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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

MLB forces local Obama t-shirt vendor to close up shop


Major League Baseball has forced Morris Levin, a 31-year-old student at the Wharton School, to stop selling t-shirts on his website that parodied the logos of pro baseball teams with the last name of Sen. Barack Obama's name and the jersey number 08, reports the Smoking Gun. Levin, an Akiba graduate, is an Obama supporter and baseball fan who was trying to spread the word of his preferred candidate, says his website. The site is no longer selling the shirts. The front page of the site reads "We are currently working to resolve all outstanding orders. We are not taking any more orders. All outstanding orders will be addressed and we appreciate your understanding and patience as we work through this."
Posted by Dan Gross @ 2:15 PM  Permalink | 12 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:39 PM, 03/18/2008
    As usual the czars of MLB take time to go after the little guy. MLB says they own the fonty and the colors????/Forget the drugs; LETS GO AFTER MORRIS LEVIN and stop him. He is a menace to society. He is a scourge. For gosh sakes MLB -get a life you losers greedy pigs.
    — S.J.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:59 PM, 03/18/2008
    Does Morris know that Obama's preacher would just blame Israel?
    — Steak
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:46 PM, 03/18/2008
    I'm sure that Dodger and Oriole fans are proud as punch to have this guy's name in their colors.
    — jakejake10
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:57 PM, 03/18/2008
    FREE MORRIS LEVIN
    — S.J.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:57 PM, 03/18/2008
    Alycia would wear one. METS.
    — S.J.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:59 PM, 03/18/2008
    Well jake, considering the liberal nature of Los Angeles and Baltimore, it would surprise me if they objected. Moving on, a guy who goes to Wharton should have known that particular business tactic could get him in trouble....even if it's ridiculous that MLB cares.
    — Reggie
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:09 PM, 03/18/2008
    I didn't know the Dodgers owned the color ROYAL BLUE and the Orioles BLACK AND ORANGE. Thanks for the info. Here is some more info. THATS TEH TROUBLE WITH THIS COUNTRY. TOO MUCH FREE TIME TO CRITICIZE OTHERS. MLB -THE OPPRESSORS!!!!!!
    — S.J.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:37 PM, 03/18/2008
    Just for that,I'm boycotting all MLB games. What a greedy & assinine thing to do. They could have handled this more humanely. This action is the same type of mentality that has this country in the crappy shape it's in.
    — tulipwalk
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:57 PM, 03/18/2008
    Chico's Bail Bonds....Let Freedom Ring
    — Steak
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:25 AM, 03/19/2008
    I agree that this is outragous. If he had the actual names of the teams somehow associated with the shirt than they would have a leg to stand on. This is simply a case of similar color and font. Is this what we have come to??
    — Michael Krumenacker
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:49 AM, 03/19/2008
    These designs are replicas of the Teams jersey's. MLB should have stopped them, get your own design. What if it was your design this person stole.
    — bill samson
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:15 PM, 03/19/2008
    This is ridiculous! They are the same colors, big deal! Do these teams now own these colors? I HONESTLY thought it was the San Fran. Giants colors, so shows how similar they are. I am so sick of pro sports. I used to love them.
    — Steve S


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