open letter to mlb.com: give up on Dick's
Long distance Padres fans are familiar with mlb.com's weird pacman and pong like screensaver graphics between innings this year. It was much better in the early days when they let the stadium cameras roll, and Mark Grant and the cameramen could be heard trawling the crowds for women.
Now, they still have the pong between innings, but everytime you log on to mlb.com there is a really obnoxious Dick's Sporting Goods ad. It features mostly fat and unshaven white guys wearing team gear and cheering for their teams. One guy shoves a hot dog into his mouth and yells - "Never give up!" or something like that with his mouth full of hot dog. Then another guy in a redsox jersey follows up with "nevah evah give up!"
Maybe this is an east coast feed - and they have other ads in the West? Last year they played the same few bars from a new Tom Petty song over and over again between every inning. I love that song now.
I admit I still like the pong screensaver. It calms me. But Dick's ad doesn't jive with baseball. Give up on Dick's.
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Dick's....
by Drama on May 21, 2007 7:50 AM PDT 0 recs
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I wonder how long will it take mlb.com to start selling the between innings more fully than the old Tom Petty promotion? They're sitting on some revenue there.
by Billy Almon on May 21, 2007 9:52 AM PDT 0 recs
Tom Petty song...
by Drama on
May 21, 2007 10:10 AM PDT
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at least the pacman is gone
the dicks commercial is better than the old spice commercial with the deer that they played in the begginign of the season, that was just annoying.
but they should make thier own adds in between, or something more entertaining at least
by Peavyforprez08 on May 21, 2007 5:54 PM PDT 0 recs
They should go old school....
by Drama on
May 22, 2007 6:49 AM PDT
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OMG!
by ABY on
May 22, 2007 7:58 AM PDT
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Man I love that deer commercial
by Dex on
May 22, 2007 7:59 AM PDT
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Dick's
by Billy Almon on May 22, 2007 10:04 AM PDT 0 recs
The most interesting man in the world
by RBS on May 22, 2007 11:18 AM PDT 0 recs















