Red Sox to Wear Advertising on their uniforms in Japan

As the Yankees did when they played in Japan in 2004. The article says Mike Mussina was distracted by the ad patch he had to wear--most will recall he said the Japan trip threw him off physically well into the season. The Red Sox will advertise EMC data storage. Have fun all you chumps--Bud will run you into the ground before he's done. As he said last week, we won't know the game by the time he's finished.

• (In the United States, MLB players aren't allowed to wear ads on their uniforms as they are in Japan. That helps explain why they don't spend as much time trying to "grow the game" in the US as they do outside the country. Simply corporate dollars).

Source: Canadian Press, filed in Tokyo. 1/23/08

• P.S. WAIT TIL THEY SPRING THE NEXT WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC ON FANS AND PLAYERS. TAKE A GUESS WHAT THAT WILL MEAN IN EXTRACTING PLAYERS--MANY OF WHOM WILL BE INJURED, SOME LOST FOR THE SEASON OR LONGER TO THEIR TEAMS AND FANS. THIS IS ALL BEING PLANNED RIGHT NOW AND FANS ARE PAYING NO ATTENTION. (sm)

Related articles listed on Canadian Press article:

• 1. Adweek--EMC Marketing push with MLB

• 2. State Street Corp. to sponsor Red Sox in Japan.

• 3. From Daily Yomiuri on EMC sponsoring Red Sox in Japan.

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