The Marlins' vuvuzela giveaway debacle

[Outshined_One]

Goes as disastrously as you would expect

 

"They're annoying," Maddon said. "There's cool things and there's very non-cool things. That's a non-cool thing. ... You could even almost attribute the mix-up possibly last night, if there was one, to the fact that it was so loud."

 

The horns given out Saturday were about half the size as the vuvuzelas that provide the constant -- some say annoying -- buzz from the stands at World Cup matches. Nonetheless, they packed such a noisy punch for the Marlins and Rays that players and umpires quickly popped in earplugs, and conversations even in the dugouts were nearly impossible.

[Careless]

Someone should be caned for this.

[SouthSideRyan]

Someone should be caned for this.

 

Jeff Loria please

[Ball And Glove]

I was wondering how long it would take for a team to experiment with a giveaway like this. It makes sense for the Marlins -- you're only drawing 10,000 a night, so why not do something that you would think would create more noise?

 

Of course, if you just spend the entire game blowing on them without regard to game situation or who you may be distracting, it's an epic fail.

[OleMissCub]

from Chris Coghlan's twitter last night:

 

Im having a hard time sleeping cause i have this painful ringing from those stupid horns at the game tonight!!

[imb]

from Chris Coghlan's twitter last night:

 

Im having a hard time sleeping cause i have this painful ringing from those stupid horns at the game tonight!!

 

hahahahaha

[17 Seconds]

of course it was the marlins that did it

[17 Seconds]

from Chris Coghlan's twitter last night:

 

Im having a hard time sleeping cause i have this painful ringing from those stupid horns at the game tonight!!

 

hahahahaha

 

"Awful," Ross said.

 

"Brutal," second baseman Dan Uggla said.

[ConstableRabbit]

I seem to remember fans in Montreal having those -- all 300 fans in Olympic Stadium would play them from time to time. It was pretty annoying on the broadcast.

[Guest]

I can't imagine that there were that many people there that the noise would make a difference.

 

The best chant I ever heard at Marlins game was, "Less gao Jankees, Less gao Jankees". The Marlins were playing the Dodgers and the Yankees were about to clinch the A East.

[Careless]

I was wondering how long it would take for a team to experiment with a giveaway like this. It makes sense for the Marlins -- you're only drawing 10,000 a night, so why not do something that you would think would create more noise?

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Because it would actively make the experience more unpleasant for the fans.

[baseballfan50]

I hate those things. What moron came up with this idea?

[Sosa21MVP]

I want one of those things. :stickman:

[The Logan]

[J.R.]

Leave it to the Marlins marketing folks to disrupt what had been a successful effort to ignore any and all soccer [expletive].

[hardcorecubfan]

that was such a great father day promotion, I am sure all the dad's appreciated waking up to it on sudnady morning

[Ding Dong Johnson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8msAFjtM6FM

[jersey cubs fan]

That sounds makes me pity my 2nd grade music teacher.

[shnsajax]

I didn't think 20 vuvuzela's would make that much noise.

[The Logan]

My roommate went to South Africa for the World Cup. I know for a fact he's gonna bring one back. I threatened him that if he uses it like an [expletive] I'm breaking it over my knee

[Careless]

That was pretty good.