This is the story I had hoped I'd never have to write but somehow, in the back of my mind, knew I would one day need to write. I had interviewed the Cleveland Indians’ logo known as Chief Wahoo back in January and had found — instead of the air-headed huckster I had expected — a somewhat complex, philosophical pitchman whose at times brooding ruminations were in stark contrast to his perpetually over-toothed grin.
At that time, warehoused in his modestly appointed digs and back-dropped by a picture of his hero Speedy Alka-Seltzer, Wahoo joked about the Indians mascot Slider getting too big for his britches; pointed out that kids should remember that he was a logo not a role model; denied the inflammatory charges in the recently published unauthorized biography, "Only the Feather was Straight"; stressed that he was in total sympathy with Native Americans who found his image offensive; and glibly shrugged off rumors of his imminent retirement by saying, "Biology is destiny. I wasn't drawn to quit "
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