meteamo Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 "The vertically-challenged stop fields the ball, throwing it to the first baseperson ..." http://wbztv.com/local/local_story_213103943.html Lowell Spinners Play 'Politically Correct' Game (WBZ) LOWELL The Lowell Spinners took baseball promotions to a whole new level Tuesday night. The Spinners and the Brooklyn Cyclones played what may be the first ever politically correct baseball game. That meant renaming some positions - the first, second and third basemen became "base persons," the batboy was the "bat person" for the night and the shortstop turned into the "vertically challenged stop." "It was pretty awkward at first, I asked my buddy next to me, I was like what did he just say?" said Spinners catcher Brett Lewis. Errors were not announced to the crowd - so they didn't offend the players who committed them. The changes didn't help the Spinners though. Brooklyn won, 9-5. (© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkslide820 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Oh G-d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMo Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Markets your team, but I ain't buying nothing just because I now know who there's a team called the spinners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Wow, that's a bit odd. Maybe ownership there is a little off-the-wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 LOL, sounds like something ol' Veek would do. 'Vertically-challened stop'....wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hopefully, this will highlight the insanity of political correctness and cause anyone using it to be tortured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMo Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 LOL, sounds like something ol' Veek would do. 'Vertically-challened stop'....wtf? You have to be right on. Anyone wondering why these people are :yernuts: is because of people like Veek. I've heard Mark Cuban is in this mold as well, but :shrug: . If anyone cares, check out the book Marketing Outrageously. I don't see how this stunt makes the team any money though, unless they did it to get their name out there and cause the public to think they're goofy and want to bring their kids to the park because of their funny ideas. Either way, hopefully this lead to ticket sales :contract: or it was just 100% insane :loco: . As opposed to 99% I guess :player: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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