Rockies give out 15,000 misspelled jerseys

[DaFace]

This is hilarious.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/rockies/...veaways/18312/

Troy Tulowitzki’s name misspelled on 15,000 Rockies jersey giveaways

By*Nick Groke

The Denver Post

The Rockies Saturday gave away 15,000 Troy Tulowitzki jerseys to fans at Coors Field before their game against the Pirates.

Just one issue: The jerseys spelled Tulo’s name wrong.

The second T was missing — and ‘Tulowizki’ it was instead.

Some fans proclaimed the jersey an instant collector’s item, something like Billy Ripken’s notorious baseball card from 1989 or something like the*left-handed hitting Hank Aaron card from 1957.

Other wiseacres on Twitter suggested the jersey manufacturer should have left out the W (because the Rockies have fewer wins this season than losses, if that’s not clear).

The Rockies released a statement about the shirt misspelling:

The Colorado Rockies offer our sincere apologies to the fans for the misspelling of the Troy Tulowitzki King Soopers jersey that was distributed tonight. The Rockies would also like to apologize to longtime corporate partner King Soopers, who was not involved in the production of the jerseys.

Acknowledging that many fans came to the game for the jersey, rather than disappoint them, we decided to go ahead and hand them out.

We have made plans to reproduce the jersey and fans wishing to exchange will be able to do so at a future date (TBD) in September at Coors Field or the Rockies Dugout Stores. In addition, fans exchanging the jersey will receive a complimentary ticket to a future game in 2014 or 2015.

[gblowfish]

How could that happen? It's spelled just like it sounds! This is not the biggest jersey foul up I've seen. The Royals gave out #2 John Buck T Shirts one night. Buck was batting .098 at the time.

[tk13]

That's hilarious... but it's also kind of cool they're offering a free ticket to another game in addition. That's a pretty good deal.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

How could that happen? It's spelled just like it sounds! This is not the biggest jersey foul up I've seen. The Royals gave out #2 John Buck T Shirts one night. Buck was batting .098 at the time.

And we can never forget the 40th anniversary of the Royals #40 jersey giveaway...during a season where Kyle Farnsworth wore #40 & sported a 4.5+ ERA that season.

[Dayze]

The Royals wouldn't give another ticket out. they would say "Why would we do that? The 15,000 fans now have a rare jersey instead!!!!" / #roomtemperaturedollardognight

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Dayze

The Royals wouldn't give another ticket out. they would say "Why would we do that? The 15,000 fans now have a rare jersey instead!!!!" / #roomtemperaturedollardognight

They would kind of be right. I'd much rather have the mis-spelled one than the corrected one.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by wazu

They would kind of be right. I'd much rather have the mis-spelled one than the corrected one.

Come out to the K on Sunday! First 15,000 fans get a Billy Butter jersey!

[Demonpenz]

4th of July 5 or 6 years back the Royals had a 4th of July firework show go horribly wrong, and they gave away a free ticket to everyone who came out that day (which was 30K for the fireworks)

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by tk13

Come out to the K on Sunday! First 15,000 fans get a Billy Butter jersey!

I'd take that jersey, sell it to a collector, and invest the entire haul in gold coins.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Dayze

The Royals wouldn't give another ticket out. they would say "Why would we do that? The 15,000 fans now have a rare jersey instead!!!!" / #roomtemperaturedollardognight

The rarity doesn't matter to me, but I'd keep the jersey just for the story. I hope those jerseys are floating around that stadium for a decade.

[DaFace]

Just now realized they're really just jersey t-shirts. I bet they're cheap crap and won't last a decade.

[Rain Man]

They should do a cost-benefit analysis that compares the cost of replacing the shirts and giving out the free tickets versus signing some guy off the street who is named Tulowizki.

[Miles]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Just now realized they're really just jersey t-shirts. I bet they're cheap crap and won't last a decade.

Probably last just fine provided it is never washed. Still some cheap crap misspelled promo t-shirt will never be collectable because of the misspelling.

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Just when you think that this organization couldn't possibly do anything more stupid than their latest blunder, they manage to top themselves. Over and over and over again. That the idiotic Monfort brothers run a "successful" (in terms of attendance) baseball franchise is testament to how good a sports town Denver is. These imbeciles truly "succeed" in spite of themselves. One brother is an alcoholic and a recluse, which is good, because seemingly every time he leaves his house, he gets another DWI. And the other "smart" brother just spent the last week doing damage control because he fired off a bunch of hateful responses to emails he received from fans concerned about the direction (last place--again) of the team, telling them that if they didn't like the product, to stay home.

And yet, the Rockies draw 30-35,000 a night, every night. Makes you wonder how it could be if their owners weren't such completely inept bumbling ****ing ass-clowns. It can't be much longer before Tulo demands out of here. He's wasting his career playing for this horrific ownership group and GM.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Miles

Probably last just fine provided it is never washed. Still some cheap crap misspelled promo t-shirt will never be collectable because of the misspelling.

Well, I meant that I think it'd be funny if people were still wearing them to games a decade from now to remind ownership of how awful things were these years. That would likely require washing.