Toyota G's Commercial

[Edgy MD]

The only world I want to live in.

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

wow.

[MFS62]

An Endy-worth catch around 1:36.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Oh sure, and the only black guy in the whole commercial is the one who gets thrown out of the game.
Why they gotta do that to a brother?

[Edgy MD]

I just love the great form everybody shows. US commercials featuring baseball always seem to feature actors who've never touched a bat before directed by somebody who's never seen a game. There's a Nathan's ad out there that I weep over that plays during the Mets' MLB.TV broadcasts.

[bmfc1]

One of the commentators notes that there is a sign that says "DOUBLEDAY" at 1:50 and another points out that the "black guy" is Warren Cromartie (1:21).
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[Frayed Knot]

That makes sense then seeing as how Cromartie played in Japan for a long time and was very popular there.
A Miami native, the USA is probably third in line for Cro's popularity behind (in one order or another) Japan and Canada given his nine seasons* with the Expos.




* plus two more with 'Quebec' when they were a AA affiliate of the Expos

[Edgy MD]

Cro managed an all-Japanese, all-traveling team in the indy, US-based Golden Baseball League.

[Fman99]

I enjoyed that.

[smg58]

That totally rocked.

[seawolf17]

I'm still not 100% sure if it's for a specific model (The Toyota G's?) or a feature, but it's awesome.

A Japan trip that includes baseball is absolutely on my bucket list. "You Gotta Have Wa" is one of the best baseball/culture books I've ever read.

[Edgy MD]

Shortly after You've Gotta Have Wa, Robert Whiting ended up co-writing Warren Cromartie's memoir.

[Benjamin Grimm]

seawolf17 wrote: A Japan trip that includes baseball is absolutely on my bucket list. "You Gotta Have Wa" is one of the best baseball/culture books I've ever read.

I'd like to do that too. We were in Japan in 2006, but it was November into December, so no baseball was going on. Maybe some day.