What the heck are they thinking?
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As a regular sports fan, you're probably baffled by the confusing quotes and actions of many stars and officials. So, Page 2 is here to help you read between the lines with another edition of "What the Heck Are They Thinking?"

Bud Selig
Maybe the Viagra deal will help raise the image of Bud Selig's MLB.
We've tried to figure out what some prominent folks might be thinking -- if anything -- and the best we could do was come up with multiple possibilities, all equally plausible. So, as always, we are asking for your help. Check out the options for each questionable act or quote, and vote in the poll to move on to yet another sports story.

What was Major League Baseball thinking when it signed Viagra up as a sponsor?

A. Too many bats were getting broken.

B. Jay Leno, a huge baseball fan, was worried he'd run out of good punch lines with the Olympics coming to a close.

C. Bud Selig asked a PR expert if baseball's problems had to do with the fact that it is too laid-back for the average young sports fan, and the guy said that Bud had it half right.

D. Jamie Salé was unavailable.

E. They want to try replacing Ball Day with Viagra Night.

F. Despite contraction, labor problems, high ticket prices and the gulf between big-market and small-market teams, things were still not hard enough.




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