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Nader Bellyaches About Ads On MLB Playerâs Sleeves

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Posted by Raj 2004-05-05 2:41:22 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 3:06:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-05-05 3:22:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 3:32:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 3:57:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Watch Nader blow another gasket when he catches wind of this stunt.

Posted by Raj 2004-05-05 4:07:53 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-05-05 4:07:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 4:09:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 4:20:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 5:00:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 5:05:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 5:06:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 5:07:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-05-05 7:22:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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