Photo Daily – 07.08.07 – Portland’s Timber Jim Celebrates a Goal

Timber Jim on Pitchinvasion.net says:

July 8, 2007 at 7:39 am

[...] One of my favorite soccer blogs, Pitchinvasion.net, has given a little love to Timber Jim. [...]
Bob says:

July 9, 2007 at 3:57 pm

Nothing more beautiful than when Jim fires up the chainsaw and slices off a piece of wood! The all time best was when Alan Gordon was playing for the Timbers. The team was down 2-0 in the 80th minute and Gordon proceeded to score a hattrick. After the last goal the whistle blew, Gordon ran over to the chainsaw and sliced off a log for himself. It was epic. Thank God he didn’t amputate his foot in the process.
Thomas Dunmore says:

July 9, 2007 at 4:03 pm

Great story, Bob.

Come to think of it, there aren’t many teams in the world where a fan would be allowed within 500 feet of a chainsaw inside the stadium. Some players or other fans would definitely lose limbs.
Portland in MLS: The Origins of the Timbers Army | Pitch Invasion says:

March 20, 2009 at 10:45 am

[...] gossip-column sex symbols. The team also boasted perhaps the greatest mascot in sports history: Timber Jim; a man in Carhartts; a man with a chainsaw; a man who sliced a hunk of wood off a loge every time [...]

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