ROCKIES CALL NORTH CAROLINA TO EXTEND DINGER DYNASTY.(Local) From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: March 5, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: News Staff

The latest minor leaguer to be called up by the Colorado Rockies isn't a player at all, but a mascot.

Dinger, the purple dinosaur mascot of the Rockies, will have a new person inside the costume this year.

The new face you won't see is Jim Tennison, who has played Muddy the past three seasons for the Carolina Mudcats, the Rockies' AA affiliate in Zebulon, N.C., said a Mudcats spokeswoman.

For the uninitiated, Muddy is ...