r/baseball • u/_HGCenty Seattle Mariners • 11h ago

Players Only Dodgers' Alex Call blasts controversial Sydney Sweeney ad

https://www.thebiglead.com/dodgers-alex-call-sydney-sweeney-novig-commercial-soft-porn/

Since the last post about this got deleted because it contained a X screenshot, hopefully this one actually stays for comment.

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u/Lystian Atlanta Braves 10h ago

The gambling ads are non stop. I keep seeing them everywhere. So over it.

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u/silvermoonhowler Milwaukee Brewers 10h ago

Seriously

How many of those things do we really need?

Between the sports betting and trading stuff, we now have the following for the major players:

  • DraftKings
  • FanDuel
  • PrizePicks
  • Underdog
  • Kalshi
  • Polymarket
  • Novig

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u/mulder00 Boston Red Sox 9h ago

They're not just ads, they're part of the broadcast and pre-game shows, too.

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u/Artistic_Bit6866 Milwaukee Brewers 8h ago

Yeah this is what pisses me off most. Impossible to stay away from them. I’ve never gambled on sports and probably never will, but I can’t imagine how shitty it must be to be inundated by this crap if you’re battling an addiction.

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u/xavier19691 8h ago

Exactly…

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u/VarRalapo Toronto Blue Jays 7h ago

Imagine if you substituted it for any other dangerous legal vice like smoking or drinking instead. I am very confident gambling ads will be gone in the next decade.

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u/darwinpolice Seattle Mariners 6h ago

That's the worst shit. I tend to get up and walk around during commercial breaks no matter what I'm watching (thanks, ADHD!) so I don't see as many commercials as a lot of people do, but the mid-broadcast ads read by the announcers are INFURIATING.

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u/ScalabrineIsGod Chicago White Sox 4h ago

It kind of feels like a house of cards. MLB and the other leagues are in too heavy. In a short time it’s sunk its teeth into everything.