Baseball royalty goes to war over risque Megan Fox and Sydney Sweeney MLB playoff ads

If you’ve been watching the MLB Playoffs this October, it’s been hard to miss advertisements featuring Sydney Sweeney in her underwear, Megan Fox in a red bodysuit selling erectile dysfunction pills, or the latest horror movie set to hit theaters this Halloween.October baseball has parents across the country wondering if they need to keep the remote control within arm’s reach once the commercials come on.You can count Atlanta Braves legend Dale Murphy, and his son, Taylor among them, as baseball royalty takes aim at the increasingly provocative advertising invading baseball broadcasts. And they’re not alone. The controversy erupted Monday when Taylor Murphy, watching the playoffs with his children, decided he’d seen enough of the commercial breaks featuring Sweeney promoting sports prediction platform Novig, Fox advertising prescription erectile dysfunction treatment for Ro and frightening horror movie trailers.“Hey @MLB – wanna get more kids watching baseball? Maybe start with the commercials,” Murphy wrote on X.He then delivered the kind of common-sense criticism that should make Major League Baseball’s marketing department uncomfortable.“You don’t need a Nickelodeon game.

You’re not the Savannah Bananas.Just show baseball in a way I can leave on in my house.”Two days later, his famous father entered the fray.“Agree with my son, Taylor…” wrote Dale Murphy, the two-time National League MVP, seven-time All-Star, five-time Gold Glove winner and Braves Hall of Famer whose No.

3 hangs proudly in Atlanta.When a player who spent nearly two decades representing baseball’s traditional values starts questioning what the sport is selling between innings, perhaps the league should pay attention.And Murphy wasn’t the only major leaguer raising his voice.Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Alex Call, who isn’t on the team’s postseason roster, joined the criticism with a pointed message directed at MLB and its television partners.“Can we ...