What? Do you hate America or something?

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 What? Do you hate America or something?
Of all the crap MLB tries to sell, this is really pushing it - the tiny,ugly Statue of Liberty figures for this year's All-Star Game. [link]

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The Statue Of Liberty Has Never Looked So ... Ugh [Baseball Fashion Sense]
Published 6/6/2008 by Will Leitch at Deadspin
We're just more than a month away from the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium — and hey, tickets are down to a totally reasonable $29,500! — and MLB is breaking out the big promotional guns. Check out these commemorative beauties. Yeah, you too can have a Kansas City Royals Statue of Liberty figurine. Don't like that one? (How could you not?) Well, try the Houston Astros Or the Florida Marlins. Or the Atlanta Braves. You can see them all right here. We never realized just how freaking ugly baseball ...

MLB Will Do Pretty Much Anything For Cash
Published 6/6/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... They really mailed in that Royals one, didn't they? By the way, you can find a whole host of these monstrosities here. Amazingly, you have to pay $24.99 for these beauties. Frankly, you couldn't pay me $24.99 to take one these things, that's how bad they are. Way to go MLB, you continue to astound and amaze. You also make it more than clear why the terrorists hate us. What, Do You Hate America Or Something? [Siberian Baseball] via [Deadspin]

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