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Elster88 Sep 02 2008 09:16 PM

Why is there a picture on the calendar box for September 16? Mousing over the picture reveals the text "The Force Unleashed". [url]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=nym[/url]

DocTee Sep 02 2008 09:24 PM

That's some weird shit

Nymr83 Sep 02 2008 09:28 PM

is that something to do with the star wars cartoon movie?

AG/DC Sep 02 2008 09:31 PM

Could it be something about my honeymoon?

metsguyinmichigan Sep 02 2008 09:46 PM

The Whitecaps here had "Star Wars Night" where the team wore Darth Vader jerseys and people in costumes were running all over the place. After the game, you could sit out in the outfield grass and watch the movie on the scoreboard. Don't think the Mets are doing that, but it was fun. Darth Vader threw out the first pitch.

G-Fafif Sep 03 2008 01:13 AM

I was hoping this had something to do with Jamie Moyer.

MFS62 Sep 03 2008 06:27 AM

AG/DC wrote: Could it be something about my honeymoon? Which one? Elster's "force unleashed" or Doc's "weird shit"? Later

AG/DC Sep 03 2008 06:30 AM

Actually, I meant the thread title.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 03 2008 08:47 AM

Mystery solved. This on the Uniwatch Blog Latest example of advertising where it doesn’t belong: Go to your favorite MLB team’s web site, look at the September schedule, and check out Sept. 16th. “A Star Wars-themed promotion at the stadium that day?” asks Sean Wilson. “Nope. That’s the day LucasArts releases ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed,’ their new videogame. They seem to have struck a deal with MLB to promote this with this stupid picture of Darth Vader on the schedule of EVERY team. Not baseball-related at all but on the schedule anyway is. Maybe not a new low, but pretty bad nonetheless.” Au contraire, I’d say it IS a new low.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 03 2008 09:03 AM

I really can't get worked up about this. Advertising is everywhere and we can do little but accept it and adapt to it. A picture of a cartoon character on a web site calendar isn't a big deal to me.

MFS62 Sep 03 2008 05:04 PM

AG/DC wrote: Actually, I meant the thread title. Touche. LOL! Later

Nymr83 Sep 03 2008 05:17 PM

]Latest example of advertising where it doesn’t belong: Go to your favorite MLB team’s web site, look at the September schedule, and check out Sept. 16th. “A Star Wars-themed promotion at the stadium that day?” asks Sean Wilson. “Nope. That’s the day LucasArts releases ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed,’ their new videogame. They seem to have struck a deal with MLB to promote this with this stupid picture of Darth Vader on the schedule of EVERY team. Not baseball-related at all but on the schedule anyway is. Maybe not a new low, but pretty bad nonetheless.” remember the spider-man bases thing? THAT was a "new low" for advertising. this is nothing to me. the "ford recap" or "pepsi player of the game" is far more annoying than this (not that those annoy me either)

metsmarathon Sep 03 2008 05:25 PM

i think it would be super cool if mr met dressed up as darth vader....

holychicken Sep 03 2008 05:43 PM

Still not lower than being subjected to 2 Jeter Ford Edge commercials per commercial break and then told I can go to his website to watch more.