As many of you know the Braves blew an 8.5 game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals last year in the wild card race. This allowed the Cardinals to win the World Series. Being a huge Braves fan my whole life, I didn't think they could stoop much lower than they are right now. Only to find out they are suing Disney over a movie set to release next summer which will be called 'Brave.'
Stitch Kingdom - Fast forward to this past summer when — after filing a number of
extensions — the Atlanta National League Baseball Club, owners of the
Atlanta Braves, formally filed an objection to many of the trademark
applications. Although trademarks are specific to their singular and
plural forms and the Braves do not possess any trademarks for the word
BRAVE (only BRAVES), the organization believes that damages will occur
as a result of Disney’s trademarks being approved as they have used the
singular form before on merchandise and insist it is common for fans,
media, et al to use the singular form when referring to a single player,
whereas the pluralized form refers to the entire team.
Not really sure the Braves should be more worried about a kids movie than getting some players that can hit. Ever since ol Bobby Cox took off the uniform things have been going down hill. Hopefully the Braves can make something happen during spring training this year other than fighting with Mickey Mouse. (their spring training is in Disney's Wide World of Sports campus in Lake Buena Vista)
