Many MLB players to use pink bats on Mother's day

[Jon]

They'll be using the bats and then auctioning them off afterwards to fight breast cancer.

 

I haven't seen any Cubs players mentioned yet, but I'm just going to assume the league specifically asked the Cubs not to use them. Rather, they're going to focus their efforts on the Strikeout Challenge for breast cancer.

[UMFan83]

I heard Jim Edmonds is one of the players that has chosen to use the pink bats. No word on whether he is really doing this for the cause, or whether he is taking this opportunity to use a pink bat in a game.

 

I kid I kid

 

That is really nice of Jim to support the cause

[Wilson A2000]

Someone tell the Cubs they didn't have to break out the pink bats two weeks early.

[GlassCow]

Until this team starts hitting, they should be forced to use pink bats.

[XZero771679666304]

Until this team starts hitting, they should be forced to use pink bats.

 

With frilly ribbon wrapped around the handle.

[frostwyrm]

Juan Pierre already throws like my mom.

[Wilson A2000]

Juan Pierre already throws like my mom.

 

Why'd you have to put down your mom like that?

[Sammy Sofa]

Jacque Jones apparently loves a LOT of mothers.

[UMFan83]

Walker, Barrett, Jones and Pierre all ordered pink bats for Sunday according to Comcast

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

Juan Pierre already throws like my mom.

 

sadly, ain't that the truth

[Andy]

Until this team starts hitting, they should be forced to use pink bats.

What a sexist comment.

 

Kidding.

[Derwood]

There is already a similar thread in Rivalries

[Ding Dong Johnson]

There is already a similar thread in Rivalries

 

Yes, and both have sadly turned a good story for a great cause into a joke.

[Big Fergie J]

This is a great cause and MLB is at least getting on board with it.

 

It is so predictable and tiring how these threads turn into the same "jokes".

[Derwood]

to quote a phrase from FARK.com:

 

"This thread is useless without pics"

[mjohnson71]

From todays (5/11/06) main page of cnn.com:

Songstress dies at 37. Latin Grammy winner Soraya had battled breast cancer

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/11/obit.soraya.ap/index.html

 

Just another example of why this isn't a laughing matter.

[goonys evil twin]

From todays (5/11/06) main page of cnn.com:

Songstress dies at 37. Latin Grammy winner Soraya had battled breast cancer

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/11/obit.soraya.ap/index.html

 

Just another example of why this isn't a laughing matter.

 

Breast Cancer is not a laughing matter.

 

But there is absolutely nothing wrong with poking fun at Cubs players and their hitting ability and the concept of pink bats. Pink is a soft color, many Cubs hitters are soft hitters. Pink is associated with women and women don't generally hit major league pitching very well. It's a lighthearted funny situation. Nobody is picking on breast cancer sufferers, survivors or their families.

 

I don't think we should make a habit of going around telling people what they can and cannot find humorous.

 

Breast cancer is a terrible thing, but I've heard many cancer survivors talk about the power of laughter, and many of them even joke about their own disease. As long as people aren't going around making fun of people for having cancer, than they aren't doing anything wrong.

[mjohnson71]

From todays (5/11/06) main page of cnn.com:

Songstress dies at 37. Latin Grammy winner Soraya had battled breast cancer

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/11/obit.soraya.ap/index.html

 

Just another example of why this isn't a laughing matter.

 

Breast Cancer is not a laughing matter.

 

But there is absolutely nothing wrong with poking fun at Cubs players and their hitting ability and the concept of pink bats. Pink is a soft color, many Cubs hitters are soft hitters. Pink is associated with women and women don't generally hit major league pitching very well. It's a lighthearted funny situation. Nobody is picking on breast cancer sufferers, survivors or their families.

 

I don't think we should make a habit of going around telling people what they can and cannot find humorous.

 

Breast cancer is a terrible thing, but I've heard many cancer survivors talk about the power of laughter, and many of them even joke about their own disease. As long as people aren't going around making fun of people for having cancer, than they aren't doing anything wrong.

 

Good point: I was wrong and I suck. (Not as bad as the Cubs though.)

[Sammy Sofa]

Someone please clarify this for me...when they say "pink bats," how pink are we talking? Isn't Jacque's bat already pink?

 

Pink bats are hilarious. Breast cancer sucks.

[goonys evil twin]

Someone please clarify this for me...when they say "pink bats," how pink are we talking? Isn't Jacque's bat already pink?

 

Pink bats are hilarious. Breast cancer sucks.

 

The picture I saw looked like they were dipped in a bottle of Pepto.

 

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/img/ae2292cd-6aab-4f5a-97a5-65abd8fb9bb6.jpg

[Sammy Sofa]

Hot damn! That's hot pink!

 

I think I'll classify Jacque's bat's color as "strip club champagne."

[mjohnson71]

Hot damn! That's hot pink!

 

I think I'll classify Jacque's bat's color as "strip club champagne."

 

That's not hot, that's Pepto Pink.

 

BTW: there's no sex in the Champagne Room. :lol:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_room

[Sammy Sofa]

Heh...that song's gonna be stuck in my head all day now...curse you!

 

While the cause is tremendously noble, this is going to hurt if any of my baseball-hating friends see the players swinging these things. Ah well...take that, cancer!

[danonwaveland]

What color bats will they use for prostate cancer awareness? I've been told that this is a bigger killer than breast cancer.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

What color bats will they use for prostate cancer awareness? I've been told that this is a bigger killer than breast cancer.

 

Most players wear the powder blue wristbands and such. They do it on Father's Day as i recall.