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What makes the perfect baseball mascot? The costume? The name? Here are the Top 9 mascots in the Major Leagues today:

FREDBIRD, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
I'm a sucker for plays on words. Fredbird is a redbird with an "F" in the front of his name. Get it? He's a red bird with a human name.
MARINER MOOSE, SEATTLE MARINERS
Any mascot that nearly whacks Red Sox outfielder Coco Crisp with his ATV is ok with me.
SLUGERRR, KANSAS CITY ROYALS
You know you're the jam when you have a crown built in to your noggin. However, he could probably use a spelling lesson. What's with the three Rs at the end of his name?
SLIDER, CLEVELAND INDIANS
You have to respect a mascot who's in touch with his feminine side.
MR. MET, NEW YORK METS
In all honesty, Mr. Met's greatest quality is that he's easy to Photoshop, which has led to countless upset Mets fans posting this image on the internet.
THE SAUSAGES, MILWAUKEE BREWERS
How can you not appreciate running sausages?
BERNIE BREWER, MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Having what I can only assume is an inebriated mascot slide down a gigantic slide 100 feet in the air is probably not the wisest idea. But it's darn entertaining.
SWINGING FRIAR, SAN DIEGO PADRES
Nothing says we're going to beat the heck out of our opponents like a pudgy, balding man of the cloth.
PHILLIE PHANATIC, PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Not only does he do the obligatory ATV gimmick, but he also heckles the heck out of the opposition, including waving his oversized rear-end in their faces. It's a gas.