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| Nader Bellyaches About Ads On MLB Player’s Sleeves |
| 2004-05-05 |
| Another in a long line of examples demonstrating why Nader’s a NitwitTM... Nader Upset Over Baseball Uniform Ads Presidential candidate Ralph Nader called the advertisements on uniforms during major league baseball’s season-opening series an "obscene embarrassment" and sent a letter of protest Tuesday. ’ No, Ralphie Boy, pictures of chicks with big knockers would be obscene (in some circles, I suppose), your pathetic posturing on a non-issue is embarassment. "This overcommercialization is sapping the fun out of being a fan of major league baseball," Nader wrote in his letter to commissioner Bud Selig. "Now, you have sunk to a greedy new low." For me most of the ’fun’ of baseball was lost ten years ago with the strike. I have this basic conceptual problem with millionaires going on strike. And this is rich commentary from Ralphie, lecturing Bud Selig on greed when he treats his own employees like shit, underpaying and overworking them while he verbally abuses them to boot. I’d love to dropkick this sanctimonious prick. The ads appeared on the uniform sleeves and caps of the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays during their two-game series in Tokyo on March 30-31. What’s that one about a horse, a barn, and a fire? While the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs wore similar ads when they played in Tokyo in 2000, and baseball said in advance that the Yankees and Devil Rays would wear patches, Nader said the ads this year "ambushed fans across the country and left them shaking their heads at this obscene embarrassment." How many complaints from fans did you receive, Ralph? Tim Brosnan, baseball’s executive vice president for business, has said he is open to considering additional uniform advertising in the future, but Selig and chief operating officer Bob DuPuy have said it is not under consideration. "We urge that you immediately put this issue to rest once and for all and eliminate any current or future possibility that major league baseball will accept advertisements on uniforms," Nader wrote. Can’t see why Ralphie’s panties are in a bunch. NASCAR, Formula 1 and professional cycling are practically walking billboards. If these were just arm patches, that’s fine, and Ralph should consider the possibility that the Japanese hosts asked them to do this. And an ostensibly serious Presidential candidate is whining about this? Jeez... |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #12 Even with all the rotating billboards in the parks, the Viagra sign at U.S. Cellular field stays up all game long. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-05-05 7:22:00 PM |
| #11 With all the crotch grabbing they do in baseball it would be funny to see a few viagra ads on the uniforms. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-05-05 5:07:28 PM |
| #10 I also like the idea of having the players wear sandwich boards while in the on-deck circle, or in the bullpen. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-05-05 5:06:21 PM |
| #9 Instead of patches they should just put a big green field on the back of each uniform (visiting team only) so that the television folks can project any ad they want onto the uniform. This has the advantage of allowing far larger ads, being able to have different ads each inning and leaving the game unspoiled for those that show up to see the game in person. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-05-05 5:05:26 PM |
| #8 BigEd, I speculate that Nader has not watched more than 10 straight minutes of a game on TV or in person in the last 2 decades.I don't picture him as being one of the boys who played tackle footbal on the pavement at recess. I may be mistaken. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-05-05 5:00:41 PM |
| #7 Bottom line - Nader is either a Cubs or Red Sox fan. He just wanted to dump his frustration on somebody. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-05 4:20:57 PM |
| #6 the idealistic purity of the defunct East German Olympic swim team. Alternate Words - East German Anthem Rolling hills above mine fields East Germany is calling you Take the steroids Win the gold Herr Honecker will say you're bold. But if you try to leave here The watch towers will shoot Great grey wall, o' monument Built to last a thousand years To keep our minds so pure And, to keep the land so bland! |
| Posted by: Oge_Retla_2004 2004-05-05 4:09:24 PM |
| #5 Watch Nader blow another gasket when he catches wind of this stunt. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-05-05 4:07:53 PM |
| #4 Ralph is aware, I trust, that MLB is a commercial enterprise? He might well prefer the idealistic purity of the defunct East German Olympic swim team. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-05-05 3:57:08 PM |
| #3 he also proposed a <55MPH speed limit for all fastballs, since balls thrown faster have been known to cause injury upon impact with the batters. His new book: "Fastballs - Unsafe At Any Speed" is due to hit the shelves at World Series time |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-05 3:32:21 PM |
| #2 If I remember the story about Nader's treatment of employees, professional sports is one of his many white whales. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-05-05 3:22:13 PM |
| #1 Ralph Nader lecturing about fun? Good Lord.....I think I need a drink. A strong one. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-05-05 3:06:47 PM |