MLB Orders Teams to Change Names

[critter2]

mlb just wants the money... that all its about

[compuven]

Fucking CRAP of Monopolization.

[NHL11Legend]

Jahahaahahahahhahhhajfjdshksgs­shdhkdkdfjf

[arcnev]

What a load of crap. The only reason they want them to buy from a certain company is probably because they get a "kick back" It's no wonder people are getting fed up with pro sports they make all this money and still want to dictate to kids who are playing because they love the game. In addition the teams they want to emulate should be flattered, remember these are the kids that one day be in the big leagues, I'm sure they will remember what you jerks did.

[jordanthewizard]

Who are we? The Bulldogs!!! Who are we going to beat? The Bulldogs!!!

[rajb89]

"so the teams are all bulldogs...but with different town names"..xDD

[willminkorea2010]

Bud Selig = a tool

[mvnup]

F U MLB

[sportsmusic091]

If every team is the Bulldogs, how do know which one's which?

[mgp0001]

@sportsmusic091 the town names r written on the jersey they said it

[allsports249]

wats gonna hpn nxt change my first nam justin because of justin morneau

[karalou14]

Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up.

-Bob Lemon

[aerodinamicavideo]

First the team names, and then?, if my last name is RODRIGUEZ im not gonna be able to play with it in my back because it isnt a majestic A-Rod jersey? come on!

[aerodinamicavideo]

Let those kids play with the uniforms they want!, MLB wants to get more money but what MLB doesnt know is that probably one of those kids will be one of the baseball allstars thats gonna fill a stadium and give millions of dollars in tickets to a team!.. FUCK MLB, those are just NAMES!.

[cochranexyz]

Fuck major league sports. Fuck the greed. Fuck the greed.

[kitlarson]

@cochranexyz fuck you!

Why would anyone not like major league sports. its because of them those teams exist in the first place. Shut up, trick!

[cochranexyz]

@kitlarson And fuck you too. LOL.

[kermit27k]

thats fucked up the best way to lower a lil kids self esteem just for money

[whitee95e]

Hella stupid MLB gets money from that when the little kids want to get a product with their team name on it or go out and buy a nicer hat with their team logo on it...

[oatfarls]

Money.

You think people won't take joy from the hearts of kids?

Money.

[noosethenyif1]

ok honestly thats stupid. whats the big deal about being named the cubs or the red sox? who gives a shit?

[IflyinGa]

@noosethenyif1 Money. More they make the better.

[kitlarson]

@noosethenyif1 obviously the major league teams do.....

[ca5ify]

that sucks, no wonder i played in a fuckin sun devils jersey

[norcalking209]

what douchbaggery 

[awesomecdiperson]

My little league team was called the Seattle Pilots and yet nobody seemed to care that we were using the Pilots name

[chaytongilmore]

@awesomecdiperson who are the piots

[awesomecdiperson]

@chaytongilmore they were the first major league baseball team in seattle. they went bankrupt after one year and moved to Milwaukee to become the Brewers

[kneehighsockz]

@chaytongilmore They were the original Seattle Mariners (or as they were known as the Seattle Pilots) but the team moved to Milwaukee and became the brewers... @awesomecdiperson probly because the team doesn't exsist anymore...

[joeybeast1]

thats gay

[marcosainz03]

Thats retarded 

[palmkidd99]

I new York we still can do this HAHA

[stubarnes14]

WHAT!! MLB sucks come on

[kitlarson]

@stubarnes14 Fuck you, MLB is raw.

[BRAVAVICTA]

Greed is a hell of a thing.

[billybojoe344]

come on the little kids that most likely dont even know what trademark means so what the have a major league team name that doesn't mean there meaning to still use a major league team. In my towns little league every team has a major league name even the t-ball players and i dont see anyone complaining about us so who gives a crap that you have a major league name

[newlenoxrebel13]

hahahah i live in new lenox right next to tinley broke asses cant afford it

[irishkidd7562]

thats bullshit hha

[AnimalFREAKCrossing]

um why can regular people wear non-majestic jerseys?

[rtschoolboy]

What about gang members, can they wear pro jersies that are not Majestic?

Yes indeed MLB is RETARDED!!!

[JoeyBieg]

Do you think they spent more on buying two sets of uniforms rather than just getting a Majestic in the first place?

[princeofyemen100]

who is ever incharged with copy right in the mlb is fucking retarted

[Baseballzeus13]

I play ll and all years I was a major legue team

[MIAMetsfan809]

@smoshroxmysoxoff WTF

[terrorofblood]

wow, they are supporting their teams and they do that there kids gah let them play

[Rockthered8]

I played pony and colt baseball as the Mariners, Orioles, Red Sox, Dodgers, Padres, Expos, Pirates... What's the point MLB?

[KillianBeast]

@Rockthered8 Your uniforms were most likely made by Majestic

[mgphenom]

LAME! so wait... I played for a team called the Expos... can they still use Expos since they're now known as the Nationals? :P

[Laford890]

your wrong, the kids to get to play, they just cant wear the mlb jerseys

[donttread2]

oh boo hoo, so you can't be the yankees, red sox, etc. big deal. the name of the team doesn't matter it's the players who play.

[kotraquin]

Don't be an asshat,It means a lot to the youngsters. what if MLB says you can't wear any team names as ya watch a pro game unless ya buy if from a certain supplier?

[donttread2]

what the hell is an asshat?

[bryggreen77]

Technically, they can wear those uniforms with those names if they want. Must of been a slow news day or someone thought this would get a rise out of people.

As long as those teams aren't charging people to watch or selling those jerseys or other things promoting their team and aren't making any profit, they can do whatever they like. It's not copyright infringement.

[Chicago10281]

@bryggreen77 You think so?

[KWCline91]

Bulldogs! How bout the lions, tigers, bears, oh my!

[jmacdonald3ac]

my teams the orioles and we didnt have 2

[traindude95]

what jerks

[royalsteven]

They can change they names into the dicks, the pussies and the cunts maybe.

[royalsteven]

lol he said he said a aa aanal huh huh huh huh

[piewiistuff1]

oh wow MLB are such losers

[SteveDude64]

They could use local sponsors to make team names the Dixie Youth does....

[scooterboy128]

that is so stupid you can wear what ever you want when you want and they cant tell you "you cant were our uniforms"

[ClubPenguinVsRS]

They can, it's a copyright law.

You can be sued for it.

[RATMfan27]

That's messed up.I still got to play with ML team names but they're not allowed to.And I didn't wear Majestic.

[soxfan95aw]

i think the team that had the white button down jerseys is a travel team because my team played a team called the tinley park bulldogs once and im on a travel team

[natester2009]

C'mon let em use the names and jerseys.... Its not like its hurting anyone...shit!

[whitecracka8]

tinley park i live by there

[sgatebobbyb42]

this is stupid... majestic just wants to make money. i am junior division of little leauge and our leauge has teams in all divisions like cubs, yankees, red sox , white sox, tigers. etc. (but we got em from majestic, it was really expensive) (we even have teams in minors like bulls, muckdogs, storm, sand gnats, grass hoppers, rattlers and alot of others

[Tynon95]

im on the white sox for babe ruth we just started MLB teams this year

[SteveDude64]

In my league, we have local sponsors for our team names, but that's still stupid... Why does it matter what their teamname is?

[phillyphan4ever]

dont get me wrong i love mlb but y is mlb being a crybaby. who cares what theyre teamname is. they are kids

[cod4masterwithm4]

i waz the pirates...thats bs let the kids have wat they want

[RGDOG1213]

were the yAnkees on my little league team

[jlbond009]

ok its ok for football like calling themselves the panthers or something but it is not ok to call urselves the cubs or red soxs

[awb99]

I am on the Mariners in my lttle leuge

[zek2424]

yea ino im the cardinals for my team

[brennan66693]

thats cuz ur leauge bought them from majestic apparel. it happened for my leauge im in which is for high schoolers

[TheYankeesrule23]

weird....we have mlb names....

[m3ntoZ]

hmm in my city, we're allowed to have em.

[Xmaggot93X]

Poor kids.

These small kids idolized these MLB teams, and the teams said "no" to them promoting their team.

[ddoggs2008]

great call my mlb. bravo

[cryptidclubleader]

thats messed up

[hardyflair96]

SO RETARTED

[Fallingdown232]

It's spelled "retarded" you moron!

[dgkshreder4]

its good, I HATE LITTLE LEAUGE. a bunch of little posers

[mohrs9165]

you have to start somewhere you asshole how do you this derek lee or frank thomas got to make it to the pros PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

[poisonfish45]

lol

[erickalexis]

CRAZY!IN MY LIL AREA we got As and pirates and i dont see no attorney lawyor thing suein them, gosh this country got problems

[eaglesgirl85]

probably because the teams in your area buy the jerseys from majestic

[jfayiii]

More stupid-headed decisions from MLB. Kids have been using mock names for little league teams for years and years, instilling an interest in the company that MLB is. Noone ever thought they were 'getting by' back in the day, because the official garments weren't that much more expensive. They were just pretending to be their baseball heroes through emulation. Now that gear is stratospherically stupid expensive, all of a sudden MLB puts its foot down. Classic MLB-under-Selig stupidity.

[Bighalofan27]

now thats retarted

[djchino774]

fuck the kids

[WWEYANKS52]

wow mlb is sure getting messed up lately

[giant24us]

greedy bastards.

[raahr]

in fact as a ten year old, I wouldn't have ever even wanted to be ozzie smith if I wasn't a cardinal or pay attetion to the twins the year they won the world series. It's wrong. Its corporate its over the heads of those that just want to dream and actually follow sports and it's just wrong.

[raahr]

that's complete horseshit. I was a twin, a cardinal, etc. telling a 10 year old you can't be a twin or a cardinal or if you do you have have money is absolutely absurd. I would never even want anything to do with baseball in the usa if it were to become this bad as it looks like it is.

[arob372000]

ridiculous.

[FCStaehle]

Trademark is trademark.

[iamsocoolandawesomea]

i don't have to worry cuz my teams name is cougars

[mycubseason2008]

MLB should pay us for promoting their product rather then complain. Clean up your house MLB before you try to ruin Little league teams.

[CsBruno87]

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[mycubseason2008]

The story is confusing, MLB should go after the company making the shirts not the kids. MLB can be so greedy so no one will want their product, is that what they want? My kids play for the Mets and the Yankees and with no calls from MLB, I hope they don't call and just leave us alone.

[dvapak]

koja budala

[zsantae]

loop hole!! The following names are open Chicago Cubbies, Rads (reds), White Tube Sox, Marlin w/o the "S", Brews, Astro-nauts, Diamonds,

[danielhill3642]

funny but true...we were the Rays back when Tampa was the Devil Rays...maybe now we can go to Devil Rays...oh and maybe MLB should worry about low fan attendence or steroids instead of 10 year olds...i promise you this...i will never buy a licensed baseball jersey again

[jasfromoz]

Just another reason why I will not attend another MLB game. Greed, steroids, and now this!

FU MLB!

[tball275]

time to bust out the Banana Slugs jersey or begin using other college nicknames...

[donniebakerfan]

what a bunch of jerks in the mlb! first they screw the family for all the money they can at the ballpark and now the nerve to start screwing the kids who just want to play baseball and have fun. the kis look up to these teams and the mlb has the guts to spit in their faces! i will make sure to never give any of my money to mlb.

[DCvlog]

This is rediculous, every little league team I ever played for was named after a pro team. That was part of the fun

[hajqbvii]

...organized sports for kids...looks like MLB has a grip on the kids dollars.

[parkman35]

Liten to this....in Mokena which is very near to Tinley Park there is a store that sells real, and replica baseball jerseys. You can bring them a jersey that has a player's name on the back, and they'll remove the name like for example if that player was no longer with the team, and you don't want to get stuck with it. Now comes the best part....IF you want another name put on the back of the jersey it will cost you the FULL PRICE as what a jersey would normally cost! MLB rules! What a joke.

[DonkeyOdie2000]

Ah, the trickle-down effect at work. The greed of the MLB comes to the little league level.

[officialusa]

The MLB wants to make kids pay a higher price to wear the same thing. Screw them...