What the hell is this, 1920?
Check out what the Reading Phillies will be giving away on Tuesday, August 3rd to the first 2,500 in attendance.
It’s a Ryan Howard garden gnome.
Just look at this thing. First off, it looks nothing like Ryan Howard. Then take a look at the bat — looks more like a nightstick. Or how about the beard? I thought gnomes had mustaches too. Clown shoes?
Everyone knows that a lawn jockey, especially painted in blackface, is not something you should go decorating your lawn with — unless you want your neighborhood to know you’re a racist.
Naturally, they don’t make them anymore. Lawn jockeys are more something you can find at an antique shop for obvious reasons.
This has got to be one of the closest ways you can come to making a new-age lawn jockey without making a new-age lawn jockey.
At least they used brown paint on his face and hands.
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6 Responses to “Oh Mammy! Ryan Howard Garden Gnome Looks Like A Damn Lawn Jockey”
It’s the new bobblehead!!!
are youuuuuuuuu saying i’m a racist? i have one of those lawn jockeys on my back deck (named Jermont) and everyone that comes over LOVES him! that doesn’t make me a racist…..but i do hate watermelon!!!
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This is such a stretch it’s ridiculous. This is fan memorabilia; plain and simple, same as a bobble head or any other caricature of a professional sports icon. Of course, the lawn jockey in this article is wearing phillies colors, otherwise they would in no way look remotely similar. The lawn jockey seems to be in black face and Ryan Howard is a black athlete; comparing the two makes the author of this article the racist, not people who think it’s cute to see their idol as a garden gnome.
reading sux!!
Hi I hae a gnome that looks like a male version of mammy. I was hoping i could get some info regarding the value, thank you