MLB: Spider Man Logos on Bases

At least wiith the wall it can blend in and look cool. But on the bases? I dunno about this one.

 

Stupid, stupid, stupid. Someone please shoot Bud Selig and hire a real baseball commissioner. Please.

 

I like Spider-Man and all, but I can see this getting old real fast when the advertising switches to oh, say Budweiser.

 

This is setting a very bad precedent and we are now treading into dangerous territory.

How long until they go Kentucky Derby style and allow players to wear advertising on their uniforms?

 

Guess I should have actually read the initial post, rather than clicking on the link right away and ignoring it...

 

Evidently, everything is for sale. You can't drive more than one mile in any direction without seeing some sort of advertisement or corporate branding effort. It's insulting, invasive and it pisses me off.

 

Ahh...spring.

The smell of the grass, the crack of the bat, the white of the bases against the red of the dirt, the flickering images of athletes moving with uncommon grace over the field...



...oh, and the ads.


Call me a purist, which I'm not, but this is just a step or so acorss the line.

 

If they are to do it, they should ONLY do it digitally. This is all for television anyway. It wouldn't futz with the "in-stadium" experience, and might even benefit ticket sales.

 

I cannot wait to hear Costas' response!

 

This is gay...I guess I can believe it, but keep the field pure...

 

It's The End Of The World As We Know It (Again)

 

I agree with the ESPN Page 2 analysis that this will not fly right away. The outrage will be too great ... MLB will cave, and Spiderman 2 gets more publicity than they could have imagined.

Eventually it will happen if not now and so will advertising on the jerseys.

 

BOYCOTT BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

man this just disgusts me...i hate that assclown selig. what a numbnut fool.

 

I know I'm in the minority here, but I couldn't care less if they sells ads on the bases, walls, jerseys, or anywhere else. It's about the competition between teams, not the field, that's important. I really don't notice any ads when a Bagwell home run is passing over the outfield wall. All I see is a home run.

 

i can't make a baseball purist argument that says, "ads aren't a part of baseball." look at ballparks from the earlier parts of the 20th century, and you will find that there were many that were far more littered with signage than any ballpark that exists today. literally, not a space on the outfield wall left bare.

but this is a bit different. ultimately it does little to change the actual game...i'm not that concerned with it. it will not affect how i feel watching the games at all.

 

Exactly. I'll be outraged when they make players stop after every hit and thank Gatorade or something.

 

This is what bothers me most ....

"The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will get more than $100,000 each, one team executive said, also on condition of anonymity. Most other 13 teams that are home that weekend will get about $50,000 apiece, the executive said."

From ...
http://www.foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=2378884

I know its chump change for them, but why do the Yanks and Red Sox get more than the rest of the teams. Something like this that is league wide should have the money distributed between all teams equally. The rich are only going to get richer.