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Article: San Diego Chicken to make final visit to original roost
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- September 26, 2003
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SAN DIEGO - Nearly 30 years after bringing his brand of fowl humor
to the major leagues, the San Diego Chicken gets one last chance to
scratch around his original roost.
With the Padres vacating Qualcomm Stadium after this season for a
new downtown ballpark, they figured the final weekend was a good time
to bring back the Chicken, who's as much a San Diego institution as
Tony Gwynn, the beach and fish tacos.
The Chicken's final gig at Qualcomm Stadium, where he was hatched
in 1974, will be tonight, when he'll also be honored with a Chicken
bobblehead giveaway.
"I'd like to go all out," said Ted Giannoulas, the San Diego
resident who turned a goofy part-time job in a chicken suit into a ...