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Cringe At The Acting In This MLB 2K12 Ad

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by Adam Biessener on March 05, 2012 at 01:28 PM
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Swimsuit model Kate Upton is busting Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander's chops in this live-action ad for 2K's perfect game contest for this year's baseball sim.

As a Joe Mauer fan I shouldn't cast any stones at an athlete's acting, but I can't help myself. On the plus side: Mustaches, fake or not, are pretty awesome...and I can respect an attempt to impersonate Randy Johnson.

MLB 2K12 comes out tomorrow, so you can get cracking on your attempts to throw a perfect game and win a million dollars soon. Good luck.

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  • by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:35 PM
    Go Tigers!
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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:36 PM
    I'd let Kate Upton rip my mustache off anyday.....if I had one!
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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:38 PM
    I didn't even notice Justin Verlander because I was too focused on Kate Upton
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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:39 PM

    Looking forward to the 2012 baseball season! Let's go, Rangers! Third time's the charm!

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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:40 PM
    The acting does indeed suck... but I wouldn't let Kate Upton rip my stache off... she could ride it though XD
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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:40 PM

    i saw this commericial today on ESPN and the acting wasnt that bad.

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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:45 PM
    His acting isn't bad at all. It's quite good for the three lines he has. Unless you're specifically referring to his impersonation. I don't even know who he was impersonating.
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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:48 PM

    Excuse me I got a little Troll 2 in my Baseball

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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:50 PM

    Ewww, creepy. Why is this the commercial for a sports game? I'm weirded out.

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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 01:59 PM
    His acting wasn't that bad... but the commercial was just straight cheesy. Although, from a marketing perspective nobody really cares about the product. Just throw a hot girl in there and it will serve its purpose. Yes, guys really are that simple...
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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 02:00 PM

    I hate bad acting.

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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 02:01 PM

    Cringe at the acting in this commercial, or cringe at the quality of MLB 2K?

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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 02:11 PM
    Wow, that was bad. Also, weird. Who are they advertising to with this?

    On a side note, I have a friend who looks exactly like Verlander. It's uncanny. We actually got stopped coming out a Tiger's game once by the Detroit News. They ended up taking his picture and posting it in the paper under a Tiger's article with a little "look-alike" story.
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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 02:27 PM
    "Rated E for Everyone" (boobs, sexual innuendo, general inappropriateness). nice...
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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 02:32 PM
    uh if this is marketing then i we as a society need to look at ourselves and say, is this really what we have lowered ourselves to?
  • by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 02:54 PM

    I'm sorry, but I've watched this several times and still haven't noticed Justin Verlander.

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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 02:57 PM

    Bad yes, but it's Upton sooo... yeah

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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 02:58 PM
    I hate these types of advertising, and the comments of this article just make me facepalm even harder.
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    by Monday, March 05, 2012 at 03:56 PM

    I wouldn't say the acting is bad...just the extremely choppy writing...

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