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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger the dinosaur in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger the dinosaur dons Fourth of July holiday garb in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 4, 2021 in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger the dinosaur in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger the dinosaur in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger the dinosaur celebrates with other mascots before the Rockies host the San Francisco Giants in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger the dinosaur in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger the dinosaur in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot dinger the dinosaur in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 4, 2021 in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot dinger the dinosaur in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 4, 2021 in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Rockies Say Fan Was Calling to Mascot, Not Shouting a Slur - The New York Times
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger the dinosaur in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 4, 2021 in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger the dinosaur during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy
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Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski Stock Photo - Alamy