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.

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Pope on a Rope

Minor league baseball tries many different things to put fans in the seats, but the Yankees class 'A' Charleston River Dogs may have come up with one of the most unique. Pope Benedict XVI will be visiting the US shortly, and will be making a much ballyhooed stop at Yankee Stadium. The River Dogs would like to have the Pope make a visit to South Carolina while he's here.

In order to entice the Pope, the River Dogs held a "Pope on a Rope" promotion this past weekend against the Rome (very appropriate) Braves. It's a normal bar of soap on a rope, but this soap comes with a likeness of the Pope right on it.

Minor League Dugout described it's aroma as "reasonably good – somewhere between church incense and urinal cake". We're not sure that means reasonably good, but we'll go along with them on this one.

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Time for a full-time Joba

Joba Chamberlain has been summoned to the major leagues and is scheduled to pitch in relief of Roger Clemens Tuesday night as the New York Yankees visit the Toronto Blue Jays. Chamberlain, a 21-year-old former Nebraska All-American, received word of the promotion Monday, according to his father, Harlan Chamberlain, and immediately flew from Scranton, Pa., to Toronto. The Yankees have not officially announced the move.

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