AS I NOTED in this space back on July 10, football is eminently superior to baseball -- and the proof could be seen in each sport's respective choice of post-season pitchman. I was certainly not the only one to realize this, and tonight I found another good example. Ross Douthat, writing for The Atlantic back in September, also noted this unfortunate circumstance and provided video evidence showing why football rules.
On a related note, one of these aggravating baseball commercials out now features baseball's pitchman -- the alleged comedian Dane Cook, who's kind of like that guy who plays Bergwood in the Allstate commercials but isn't nearly as funny -- going on about the opening American League series. These will feature Boston v. Los Angeles, and New York v. Cleveland, and in a nails-on-chalkboard voice Mr Cook informs us these are matchups one can't miss.
To Mr Cook, I would say: watch me, schmuck.
Again, I would ask: what the hell was Major League Baseball thinking when they decided to anoint this scoundrel their post-season pitchman?
Posted by Benjamin Kepple at October 2, 2007 09:38 PM | TrackBack