said Garnett, \"exchanged words.\"

But, on Wednesday, Bulls officials say that the incident was a result of an accident by its promotional team. One of the members fell down as it was shooting T-shirts into the crowd. The shirts were then launched in the direction of the Celtics bench.

Bulls representatives said they have watched the incident over video to make sure. They also said members involved apologized shortly after and the shirts “skipped” before hitting the players.

Benny the Bull was unavailable to comment, the Boston Globe reports. That's because he's a mascot and can't talk.

Haha wow... geeez.

I don't suppose there is video or pictures of this?

Not that I found but I wish.

Bonk... didn't you tell me something about you seeing a shirt hit KG and him being really pissed about it???

Further details?

mwithers wrote:
Silent Ababu?

Ahhhh that's funny there is a newspaper story about this. What I saw was this: A timeout was called with probably like 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter, Celtics up comfortably...Posey & KG were near mid-court walking to the bench, and then I saw 2 T-Shirts fly in from somewhere and land like right next to them. I naturally assumed that a fan threw them at Posey, as he was getting ridden by the Bulls faithful all game (they are still bitter about some hard fouls from the playoffs during his Miami days a few years back). But KG starts pointing at and yelling at Benny the Bull, who was walking onto the court from a sideline. It was pretty strange, seeing KG staring down & pointing at a mascot. After KG, Doc, & Posey talked to the refs for a bit, they went to the bench, KG still visibly really pissed, even though House & Rondo & a few others were smirking about it. Then the ref went & talked to Benny, and then Doc, and then some lady with a headset came & talked to the ref, then the ref went back & talked to Doc & the bench. hahahahaha. I guess considering there were TWO shirts thrown, it wouldn't have been a fan. Ahhhh that Benny. Good times. The fans around me were laughing at how upset it got KG. It was kind of strange.