In a world filled with unintentional humor the Baltimore Orioles are leading the charge this week. The Orioles were having a baseball promotional classic, the bobblehead doll. Sorry Darius Miles, you still do not have one. Well these bobblehead dolls were going to depict 2B Brian Roberts and 3B Melvin Mora in some sort of handshake they partake in after every victory. Maybe it's actually the Orioles fault for not winning enough games so the manufacturer couldn't accurately portray this scene.
Well the manufactures initially made a prototype which the Orioles looked at and told the manufactures that Brian in fact has a tan and that he is not a pale white Polish kid. Well, then the manufactures went in the complete opposite extreme turning Brian into a black man. Luckily for the O's the saw the doll and realized that this one looked absolutely nothing like Roberts and have pulled the plug before the give away on Saturday.
Poor Brian Roberts, labeled only a third-tier collectible by a local card store owner and mistaken for a black man all in the span of a few days.
Well the manufactures initially made a prototype which the Orioles looked at and told the manufactures that Brian in fact has a tan and that he is not a pale white Polish kid. Well, then the manufactures went in the complete opposite extreme turning Brian into a black man. Luckily for the O's the saw the doll and realized that this one looked absolutely nothing like Roberts and have pulled the plug before the give away on Saturday.
Poor Brian Roberts, labeled only a third-tier collectible by a local card store owner and mistaken for a black man all in the span of a few days.
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