During this Cubs-Sox lull, it’s time to address a problem: Advertisers doing verbal gymnastics to avoid actually naming the teams, which would infringe on baseball’s precious copyright. Saying, “Drink our cheap beer as the North Side team plays the South Side team” is not good enough. Here are other ways to identify the teams without naming them:
SOX. VS. CUBS
The post-championship slumpers vs. The 99-year losers
The Buehrle men vs.The Lilly boys
The gauche hosiery vs.The juvenile bears
The new Mets manager’s former team vs. The new Mariners manager’s former team
Reinsdorf’s baseball toy vs.Tribune’s liquid asset
The Jenks vs. The jinx
— Steve Johnson and Mark Caro
What did the fish say when it hit the wall?
All last week, we’ve been showing dueling videos of Cubs and Sox players, coaches and broadcasters telling jokes, and asking you who’s funnier. Here are the results thus far.
SOX. VS. CUBS
WHO IS FUNNIER?
13% Don Cooper vs. 87% Mark DeRosa
70% Carlos Quentin vs. 30% Sean Gallagher
61% Brian Anderson vs. 39% Scott Eyre
36% Toby Hall vs. 64% Ryan Dempster
48% Steve Stone vs. 52% Len Kasper
To see the videos, and to vote, go to chicagotribune.com/headcandy
