(originally posted Dec. 17, 2008)...and as Pogo the Possum famously said, "They is us!" Citing costs and the economy, General Motors has bowed out of its advertising sponsorship in the new Yankee Stadium, and the pinstripers, bless their capitalistic hearts, have replaced GM with Audi and Toyota!
When are we ever going to learn that we're all in this together? OK, we can't all trade in our German and Japanese iron tomorrow and buy American; for 30 years GM has delivered an inferior product, and we need to see evidence of some sort of turnaround before we go all patriotic, but cutting off an advertising (and communications)stream is rubbing salt in a grievous wound; replacing it with foreign competition is, well, just cruel.
The Yanks couldn't have sucked it up and given GM a cut rate? They would've made all kinds of good PR, and fans, guaranteed, would've cheered a Chevy Corvette coming in from the bullpen.
They just spent $200+ million for TWO pitchers! A cheapie ROI from GM isn't going to break them.
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Whow! It wasn't bad enough that you posted this once?
I would much rather see money going to players, even if they are overpaid. After all, baseball teams are about winning games, not providing charity to poorly run corporations.
BTW, among the Mets many sponsors are Toyota, Hankook, Mazda and Nissan and (are you sitting down?) Fox News.
There's something about 'National Pastime' that goes beyond merely winning games. Republicans can't see it, though.
Despite what GM's flacks tried to convince the American public of, there is one element that doesn't fit in "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet."
Maybe it prompts a knee-jerk reaction from some who let emotions cloud good sense.
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