OMG.... it's water

xoxoxoBruce · 04-24-2008, 02:23 PM

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Two signs on the doors leading from the visitors' clubhouse at U.S. Cellular Field to the first-base dugout read, "NO BOTTLED WATER ON THE BENCH."

What's this? Athletes can't drink water? Even in the humid Chicago summers?

Here's the explanation I got:

Gatorade is Major League Baseball's "official sports drink." So instructions were sent that no player could be seen drinking anything but Gatorade in the dugout. Not even Aquafina, which is the "official water" of MLB. Not even bottles of water with the labels removed.

White Sox clubhouse personnel said if players take bottled water onto the bench, all the bottled water will be removed from the clubhouse as punishment.

So remember, the biggest threat to baseball isn't steroids or HGH or amphetamines or runaway ticket prices or four-hour games.

It's water.

This article from NJ.com is crazy. What a terrible example MLB is setting.

Undertoad · 04-24-2008, 03:34 PM

I'm suspecting the reporter doesn't have their facts straight. When I worked the Eagles' sidelines, everything was served in Gatorade *cups* but in those cups was mostly just plain old water. That's probably what they're enforcing, what the water is held in, not what they actually drink.

lookout123 · 04-24-2008, 03:35 PM

that sounds most likely UT. Most athletes I know won't touch gatorade anymore.

sweetwater · 04-24-2008, 03:55 PM

I, of course, immediately think, No bottled water, eh? Well how about I freeze it and then peel the bottle off? Whatcha gonna do? But perhaps drinking it from a Gatorade cup is the more peaceful solution.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-24-2008, 03:55 PM

The sign doesn't say no water, it says no bottled water. The issue isn't what they drink, but what they project to the viewers (especially kids) that they are drinking.

Elspode · 04-24-2008, 09:49 PM

*Everything* is about the money. *Everything, everywhere, without exception*.

Its so goddamn depressing.

Flint · 04-24-2008, 09:55 PM

Idiocracy, anyone? In the future, the crops were dying because they water them with "Brawndo (the thirst mutilator)" . . . because it has electrolytes . . . which is what plants crave . . . (because the Brawndo corpoation had purchased the FDA) . . .

I've always said that Idiocracy represents the state of things NOW, not 500 years in the future.

Shawnee123 · 04-25-2008, 08:52 AM

Water. How long has that been around? The early cave baseball teams drank water.

We've bastardized our best element!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-25-2008, 11:38 PM

Yeah, but think of what fish did in that water.

Agent-G · 04-28-2008, 12:54 AM

marketing at its finest

lookout123 · 04-28-2008, 12:11 PM

I'm confused about why this is a big deal. The league has an advertising deal with a company. The company would certainly have included a clause in the contract to prevent any visual evidence of players using a competing product. Seems to make sense to me.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-28-2008, 12:40 PM

How much did Aquafina pay to be the "offical water" of MBL, only to be excluded from any broadcasts?

lookout123 · 04-28-2008, 12:57 PM

Obviously not enough. I don't know what their contract says, but most likely they paid enough to use the MLB symbol on their bottles that they sell to the public. If they wanted exclusive visual image rights they'd have had to pony up a bazillion more pesos most likely.

I'm not saying it's right, but I'm sure that the marketing guys for each company knew exactly what they were getting.

20 years ago Walter Payton was fined for wearing a Puma (IIRC) headband under his helmet because the NFL had a different sponsor than Payton did. Different contracts, different prices, different rights.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-28-2008, 01:06 PM

Which goes to prove that MLB is a for profit corporation and should be treated as such.
National game? Only the taxpayers are being played.

Cicero · 04-28-2008, 01:07 PM

Just another reminder of the movie "Idiocracy". "Gatorade, it has what plants crave."

Watch it. Watch the movie. When you see it, rent it!! Hilarious!!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

04-24-2008, 03:35 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	that sounds most likely UT. Most athletes I know won't touch gatorade anymore. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-24-2008, 03:55 PM	#4
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	I, of course, immediately think, No bottled water, eh? Well how about I freeze it and then peel the bottle off? Whatcha gonna do? But perhaps drinking it from a Gatorade cup is the more peaceful solution. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

04-24-2008, 03:55 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The sign doesn't say no water, it says no bottled water. The issue isn't what they drink, but what they project to the viewers (especially kids) that they are drinking. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-24-2008, 09:49 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Everything is about the money. Everything, everywhere, without exception. Its so goddamn depressing. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-24-2008, 09:55 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Idiocracy, anyone? In the future, the crops were dying because they water them with "Brawndo (the thirst mutilator)" . . . because it has electrolytes . . . which is what plants crave . . . (because the Brawndo corpoation had purchased the FDA) . . . I've always said that Idiocracy represents the state of things NOW, not 500 years in the future. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-24-2008, 03:34 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm suspecting the reporter doesn't have their facts straight. When I worked the Eagles' sidelines, everything was served in Gatorade cups but in those cups was mostly just plain old water. That's probably what they're enforcing, what the water is held in, not what they actually drink.

04-25-2008, 08:52 AM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Water. How long has that been around? The early cave baseball teams drank water. We've bastardized our best element! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-25-2008, 11:38 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, but think of what fish did in that water. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-28-2008, 12:54 AM	#10
Agent-G Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lake Tahoe, California Posts: 103	marketing at its finest

04-28-2008, 12:11 PM	#11
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I'm confused about why this is a big deal. The league has an advertising deal with a company. The company would certainly have included a clause in the contract to prevent any visual evidence of players using a competing product. Seems to make sense to me. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-28-2008, 12:40 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How much did Aquafina pay to be the "offical water" of MBL, only to be excluded from any broadcasts? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-28-2008, 12:57 PM	#13
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Obviously not enough. I don't know what their contract says, but most likely they paid enough to use the MLB symbol on their bottles that they sell to the public. If they wanted exclusive visual image rights they'd have had to pony up a bazillion more pesos most likely. I'm not saying it's right, but I'm sure that the marketing guys for each company knew exactly what they were getting. 20 years ago Walter Payton was fined for wearing a Puma (IIRC) headband under his helmet because the NFL had a different sponsor than Payton did. Different contracts, different prices, different rights. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-28-2008, 01:06 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Which goes to prove that MLB is a for profit corporation and should be treated as such. National game? Only the taxpayers are being played. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-28-2008, 01:07 PM	#15
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Just another reminder of the movie "Idiocracy". "Gatorade, it has what plants crave." Watch it. Watch the movie. When you see it, rent it!! Hilarious!! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/ __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung Last edited by Cicero; 04-28-2008 at 01:31 PM.

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