Last weekend theNew York Timesran areally interesting articleabout Yankees Sod , a raw product that ’s pretty much just what it sounds like : weed that ’s been licence by the Bronx Bombers for sales agreement to fans . The sod in reality has a logical claim to being just like what ’s grow in the new Yankee Stadium ; it comes from the same 80 - acre plot as the supergrass that was of late instal in the House that Jeter Built . Now if you go to a New York - area Home Depot , you may pick up swatches of the very Gunter Wilhelm Grass for around $ 7.50 for a five - straight - foot patch .
To most casual fans , this idea seems plain idiotic . By the foreign logic of Major League Baseball mathematical product licensing , though , there ’s nothing left about it . In fact , it might not even be the most ridiculous or unneeded matter an MLB team has licence . Here are a few other presently available products that at least give Yankees Sod a running game for its money in the ridiculousness section .
1. Wincraft Chicago Cubs 5 Quart Galvanized Pail
At some stage in his career , every dairy farm possessor runs into the same problem : his kine just do n’t know what MLB team to cheer for . This galvanized milk bucket quickly answers the question for any befuddled bovine . Well deserving the $ 15.99 asking damage .
Still not convinced ? Check out this sales pitch from MLB.com : " They have a waterproof sealed bottom and are great for throw ice , water , shit , or anything else you would like to carry or hold up in these great ornamental bucket . “ I ’m willing to pretermit the singular / plural confusion here , but really , MLB ? That ’s your marketing point for a bucketful ? That it wo n’t leak out and you may put hooey in it ? Why not just cut to the chase ? " This is a bucket . It ’s just like every other bucket you ’ve ever seen , but with a Cubs logotype on the side and more expensive . "
2. Fleer New York Mets B2 Stealth Bomber
You want your nipper to flirt with sports toys , but he loves military ones . What to do ? In years past , you belike would have had to send him to live with his grandparent , but now there ’s elbow room for a compromise ! For just $ 25 , you could purchase a die - cast stealth Cuban sandwich replication covered with Mets logos . There ’s apparently no underlying logic that tie the team and the planer together , so this trinket is just a reverend bit of licensing fatuity . Really , if Mets fans desire to talk about something still , tight , and awesomely destructive , they can just recollect the squad ’s 2008 bullpen .
3. Baltimore Orioles Father’s Day Mr. Potato Head
Father ’s Day gift are tough . Most pop are difficult to shop for , and once you buy the gift , you always worry you ’ve picked out the wrong thing . Remove all of that uncertainty by corrupt Dad something he definitely wo n’t wish . Say , a Mr. Potato Head adorn out in Baltimore Orioles appurtenance .
Plunk down $ 25 and you may get not only your favorite baseball - playing tuber , but also a readiness of Topps baseball posting of the 2008 Orioles squad . This elbow room , your dad will never forget that magical 68 - 93 time of year .
4. Caskets and Crematory Urns
Has a lifetime of being a Pirates fan not been quite enough for you ? Now you may take your frustration into the afterlife with a serial publication of MLB - licensed funerary mathematical product from Eternal Image , Inc. Since other 2007 , the caller has been selling MLB - themed urn , and towards the end of 2008 , it introduced its first ravel of MLB caskets . They deal out within a calendar week . The urns , which have an MSRP of $ 799 , come with a baseball game as part of the display , although the production ’s site take note that the kin can replace the glob with one from their collecting . Just do n’t take the ball down and play with it ; that ’s a one - way ticket to a haunting .
5. Garden Gnomes
care your garden could show a small more squad spirit ? Forever Collectibles make a line of lawn gnomes whose chapeau sport MLB logos . At this pointedness , rooter of certain downtrodden teams will take any luck they can get , so enlisting sorcerous wight like gnomes might not be a risky idea . ( observe to Father fans : No , you do n’t already have a gnome . That ’s David Eckstein , and he ’s recreate 2d Qaeda for the squad this season . )
6. ProMark Arizona Diamondbacks Level and Hammer
When Brandon Webb does home improvement project , do you think he uses just any honest-to-goodness tools ? Of naturally not . If he ’s got any team loyalty , he find fault up his particular 10 - inch Diamondbacks spirit level and matching hammer before he even starts working . For around $ 40 , you may fit out your own toolbox with the same gear . The clench even seem like baseball . And if that ’s not enough , the hammer description offers more poesy from MLB.com . " The comfortable molded rubber traction is designed to outfit the play . “ What sport , baseball or competitive hammering ?
7. Team Sports America Cleveland Indians Forest Face
You know what ’s terrible ? Forests . you could tattle all you want about the natural beauty of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and how nothing could maybe improve on their magnificence , but we all make love that ’s bunk . Every Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree would be significantly meliorate if it had a human face and a Cleveland Indians crest on its trunk . Then it would look like people !
Consider this problem solved . MLB.com will trade you a " forest face" that will allow you to put a lip , a nose , a pair of eyes , and a team jacket on a tree ’s body . MLB.com does not , however , explicate to you why you require to participate into this endeavor in the first place .
