Louisville Slugger is Ridiculous

[Takuleechch]

Re: Louisville Slugger is Ridiculous

if it wasn't a big deal LS wouldn't have done this. they obviously see some sort of benefit for their business by doing it

[mdube16]

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nice post. business is business.

seems as though Max Bat was given a memo not to send bats with label and ignored the mandate from MLB. The could have still delivered the pink bats to the players just without the company logo.

Exactly the point. Who is the greedy one here? If max bats was really only interested in the cause why did they not just produce the pink bats without the label?

[Phil316]

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1. I think people should definitely look into the donations they make to certain non profit organizations. I personally have never donated to Susan G Komen because I do not like how they handle the donated money among other reasons. It's also important to look into how the money is distributed within the non profit. When you see CEO's of these companies making a high 6 figure income you gotta ask yourself is this whom i want to donate my hard earned money too.

2. I stopped playing baseball long ago. But I did use a Louisville Slugger glove and it was probably one of the best I ever used.

[mdube16]

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Also...from the Washington Post

MLB clarified its policy on Friday, saying that pink bats made by other companies can be used on Sunday as long the manufacturer makes a “modest donation” to the Komen foundation.
(UPDATE 8:25 p.m.: According to a league official, this was, in fact, the second year in which pink bats made by companies other than Louisville Slugger could be used on Mother’s Day if a charitable donation was made to the Komen foundation. If a player used a banned bat in a game, the player wouldn’t be subject to fines or discipline. The bat manufacturer, however, would be in violation of rules.)

[Phil316]

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Also...from the Washington Post

MLB clarified its policy on Friday, saying that pink bats made by other companies can be used on Sunday as long the manufacturer makes a “modest donation” to the Komen foundation.
(UPDATE 8:25 p.m.: According to a league official, this was, in fact, the second year in which pink bats made by companies other than Louisville Slugger could be used on Mother’s Day if a charitable donation was made to the Komen foundation. If a player used a banned bat in a game, the player wouldn’t be subject to fines or discipline. The bat manufacturer, however, would be in violation of rules.)

That's a little better.

[tony433433]

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http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-05-12/sports/bal-nick-markakis-doesnt-use-pinklabeled-bat-vs-twins-20130512_1_breast-cancer-awareness-pink-cleats-pink-wristbands

Being at the game, I can confirm that Plouffe did use his Pink MaxBat. He even talked to me a little bit before the game and I overheard some additional talk about the potential of being fined. Let's hope MLB doesn't fine him, since they allowed the Jackie Robinson day shoe fiasco be swept under the rug; Plouffe has an all too close connection to breast cancer, so it'd be best if it was addressed in a meeting and not with bank accounts.

This whole dilemma was not a well thought out ploy by a bat company attacking the big dog, it was a player just trying to use his same bat model and honor his mom - it was only a pink sticker and pink writing on a black bat! you could barely even see the pink, and the fact that the Orioles players had black MaxBats with Orange stickers/type tells me that it's totally a fight over the color pink, not color in general.

Sorry, I may be a little biased as Trevor is my favorite player, since he has treated me quite well over the years.

[godwulf]

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I'm pretty sure Komen has gone to court more than once to protect it's "Walk for the Cure" brand/event.

Not only has the Komen group spent upwards of a million dollars a year suing other charities over their use of the word "cure", they have made attempts to prevent other charities from even using the color pink in their advertising. (Before this, I mean.)

As far as I'm concerned, MLB assumes 100% of the blame for this situation, because they essentially brokered and approved the monopoly; regardless of what either H&B or Komen wanted, it would never have happened without MLB's blessing and authority.

[BMH]

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Any manufacturer could make pink bats. They could not put their logos on the bats. This is the same for fielding gloves, shoes, gloves, sweat bands, etc. Go back and watch the games, only the official sponsor for each piece of equipment is allowed to put their branding on the pink items. If you see a player using a pink item without a logo that is the reason.