Yesterday, Major League Baseball announced that it would put advertisements for the movie Spiderman 2 on the bases and pitchers mounds in all the league's stadia. When I read this news, I sighed, though I wasn't surprised. I figure that within 15 years, teams will be competing in the HP/Compaq Playoffs for a berth in the Yahoo! World Series.
So MLB's going for hyper-commercialization. Sports have been conquered by that phenomenon a long time ago.
But then I read that MLB reversed its decision only a day later. The Washington Post reported:
Faced with a public outcry, angry threats from Congress and even criticism from some of its owners, Major League Baseball announced late Thursday that it was retreating from plans to place logos for the new movie "Spider-Man 2" on the bases during games next month.
ANGRY THREATS FROM CONGRESS??
If every country in the world were at peace, our troops weren't in over a hundred countries around the world and there was no poverty or unemployment at home, Major League Baseball's advertising choices still wouldn't merit the attention of Congress.
