TBS / MLB #Postseason Marketing, Social Media #Fails

Flopping Out caught TBS' marketing folks being a bit over anxious. Understandable as the Red Sox had a 99.7% chance of making the playoffs on September 3rd.

Nick Dimi heard MLB's post-season ad read on WFAN: "While reading an @MLB ad for the playoffs, @MikeFrancesaNY said 'you can follow the MLB playoffs on Twitter at pound playoffs.'" A WFAN mistake? Nope, social media folks at Major League Baseball rolled out a big Twitter marketing campaign without knowing what a # was called (hashtag).

Finally, the worst for last. Sports Grid's Timothy Burke noted that TBS not only made up non-existent newspaper headlines -- they also took text, sans attribution, and used that under said headlines.

As Phil Mushnick says: Baseball in the Age of Bud Selig

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Douchejuice Illinois LB Jonathan Brown Got Northwestern’s Patrick Ward in the Red Zone Today [Video]

That's Illinois linebacker Jonathan Brown below kneeing Northwestern’s Patrick Ward today in the groin. What is the intelligence level of someone who looks first to see if the coast is clear and doesn't notice the striped shirt wearing gentlemen 2 feet away? You'll have to ask Illinois' flagship public university.



Fighting Illini indeed.

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Gisele Bundchen 'Hope Lingerie' Commercials Piss off a Country, Tom Brady Apparently Dumb [Video]

Bad - clothed...good - underwear. Gisele Bundchen's Hope underwear commercials are pissing off the Brazilian government. And not just because of her voice. "You're a Brazilian woman – use your charm," is supposed to, roughly, be a rallying cry to women everywhere - do whatever you like...then drop your clothes and your stupid husband will forgive you.

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Farts, Not Without Laughter [Video]

Alki Stevens (Australian Comedian. Inventor of Cone-ing. Former Backyard Wrestling Champion...) proves that farts are still very, very funny. And that laughter is contagious.



Yeah, nobody knows who is recording.....

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Hulk Hogan has Retired Again [Video]

Hulk Hogan announced on Spike TV's IMPACT WRESTLING that he's retiring. Again. Until he needs another payday -- even though those hokey Rent A Center commercials with Troy Aikman are lucrative. How can they not be when, for instance, one can purchase the Toshiba 40FT2U (retail at hhgregg $499.99) for just about $1600 over 78 weeks?!



Always remember, The "Total of All Payments" does not include applicable sales taxes or optional fees and other charges (such as late charges) that you may incur.

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Awesomely Bad Science Explained by Dr. Ben Goldacre [Video]

Ben Goldacre is a British science writer, doctor, and psychiatrist. He is the author of The Guardian newspaper's weekly Bad Science column and the book Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks. One reads about the latest study all the time -- coffee is good for you, coffee is bad for you, the flu shot is more than 17% effective, olive oil prevents wrinkles -- what most of you sans medical degrees do not know is how to look at the study itself and decide if is a good study or just a bad headline. Goldacre spoke to TED Talks in Battling Bad Science. Believe us, it is worth your time to learn about the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry.



You know that flu shot you got in 2009? Are you sleepy a lot?

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Bare Necessities: Kate Upton 'Topless' Arm Bra

Bare Necessities has hired Kate Upton as its celebrity endorser. Her latest photoshoot has just leaked. Real, spectacular.


And while many where whoopin' and hollerin' about her 'topless' pic...it was really the bottom that got folks excited.


More at Bare Necessities soon...

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Cooper Stone was the Rangers best Pitcher Yesterday [Video]

Cooper Stone, son of Brownwood Firefighter Shannon Stone (who died at Ameriquest Field trying to catch a ball tossed by Ranger outfielder Josh Hamilton earlier this year) threw out the first pitch for Game 1 of the ALDS yesterday. Rangers lost to the Rays 9-0...Texas should have left the young pitcher in.



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