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David Wright on the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch .

metirish Dec 11 2007 09:57 AM

Did Wright get $20 million when Vitamin Water that he endorses was sold to Coke, Deutsch asks him.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 11 2007 10:24 AM

It irritates me to no end seeing players in non-team sanctioned baseball gear appearing in ads.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 11 2007 11:08 AM

If I remember correctly, Gary Carter's Ivory Soap commercial from around 1985 showed Carter in an actual Mets uniform, but he was surrounded by "generic" Mets wearing non-official Mets jerseys. I seem to recall that the extras all had the blue and orange reversed in their Mets script. I wonder what the reason was for that?

Valadius Dec 11 2007 12:44 PM

Donny Deutsch was my dad's class president at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 11 2007 01:03 PM

I think teams have the right to sign off on where their logo winds up. There is an easy conflict of interest here with Wright pushing Vitamin Water while the Mets are the world's foremost Pepsi whores. They are bigger enemies than ever now that Coke owns Vitamin Water. The logo blackouts that always drove me crazy were the baseball cards in cereal boxes with hats rendered all in black.

HahnSolo Dec 11 2007 01:08 PM

Your dad was one of the Van Buren Boys? Hardcore.

soupcan Dec 11 2007 01:33 PM

Just remember the secret sign and you'll be fine...