2007 Topps Derek Jeter...and Mantle...and Bush?
ajw
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Anyone watch Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night? He showed the 2007 Topps Derek Jeter card, highlighting images of Mickey Mantle in the dugout and George Bush in the stands. I'd post an image, but I can't find one online, yet.
Edited to include the transcript:
"And my finely tuned PT Barnum sense tells me this is a publicity stunt, but it‘s a good one. Yes, I promise, this will be the last baseball card reference for a while, but look at the brand new 2007 Tops card of Derek Jeter of the Yankees. You see the guy behind him in the dugout, the guy on the left, with the bat on his shoulder, it‘s the late Yankee immortal Mickey Mantle, who died a few months after Jeter‘s first big league game.
But wait, there‘s more, in the crowd, to Jeter‘s right, the fellow in the suit waving to everybody and blocking the view of everybody in those nice 135 dollar seats, looking like he doesn‘t know where his seat went, President Bush. The Tops spokesman jokes the president must have been at the game that day. Just for the record, the photo shopping did not put Waldo anywhere in the background and most importantly, if Mickey Mantle was in uniform for the Yankees last year, why in the hell didn‘t they DH him in the playoffs against Detroit? "
Edited to include the transcript:
"And my finely tuned PT Barnum sense tells me this is a publicity stunt, but it‘s a good one. Yes, I promise, this will be the last baseball card reference for a while, but look at the brand new 2007 Tops card of Derek Jeter of the Yankees. You see the guy behind him in the dugout, the guy on the left, with the bat on his shoulder, it‘s the late Yankee immortal Mickey Mantle, who died a few months after Jeter‘s first big league game.
But wait, there‘s more, in the crowd, to Jeter‘s right, the fellow in the suit waving to everybody and blocking the view of everybody in those nice 135 dollar seats, looking like he doesn‘t know where his seat went, President Bush. The Tops spokesman jokes the president must have been at the game that day. Just for the record, the photo shopping did not put Waldo anywhere in the background and most importantly, if Mickey Mantle was in uniform for the Yankees last year, why in the hell didn‘t they DH him in the playoffs against Detroit? "
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Bosox1976
<< <i>terrible photoshop! Where is Bush's Arm? >>
It's a classic misdirection play. Wave with one hand while lifting the wallet of the unsuspecting fan in the next row.
Gotta decrease that deficit man!
<< <i>terrible photoshop! Where is Bush's Arm? >>
I think he's got it behind his back with his fingers crossed.