The best TV commercials from this year's Hall of Fame inductees
This week, six new ballplayers are going to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for the amazing work they did on the field. But that's skipping over something that's right there in the name: Fame. And what does a famous person do? They star in commercials.
So, while other articles get misty-eyed over Alan Trammell turning double plays or analyze just how cool Vladimir Guerrero was, we're going to focus on the most magical thing: The ballplayer cameo in a commercial.
And how best to grade these ads but with the most iconic advertising man in history: Don Draper. One unsmiling Draper is worst, five Drapers is best.
Vlad Guerrero
Considering that Vlad Jr. can hit a home run off a tee, I'm honestly not surprised that Guerrero would have a midnight home run contest in an empty stadium with Alex Rodriguez, or that he'd be able to hit a baseball to the literal moon. The one question I do have is: Who put a glass of Pepsi on a nightstand? Are we in some kind of David Lynch dreamworld?
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Chipper Jones
I'm not sure why, but baseball ads seem to really love using the empty stadium motif. This ad also uses its star in such a weird way -- he never gets a line and never swings the bat, but instead stares at a lonely Dave Thomas in the stands. It's Hopper-esque, I suppose.
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Jim Thome
When I think of Jim Thome, I imagine Superman's dorky brother. I picture a smiling, absolutely-jacked Midwestern dude with shirts tucked in to jeans and the ability to eat steak for every meal of the day.
If this Royal Chevrolet advertisement is any indication, that's precisely who Thome is.
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Trevor Hoffman
This is almost cheating. "This is Sportscenter" advertisements are always great, having perfectly nailed the mix of the mundane office culture with decades ago. So, until someone steps up and supplies us with footage of a young Hoffman hawking kitchen wares for some local San Diego outfit, we'll use this outstanding commercial as a testament to his legacy.
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Jack Morris
If you're wondering what baseball in the '80s was like, wonder no more: It was non-stop mustache vs. mustache action. Even better, Morris' interior monologue even seems to point toward the myth that he pitched to the score as the ad depicts the starter giving up and throwing one down the middle.
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Alan Trammell
OK, we're going to cheat a little. Because while Trammell did appear in at least one commercial, all he did was prove how adept he was at sitting down and flipping on the TV. Which, hey, he absolutely nailed.
Instead, we're going to judge him on his appearance on "Mangum P.I. with his double play partner Lou Whitaker. Their cameo is basically a commercial, anyway, with plenty of cheesy dialogue in just 90 seconds.
I do have to give points to Trammell's delivery of "Sorry about your troubles, guy," line that just reeks of '80s smooth.
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