The Walking Dead is basically the most popular show on television, if not the most popular thing in the world on any given week. And if you’re going to be the hottest thing ever and sport a mainstream smash character like Negan, who wields a barbed wire baseball bat, why not cash in on the other hot trend among the youth: Baseball!
In a cross-promotional situation, the AMC show has sent this barbed wire bat — Lucille, as many show experts will tell you is the name of the bat — to baseball players at spring training. And it was absolutely a smash hit, as far as they were concerned. Look how excited Salvador Perez is!
.@SalvadorPerez15 has a new piece of lumber in his arsenal thanks to @WalkingDead_AMC. #RoyalsST pic.twitter.com/eXk44fRewa
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) February 19, 2017
J.D. Martinez of the Detroit Tigers was a little more excited about opening the box and holding the bat.
I'm so happy right now! Thanks @WalkingDead_AMC for this gift! #MeetLucille pic.twitter.com/rdAWXpxZ3O
— J.D. Martinez (@JDMartinez28) February 17, 2017
Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros got one too.
#KHOU11 #Astros @TeamCJCorrea Carlos received a gift Walking Dead bat pic.twitter.com/l4XlcSVNB9
— Matt Musil (@KHOUSportsMatt) February 18, 2017
As did mega-superstar Bryce Harper.
Bryce Harper has a bat wrapped in barbed wire, because why not? pic.twitter.com/DRBhhg02h3
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) February 19, 2017
Finally, the New York Mets’ Jose Reyes got a bat too and oh no what have you done AMC/MLB marketing partnership?
The Mets actually tweeted this featuring Jose Reyes with barbed wire around a bat. @MetsKevin11 pic.twitter.com/kvUnelpaL8
— Josh (@jetsfan24x7) February 20, 2017
It appears the Mets realized having a player once charged with domestic abuse holding a bat used on a TV show to kill people and zombies wasn’t a good idea and deleted the tweet.
