April 27, 2009

brilliant marketing

I am pretty sure the new words of encouragement written on gatorade bottles was thought up specifically to swindle baseball moms. It has worked. I am now obsessed with which gatorade bottle to buy before Greg's games. I used to choose it by color, since he is colorblind- but now I have convinced myself that I can communicate with him during a game through his gatorade. Sort of like a subliminal message. He needs to be trained when he gets in a jam....Look at the bottle Greg....see, mom doesn't have to embarass you by yelling be tough...you can just look down and read what I want you to do. Some of the other choices, which is why I must strategically purchase the drink are; BRING IT, NO EXCUSES, SHINE ON and FOCUS. I don't forsee needing the Shine On sentiment...Ever...but I like the Bring it (for when he is pitching) and the Be Tough (for everything else) When he was 9 years old and pitched his little league team to a tournament title he was having trouble hitting. I called him over to me and told him quite emphatically "you ARE a HITTER! HIT that ball" and....he hit a homerun! So gatorade people....you have me hooked, but I need a bottle that says You Are A Hitter. By Monday.....Please.
*Update: Dan picked any old Gatorade bottle today for Greg's game.....I think it said G2 on it. Greg decided to bat Lefty (he's working on being a switchhitter) and he hit a double from the left side. Yayyyyy!!! The G2 must mean..Greg- 2 bagger. This is where superstition enters the game of baseball.

4 comments:

Jennifer W said...

lol...you can whip up a label on your printer...THAT wouldn't be emabarassing...

Cedar ... said...

Go GREG!

Allison said...

Gatorade could go really far with these sayings!

There should be one that says "You're an ANIMAL"

Davielle aka Princess Magpie said...

oh, corin, that is SO funny. i can totally relate to it all, and i know my daughter, trevor's mom, will too. :-) THANK YOU for the baseball humor. the boys can get SO sensitive in the dugout, huh?! I'm still laughing. -- Davielle