New commercials

by Mariner John on Mar 12, 2008 10:30 PM PDT

They are okay. Only a couple were unfunny to me - Vidro and Yuni.

My feelings towards these have sadly evolved over the last 10 minutes.

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The Mojo's Rising....

Oh dear.

by ThundaPC on Mar 12, 2008 10:37 PM PDT reply actions

Ichiro wins again.

Yuni the Magician wasn't bad.

by ThundaPC on Mar 12, 2008 10:46 PM PDT reply actions

Fungo and Felix's one are classic.

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by BrettJMiller on Mar 12, 2008 10:46 PM PDT reply actions

"What's That?"

So the Moose ISN'T from Canada, then, eh?

Not bad. Not great.

Heh -- I love, though, how they had to use footage from the season in Ichi's commercial. They're STILL trying to get a video clip of him gettin' a hit this spring...

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by PositivePaul on Mar 12, 2008 10:49 PM PDT reply actions

Some guy sitting behind me at Wednesday's game kept saying that Ichiro was going to be really bad this year, because he hadn't gotten a hit yet and "he doesn't look like he cares very much". Of COURSE he doesn't care. It's MARCH.

I said Ichiro would be fine, then started talking to him about Sexson and how bad HE is going to be this year, and then, of course, Sexson immediately golfed one out and this dude spent the rest of the game saying that I didn't know what I was talking about.

I love Spring Training crowds.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 13, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions

It's not just ST crowds...

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by PositivePaul on Mar 13, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions

Too true

Best thing about March 31? Real baseball.

Worst thing about March 31? The only day I can count on a real baseball fan sitting in the row behind me.

by Sec 108 on Mar 13, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions

huh?

Opening Day attracts just as many, if not more, peacocks.

by Matthew on Mar 13, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Don't want to say too much in case they lurk

But the guy who has the tickets behind me is super cool. He always goes to Opening Day. The problem is the collection of , umm, less than knowledgeable yet very opinionated people who he gives the majority of his tickets to throughout the season. They are not all bad, but it can be painful somedays.

by Sec 108 on Mar 13, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, the Felix one was

easily the best.

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by Coach Owens on Mar 12, 2008 10:51 PM PDT reply actions

Seconded.

Only one that made me laugh this year.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by thejew4u on Mar 13, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Bavasi is trying to rub in the Vidro trade...

by Robert on Mar 12, 2008 10:52 PM PDT reply actions

What the commerical didn't mention

Is that we traded Sean Green and Mike Morse for Pepe Vidro.

by Jordan of Boise on Mar 13, 2008 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions

That one almost made me sad

by SethGrandpa on Mar 13, 2008 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions

I do love how clueless

Bavasi was..."I didnt know you had a twin"

His ignorance is awesome

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Mar 13, 2008 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Love Felix and Fungo!

I can't imagine what it was like when filming Fungo. How do they get away with doing that kind of thing in the middle of the day? It obviously was done before camp opened to full workouts, but still.

Vidro's Pepe got a laugh, but it makes me sad he is going to be our DH for '08 and '09.

And for those who do not like this year's commercials, keep things in perspective and remember how lame 2005 was.

by Wilder83 on Mar 12, 2008 11:02 PM PDT reply actions

Thats like using the holocaust as a baseline for a

good day.

by Robert on Mar 12, 2008 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Correct.

Anything is better than the 2005 commercials.

by Wilder83 on Mar 12, 2008 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions

All I can think of when I think of that

is Pokey Reese stealing a base

by Corco on Mar 12, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Fungo was great

Seeing Potatoes do a little jig = win.

by BrianL on Mar 12, 2008 11:17 PM PDT reply actions

EOF saves this commercial

but only for the two seconds that he is dancing.

by Jordan of Boise on Mar 13, 2008 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions

I thought Morrow's

psuedo moon walk was funnier then Potatoes dancing....

by MfaninAlaska on Mar 13, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Thoughts

Vidro: considering the other misconceptions that Bavasi and McLaren are operating under about Jose, this one hit close to home

Yuni: Pulling the rabbit out of the batting helmet was worth a chuckle

Beltre: Boring

Raul: Awkward

Fungo: Awesome

Felix: Funny

Ichiro: Still the man

I was a bit disappointed that there were no Funk Blast references...hopefully that one sticks around this year

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by Sportszilla on Mar 12, 2008 11:17 PM PDT reply actions

The mojo's risin'

God that's awful, its overused and lame sounding, and makes no sense.

by vkut79 on Mar 12, 2008 11:29 PM PDT reply actions

Felix = Winner

The rest got a "heh." Which translates roughly to a "meh."

Someone say something witty.

by Omerta on Mar 12, 2008 11:33 PM PDT reply actions

Apparently there also will be

an extended edition of "Fungo". April 4th.

by vkut79 on Mar 12, 2008 11:40 PM PDT reply actions

Holy crap not all of them sucked this year

MLS Seattle

by Nick S on Mar 12, 2008 11:50 PM PDT reply actions

Fungo

I don't think I've ever seen so much gay combined into such a short time period.

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by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Mar 12, 2008 11:51 PM PDT reply actions

The Mustache Contest commercial is awesome.

The deal-sealer is Washburn's "100 Pitch Stare."

Beltre's commerical was okay, though I was hoping he was going to let a ball through to kill Norm on purpose.

Everything else sucked on huge brown balls.

by Jordan of Boise on Mar 13, 2008 12:13 AM PDT reply actions

Felix's mustache wins for a couple reasons

Willie Ballgame and his scrappy "Wanna play?" attitude, and then utter dejection when he realizes he's not all that good.

The cut back to Felix standing there with the 'stache, especially when followed by the long near-still of Washburn being totally dumbfounded.

by tworsandtwols on Mar 13, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Who's the third guy in the commercial

Is it Ho, or Burke? I can't tell from the tiny video screen.

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by PositivePaul on Mar 13, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions

I think it's Burke

by MFAN on Mar 13, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I really enjoyed Beltre's

That was classic.

by seattlesundevil on Mar 13, 2008 12:41 AM PDT reply actions

I thought Beltre's spot was great.

Ichiro's spot was good, but there wasn't enough Ichiro being funny. He's a funny dude. Yuni's was cute, but I like Yuni so much I'm probably being generous. Fungo was funny, but I don't think it'll still be funny in June. Moustache contest is the winner, though. Good stuff.

Slideshow was pretty forgettable, and the Vidro spot was horrible. Either I didn't get the joke, or there just wasn't one to speak of.

Still, no Mariners related commercial will ever be able to compare to the "That's a light bat!" Ernst commercials. Gold.

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by Aaron Campeau on Mar 13, 2008 2:13 AM PDT reply actions

Not Ernst...

Eagle (before the days of the Lowe's buyout). Edgar and Randy were great in those ads.

by basebliman on Mar 13, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions

If Sexson gets a spot on a commercial,

why didn't Red? I mean seriously, we know Red will still be there in July.

Just think of the possibilities...

by Safeco Hobo on Mar 13, 2008 6:52 AM PDT reply actions

LOVE the Yuni one

Where he makes the catch and releases the dove.

by Garces on Mar 13, 2008 9:45 AM PDT reply actions

I have a new favorite quote.

We have a roof, it retracts

by hcoguy on Mar 13, 2008 10:02 AM PDT reply actions

Someone tell Will Carroll

by Llewdor on Mar 13, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions

They could have made the ad better

if they changed the last line from "you'll find out" to "you'll find out... when he runs you over like Coco Crisp."

"Turtle!"
... uh, why?

by tworsandtwols on Mar 13, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Yuni wins

by MFAN on Mar 13, 2008 10:27 AM PDT reply actions

Im biased but

I thought the Beltre spot was great. Mustahce contest was good, and Yuni's was alright. Not too sure about the rest but in due time Im sure ill like most of them.

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by RED29 on Mar 13, 2008 11:24 AM PDT reply actions