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Sabathia’s Web Guy Owns Photoshop
By Matt Sussman | Jul 8, 2008 | Filed Under Baseball
Okay, maybe we don’t know if it’s CC or C.C. His official website uses both. But we do know that he was antsy enough to plaster over the Indians logo with the Brewers script logo by any MS Paint means necessary.
Phew. Good thing they shared a common color jersey. You don’t want to have to get into magic wand-RGB level manipulation just yet. And couldn’t it have waited until tonight, when the man actually pitches for Milly-wau-kay? Just because ESPN already ’shopped him in an M’s hat doesn’t mean every Brewers fan has carte blance to throw their 48-hour level of patience out the bay window. After all, Indians fans have well over 48 years of patience.
Tags: cc sabathia, cleveland indians, milwaukee brewers, photoshops
Not sure if you caught it, but a couple days ago, when the trade was announced, there was a 3/4 page cutout of C…C… in the Plain Dealer with a Photoshoptacular cutout Brewers uni. Those crazy print publications.
ESPN has been shopping new hats on television for years. They’ve gotten better at it, but you can still tell —
first, there’s no way Manny has already gotten a Dodgers cap and held a photo op;
second, I think we recognize that picture of his face from the previous 85 consecutive SportsCenters, thanks.
In fact, I think I’ll write ESPN’s ombudsman. There’s no journalistic defense of this that doesn’t boil down to “it’s only sports.”