Albert Pujols: "I really loved 'What's the Story, Morning Glory?' but Oasis was never the same after Liam and Noel started fighting."
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The likely answer to this question is "no," but is anyone else put off by the bizarre marketing marriage of Latin ballplayers and Oasis music in those AT&T/Yahoo! commercials?
You may not know what the hell I'm talking about, but during recent MLB games, AT&T/Yahoo! has been advertising Cribs-style online videos of MLB stars dickin' around their mansions. Of the two commercials I've seen, one features David Ortiz, and the other features Albert Pujols.
What bothers me is that AT&T closes the commercials with the same snippet of Oasis's "All Around the World" used in all of AT&T's recent ads. I can't explain why this bothers me so much that I would post about it (granted, I'm on my lunch break and bored, but still). It's just a super awkward fit, and I don't like it.
Hot dogs, baseball, salsa music, apple pie, bling, Brit-pop, and Hummers. I say--what in the name of "Ducky" Joe Medwick have they done with our pasttime?
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What the HELL are you babbling about?
I know what he's talking about. The same commercials run on MLSnet.com for their video highlights (explaining why only I know what Vinnie is talking about.
Rather than actually getting an MLS player, AT&T just took a page from their MLB campaign, and enlisted Nomar Garciaparra (who is of course married to super-MILF Mia Hamm.) In the ad, Los Garciaparra are in their kitchen, Nomar knocks a lemon off the table, where it is fielded by Hamm's feet and brought back up to the table. Nomar replies, "Showoff," and pulls out what appears to be a machete, throws the lemon up in the air and takes a home-run swing at the defenseless lemon.
I see this same stupid commercial before EVERY VIDEO HIGHLIGHT on MLSnet.com. From this evidence, I can only judge that "How they live" means that Mia and Nomar engage in culinary athletic contests showcasing their respective skills, make raw lemonade through a firestorm of cold steel and citric acid, and play rock-paper-scissors.
Stupid.
Babbling? I'm insulted!
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