Not in Our House!

We've often disagreed with the money making, publicity seeking schemes by Major League Baseball (i.e. putting Spiderman ads on the bases), and now we're really steaming. For this year's All-Star game, which you recall is in Yankee Stadium, they are planning a promotion where a fan "calls a shot", reminiscent of the Babe Ruth's called shot in the 1932 World Series. Of course they are going to have a player involved in this year's promotion...David Ortiz! WTF!!!!!! A Red Sox?

As Jack Curry reports, to make matters worse, the Yankees did not even find out about this until Thursday, and they found out from a reporter not the MLB front office. Randy Levine and Len Trost have worked with MLB for over a year in preparation for the gala and word of this stunt was never mentioned.

Pat Courtney, an MLB spokesman, said he understood the Yankees concern and hoped to speak with them soon. Clearly, MLB was hoping wind of this didn't get out until the day before the game.