Johnny Damon irked by “Damon Sucks” bibs
A Red Sox fan angry that Johnny Damon defected to the New York Yankees has fought off an attempt by his high-powered agent to stop her from selling baby bibs with a very grown-up insult. Tucked among the “I Love My Mommy” bibs and “Pregnant Princess” maternity clothes, Ann Sylvia also offers bibs and onesies adorned with the ballpark epithet “Damon Sucks.” Last month, eBay pulled the listings after the Scott Boras Corp. complained that they violated Damon’s right of publicity, a legal claim that allows celebrities to control the products they endorse.
If so, she didn’t show it in her negotiations with Boras’ staff. During an hourlong phone call, she pointed out to attorney Ryan Lubner that there are other baseball players named “Damon”; how did he know, after all, that she wasn’t the world’s biggest critic of Tampa Bay’s Damon Hollins?
“Then I knew I had him,” she gloated. “So I said, ‘Let’s make a compromise.”‘
Lubner agreed to lift his objection - and clear her eBay record - if Sylvia agreed not to use “Johnny,” “Boston,” “Red Sox,” “New York,” or “Yankees” in the listing.
We’re surprised no one thought to have Johnny Damon, Damon Hollins, and all the other “Damons” in Major League Baseball band together and file a class action lawsuit against Ann Sylvia, then put out their own line of bibs that say, “Ann is a horrible mother who breeds with gorillas and eats her young”.
If you can’t dish it out…
Internet baby gear hits nerve with Damon (FOX Sports)
