Comments on: Mariners produce annual crop of short brainwashing propoganda films

By: sm3346

sm3346 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:29:19 +0000

def. have to say that the best one of all time is edgar installing “the clapper” into the lights at safeco…and then the fans turning the lights on and off…classic…

By: pygmalion

pygmalion — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:23:17 +0000

I think that whoever said that the problems, such as they are, are due to the lack of identifiably public personae among the players, is right. What makes those Edgar / Randy / Moyer commercials work is that we have a feeling for who these people are, or at least, they have a certain image that the commercials could play off of. Among the current players only Ichiro! really has an interesting public persona, although the younger players could develop their own with some time.

Someone really should do something to exploit Miguel Batista being a published author though. That alone provides good opportunities for comedy.

By: John D.

John D. — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:56:29 +0000

Re: # 15 – I always thought the commercials sucked anyway.

and # 32They all suck.

It’s not that they suck; it’s that the Ms are giving us them instead of good, sound baseball.
(And we’re satisfied.)

By: msb

msb — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:25:34 +0000

Rizzs filling Blowers in on what he missed so far at spring training:

“and yesterday, Yuni drew a walk! …”

By: msb

msb — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:07:29 +0000

I find it entertaining that so many ads now being mentioned as favorites were dismissed when they came out as ‘yeah, but they’re not as good as the ones in 19–’

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:02:26 +0000

Remember the one where A-Rod is consoling Joey Cora after a loss in Spring Training in ‘96?

By: westfried

westfried — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:47:59 +0000

speaking of old commercials – is there any way to find the old radio commercials? I think it was ‘95, when they did the “you gotta love these guys” – Edger… guy hits a frozen rope and walks old ladies accross the street, Danny – has that engineering degree to fall back on, etc. I’d love to hear those again…

By: terry

terry — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:55:57 +0000

Bavasi kicks arse and the moose is, well, disturbing.

Finally, I’m a little scared to find out just what the mojo is…

By: Paul B

Paul B — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:55:34 +0000

I hated the Mariners Shopping Network ads so much I wrote an email to the organization asking them, “How can you kick us in the balls with these lame commercials when that’s all we poor fans have to look forward to each year since you aren’t serious about a World Series title.”

When I read that, I suddenly had a mental image of the M’s execs sitting next to a vault filled with piles of cash, one of them laughing so hard he’s wiping tears, and saying “hey guys, look at this one, this is the best one yet!”

By: gwangung

gwangung — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:42:48 +0000

For every great commercial the M’s have put out in the past, they’ve put out 6 stinkers

Which beats Sturgeon’s Law…but just barely…