USA Today sports columnist Jon Saraceno ran a column filled with his impressions of the best and worst moments of Major League Baseball’s All Star Game. His comments on Dale Earnhardt Jr., however, have to qualify as the dumbest thing anyone said about the game:
Worst All-Star Game Move: Dale Earnhardt Jr., introduced to the crowd, saluted fans by hoisting a beer bottle, then taking a hearty swig from it. The moment, captured on Safeco Field’s giant screen, looked scripted. If so, it was a crass marketing ploy likely hatched by his race-car sponsor, a major brewery. It was a bush-league move because of the indelible image and message it left on young, impressionable minds: It’s cool to drink alcohol.
Right on. If this keeps up, the next thing you know they’ll even start selling alcohol at baseball stadiums!