I wrote a piece for The Faster Times unfavorably comparing Joe Girardi’s bullpen decision’s to Bruce Bochy’s. I closed it by wondering why Girardi was so willing to go to Mariano Rivera in that ubiquitous Taco Bell commercial, but not in the postseason!
I know some Yankee fans who liked the Taco Bell ad, but I’m not one of them. It’s not just that they played it about a gazillion times during the postseason. It’s not just that I don’t like seeing the greatest closer of all time lowering himself to be in a fast food commercial. It’s that the commercial makes zero sense.
First off, the guy eating the XXL Chalupa who sighs, “I can barely finish it,” hasn’t even started eating it. There’s not one bite missing from the chalupa!
Then, there’s Girardi being so eager to get Mo to finish that uneaten chalupa. What’s up with that? Can’t Mariano buy his own fast food? Why does he have to dumpster dive from someone else’s meal?
Besides, if I’m thinking of a Yankee who would finish somebody else’s din-din, it wouldn’t be Mo, the thinnest guy on the team. It would be CC Sabathia. But he’s in the Subway commercial instead! How does that work?
Mariano is no actor, but Girardi isn’t half-bad. However, it’s a little disconcerting the way Joe smacks the customer’s butt so enthusiastically!
I do like one thing in the ad: when the guy who just had his food stolen from him just mumbles, “Mo.”
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