So the White Sox are trying to sell this commemorative hat that has Barack Obama’s name and campaign logo on it. Sounds great, but how am I supposed to eat dinner on it?
The club has developed two prototype designs of its club hat with Obama marks on the side and back. The hats have been approved by MLB Properties.[...]
The White Sox enjoy a special relationship with the newly inaugurated president due to his roots in south Chicago. Should the hat happen as intended, proceeds from its sale would be donated to charities, likely ones that provide services near U.S. Cellular Field.
The team needs approval from the president before it can start selling the caps.
I’m not a big fan of a private entity proclaiming such a happy association with a sitting president. Unless it’s a big oil company. Or a multinational defense contractor. Those are relationships that I can live with. But baseball? Why don’t you make me put on a Russian uniform and ice skate across Red Square while you’re at it? At least in Moscow they still kill hookers for sport. It’s days like this that make me really miss the Cold War.
[SBJ, via Sun-Times Blog]
