Chicks Dig the Long Ball

Nike commercial, featuring Maddux & Glavine

Will Tom Glavine go back to Atlanta?



This 1999 commercial showed the hitting fanatic at that time while Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa displayed the magnificence of power hitting. Ironically, the recent steroid and performance enhance drug issues just destryed this illusion. However, this ad is still fun and bring back the good old days to all Braves fans.

According to year 2004 ESPN's 25th year special topic, this ad was selected as #10 by ESPN25's Expert Panel and #7 by ESPN.com SportsNation users from the BEST SPORTS COMMERCIALS OF THE LAST 25 YEARS.

If you were interesting to the sports commercials, one article from Jon_Mano's Blog talked over this topic also. Lebron James, Mean Joe and Bob Uecker reviewed the best sports commercials at Dec 19, 2005.