Those ads are going to get dirty after the game is over so no one will see them.By the way the summer movies coming out this year look amazing.Im looking foward to Spider Man 2 and Shrek 2(Im 14 and I enjoyed Shrek, so what?)

What can you expect when you live in a world full of money hungry people?

Why would that be "going to far"? So what if there are pictures of Spider Man 2 on billboards? Doesn't bother me at all, I don't even consider it. Pretty cool,...I guess?

Needleskane Wrote: Why would that be "going to far"? So what if there are pictures of Spider Man 2 on billboards? Doesn't bother me at all, I don't even consider it. Pretty cool,...I guess?

Billboards are fine, great in fact. Second base, however, isn't.

It was getting bad when they started shwoing aqctual COMMERCIALS before movies at the theater - not trailers for other movies, but COMMERCIALS!. I paid my $7.00 so I wouldn't have to put up with this crap! WTF??????

I just got my A Rod jersey with a Spiderman2 patch on the sleeve today.

What the fuck are they thinking. Im all for having billboards with ads on them if it helps pay for the park and whatnot so my ticket price wont be skyhigh (yea right). But for the love of baseball, Spiderman on the bases?? Are they that hard up for money? Of course they are but that is not the way to make money. It totally disgraces the game of baseball for me. Cut players salaries before I see Bonds sliding into Kirsten Dunst's face.

sub-zeromasta Wrote: I just got my A Rod jersey with a Spiderman2 patch on the sleeve today.

Are you serious?? That's fuckin weak!!! Bahh, the game is just getting worse and worse. And now you're gonna have that jersery for a while, and long after the movie is out of theaters that patch is still gonna be there. As for the bases thing, at first it seemed like a cool gimmick, but now it just looks way too commercial. And what exactly are they going to use the money for?? Well it's definatly not to give the fans some slack seeing as how anything in ballpark worth buying still costs an arm and a leg. But don't worry, they'll just slap on a Spider-man logo to try and make up for it......This sucks.

I thought Baseball was already only for the money? Could have fooled me. I just love it when players bitch because "they aren't getting enough millions to swing a wooden bat and catch baseballs." The game is rubbish.

Jimbo Wrote: I thought Baseball was already only for the money? Could have fooled me. I just love it when players bitch because "they aren't getting enough millions to swing a wooden bat and catch baseballs." The game is rubbish.

Football is 10 times worse, with stuck up players who think there something just cause they came from the hood, or projects. A frind of my brother works for a limo service, and was driving one of the New England Patriots players (I forget which one it was, think it was either McGinest, Harison, or Seymore. one of them for sure though) back to his house. For one he didn't even tip my brothers friend the limo drive, but what made it worse was he was on the phone the whole time arguing with someone about how someone wasn't going to touch, ro get near his $4 million liquid, and stuff. Common now. Sports players are that loaded, and beside whining about how they don't make enough, they charge fans for autographs because they think there the shit, and can't even throw a limo drive $10. Common. There little fucking bitches. Get rid of the players unions, and see how much there attitude improves. It works in wrestling.

LOL are YOU serious? Of course im not. Look at the rest of the post. The jersey thing was in reference to this: "Ralph Nader, a presidential candidate and consumer advocate, criticized the deal. He wrote Tuesday to baseball commissioner Bud Selig, denouncing the decision to have ads on uniforms during the season-opening series in March between the Yankees and Tampa Bay in Tokyo."

skeletonofsociety Wrote: sub-zeromasta Wrote: I just got my A Rod jersey with a Spiderman2 patch on the sleeve today. Are you serious?? That's fuckin weak!!! Bahh, the game is just getting worse and worse. And now you're gonna have that jersery for a while, and long after the movie is out of theaters that patch is still gonna be there. As for the bases thing, at first it seemed like a cool gimmick, but now it just looks way too commercial. And what exactly are they going to use the money for?? Well it's definatly not to give the fans some slack seeing as how anything in ballpark worth buying still costs an arm and a leg. But don't worry, they'll just slap on a Spider-man logo to try and make up for it......This sucks.

DrFatality - They dust off the bases after each 3 outs or more, as needed. Especially with those ad's on the bases, I'm sure they (umpires) have been told to keep them clean.

manny86 - Very true

ShingoEX - Yea I feel that. I remember the first time I saw that, I was at the movies and here comes an Oreo ad!? I was like 'wtf?!!?'

I think it's only a matter of time before the seats in the movie theater start getting decorated with ad's from movie/food companies.

sub-zeromasta - lol yea, I'm surprised they haven't turned the actual baseballs into 'web shots' to look like the web 'balls' Spiderman shoots.

skeletonofsociety - Agreed. They do all this madness for revenue, meanwhile it still costs 5.50 for a pony bottle of Rolling Rock!!! WTF!?! If I wanted to get ripped off for money I'd go to the titty bar or get a hooker.

Jimbo - I think that's all sports, honestly. I really like college sports tho, cause at least you can see the will and desire on the faces of the players. They need to play good to make the money, and they need to win the games, and I think they do play just as hard if not harder then pro's.

Kabal20 - lol @ it worked in wrestling, and you're right. You're gonna have that in all sports tho, some guys are dicks, some are cool. Just like the people you meet in everyday life. I've met some pro athletes that have been very cool, and a few that aren't.

sub-zeromasta - I have Spiderman boxers...

Well, I wasn't necessarily flaming Baseball soley. Aren't their players the highest paid though? And in my opinion, they don't do shit for their money. Stand in a field, catch a ball if it comes your way, throw it to 2nd base, make $15.5 million. Just doesn't add up. But like you guys also said, all sports are victims to money whores. Blade made a good point though by stating the college players thing. Next to high school students in sports, they are the "purest" players to the games. They play the way the game was meant to be played. Not to sell some league endorsed products.

blade-tsung Wrote: DrFatality - They dust off the bases after each 3 outs or more, as needed. Especially with those ad's on the bases, I'm sure they (umpires) have been told to keep them clean.

No big deal though.It's not like your looking at the bases through the whole game.

Baseball commisioner Bud Selig listens to members of an online mortal kombat site and overturns the spider man promotions!!!!

heh, well not exactly, but the front page of the Chicago Tribune Sports section did have an article about how dumb this would actually be and Bud has decided to not follow through with the "bases as billboards" idea.

WooHoo!