The mascot try-out: A view from inside the Sandy the Seagull suit

It's not easy being a sea gull.

The feet feel too big, it's hard to see through the beak and the heat is overwhelming. But none of that matters to the fourth- graders from P.S. 86 in Brooklyn, who I am about to race around the base path at KeySpan Park in Coney Island.

They are determined to beat this giant bird if it is the last thing they do.

I am the fifth person trying out to be ­Sandy the Seagull, the mascot of the Brooklyn Cyclones, a Class A affiliate of the New York Mets.

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