Welcome to a new level of crappiness
I kinda saw this coming, but I never wanted my beloved baseball to acutally fall into the dark pit created by the money-grubbing advertisers of the world.
As part of a marketing alliance between Major League Baseball Properties, Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, webbed logos of the upcoming film “Spider-Man 2″ will appear on bases and on-deck circles in 15 stadiums of teams playing host to interleague games June 11-13.
[Bob] DuPuy [Major League Baseball's president and chief operating officer.] said Columbia Pictures originally wanted to put “Spider-Man 2″ webbing on the netting behind home plate, but the request was turned down for fear it would distract players. Pitching rubbers and home plate will be adorned with “Spider-Man 2″ branding before games, but will be replaced with standard white plates once the games start.
I guess it could be worse than it is, but it still sucks. Also, this move just has Bud “In My Opinion, The Worst Modern Commissioner” Selig’s stink all over it. This is why he should get the boot, and let former commissioner, and one of my favorties, Fay Vincent, take over until George W. Bush is done being President and he can take over. (If you think I’m crazy about “W” being commissioner…well, he is a former part-owner and I saw interview with “W” by Bob Costas, and “W” knows what he is talking about, trust me!)
Oh yeah, speaking of Fay Vincent, here is how he sounded off on the issue:
“I guess it’s inevitable, but it’s sad,” Fay Vincent, a former baseball commissioner and former president of Columbia Pictures, told AP. “I’m old-fashioned. I’m a romanticist. I think the bases should be protected from this.”
I miss you Mr. Vincent, you were are great commissioner!
Everyone should go read his book, The Last Commissioner : A Baseball Valentine
Source: ESPN.com | The tangled web of sports and advertising