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/unfortunatebastard Atlanta Braves 11h ago

Man, those war ads are so weird. And we’re playing for it.

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u/jdbolick Baltimore Orioles 11h ago

Who is that ad supposed to target? The people who crow about patriotism are too busy at their keyboards to serve.

The people who actually join the military want a job with benefits.

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u/pepperouchau Milwaukee Brewers 9h ago

Somehow is even more cringe that the “army of one climb a mountain hoorah” stuff I remember as a kid

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u/tonesloe Washington Nationals 9h ago

At least those didn't feel like something written for an Ironman movie, that is supposed to be so over the top you know it's fake.