TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
Mr. Snail, you could learn a thing or two about promotion from this team.
(Thanks to Jen Sirois)
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June 25, 2004
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I'll be coming to that.
Posted by: Judge Thompson | June 25, 2004 at 07:50 AM
I was disturbed by the quote jock-straps and baseball often go hand in hand.
Not my hands.
Posted by: Drew | June 25, 2004 at 07:54 AM
Not too crazy of a promotion, being that jock-straps and baseball often go hand in hand.
Posted by: MOTW | June 25, 2004 at 07:54 AM
Brian B Again with the whole Hands/Jock Strap thing...what the hell is going on??
Posted by: Drew | June 25, 2004 at 07:59 AM
i'm with you Elle - uh, duh, this should have been done BEFORE father's day; us girls might have been able to do something here. but what should we do with it now..maybe they make good slingshots. possible the most stupid giveaway in sportsdom. maybe next week they will be giving away sports bras.
Posted by: queensbee | June 25, 2004 at 08:18 AM
Can somebody please tell me who Mr. Snail is? Dave and Judi post it all the time, but I am clueless about it. Thanks.
Posted by: MOTW | June 25, 2004 at 08:19 AM
It doesn't get much better than this Judi.
Maybe they'll have a Ladies' Night promotion and give away something from their product line.
elle, just tell him you caught one in the stands.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 25, 2004 at 08:22 AM
Mot-Wah: Mr. Snail is an anagram for Marlins, as in Florida Marlins.
Posted by: Rachel | June 25, 2004 at 08:22 AM
Mr. Snail is the exciting mascot of the Florida Marlins, I believe. But Judi can correct me if I'm wrong.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 25, 2004 at 08:24 AM
There, you see, I was close. I knew it involved the Marlins.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 25, 2004 at 08:25 AM
Thanks. Y'all're great. Life can go on again.
Posted by: MOTW | June 25, 2004 at 08:31 AM
At the risk of losing 50% of my vast public, may I suggest sewing two of them side by sise as a fashion statement for a bikini top. Reply for free beer tomorrow.
Posted by: Sam Halpert | June 25, 2004 at 08:36 AM
At the risk of losing 50% of my vast public, may I suggest sewing two of them side by sise as a fashion statement for a bikini top. Reply for free beer tomorrow.
Posted by: Sam Halpert | June 25, 2004 at 08:36 AM
Just a bit outside!
Posted by: Bob Uecker | June 25, 2004 at 08:37 AM
They should do a special special promotion, honoring catchers, and give away plastic cups (and I don't mean the beer-holding kind. Although I guess you could...).
Posted by: Lairbo | June 25, 2004 at 09:01 AM
elle n' queensbee:
Slingshots?
or hang 'em from your rearview mirrior in a "trophy" like manner.
Posted by: lurker | June 25, 2004 at 09:10 AM
bwahhhha, lurker. and of course i suppose it could be a teeeeny tiny yarmulke... for your dog, assuming you might be religious. wait, that would work better for the sports bra.
Posted by: queensbee | June 25, 2004 at 09:15 AM
yeah, you can wear them on your head. It's a
laff.
Posted by: chucke | June 25, 2004 at 10:25 AM
I sent this to a friend, who said "it gives new meaning to take me out to the ballgame."
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 25, 2004 at 10:48 AM
Now I'm curious. What does Mr. Snail look
like?
Posted by: chucke | June 25, 2004 at 11:28 AM
Ok, I just went to the Marlins website, and a
search on 'Mr. Snail' came up empty. Are you
making this up? Wouldn't the mascot be a fish, anyway? Like, say, a marlin?
I think all this indignation is maybe due to mascot envy on my part, because the Red Sox have given us 'The Green Monster'.
Posted by: chucke | June 25, 2004 at 11:35 AM
OK, you guys are caught cold. It's Billy the
Marlin, and you can get a bobblehead for only
$16.99. $16.99!!! Imagine!
Other names considered, and dropped, for the Marlins' mascot:
Brando
Marilyn
Marlon
Waylon
Margo
Arlen
Melvin
Ashton
Posted by: chucke | June 25, 2004 at 11:46 AM
Favorite quote: "Girls, boys and adults of all ages qualify for the FREE give-away." Yeah, like I'm going to take my 9 and 11 year old daughters to the game THAT day!
Posted by: KRH | June 25, 2004 at 12:27 PM
Unofficial mascots seem to have a way of displacing the official ones. In Atlanta the unofficial Braves mascot is a tomohawk, which has displaced Homer the Brave (double play on words) and Chief Nokahoma, thus alleviating the politial incorrectness of a team name which was thought at one time to be fierce and awe inspiring, but is now considered demeaning.
Alright class, now your assignment is to diagram the preceeding sentence.
Posted by: pogo | June 25, 2004 at 12:50 PM
djtonyb: Good ol' Google image search! I just got lucky to find one with beer.
Posted by: Mike Weasel | June 25, 2004 at 02:50 PM
Hah! Great Mr. Snail pix.
The Boston Green Monster is just an embarassment.
Posted by: chucke | June 26, 2004 at 07:19 AM
"jock-straps and baseball often go hand in hand." Not the game of baseball I remember.
Maybe that's why my team came in almost last....
Posted by: kibby F5 | June 28, 2004 at 12:45 AM