The Best Dolls in the Business!!

[GenoSeligPrieb]

Before I start, I thought THIS was a great catch, Blazer!

 

"Nope. Sal's busy making dolls."

 

If I may hijack the thread to a detour...

 

So Sal Bando's now the CEO of Middleton Doll Company. All that great business sense and GM instincts landed him not only out of the majors, out of sports, but out of anything even remotely manly, for his career. Too bad St. Louis can't lure him away from his Polly Potty product line to take over there, and bring in Phil Garner, Rod Carew and Doug Mansolino to run the Cardinals. Anyway, this story opens up a creative door or 2, and I'm barging through 'em.

 

When I take the Middleton factory tour, I want to see the Wendy doll.

 

"Hey, girls! Looking for a role model? A figure of female empowerment? Get ready for the "Wendy"! She comes with life-like hair worn up in a bun, with removal black horn-rimmed glasses, and sensible heels, to kick down glass ceilings! Tasteful business suit painted on. Pull her string, and she repeats key talking points!

 

- "We did it to retire debt."

 

- "My father has no involvement in this team."

 

- "Am I satisfied that Sal and Phil did an extraordinary job this season? Absolutely."

 

- "I'm very much my own person."

 

- "Laurel earned his promotion, based on merit."

 

- "Do we have the utmost confidence in our plan? Absolutely."

 

- "There is NO conflict of interest."

 

- "Mrs. Wendy Selig-Molitor......Absolutely!"

 

and a longtime favorite "We've been through this..."

 

Buy the new 2007 model, and your Wendy inaction figure will have a special new feature! Speak your name into Wendy's ear, and she'll make YOU famous! Just listen! "I have the utmost confidence in...("Kayla!"). "No one works harder than...("Kayla!")." Or our most popular phrase: "There's no question ("Kayla!") is the best in the business."

 

Wanna be the first girl on the playground with a Wendy doll? Absolutely! (Briefcase full of retired debt, sold separately).

[AJAY]

Nothing wrong with being a CEO of a company that makes dolls. I think it's neat that he has more going in his life than just baseball. How many other former athletes are smart enough to become a CEO?

 

Before Bando became the Brewers GM, he was involved in a number of other business ventures that were unrelated to sports. I believe him and John McGlockin of the Bucks were partners in some kind of investment or financial management business at one time.

 

Yeah, I hated his draft record as Brewers GM. But I will always respect his amazing ability to find useful veterans off the scrap heap who ended up peforming very well on the cheap. (Willie Randolph, Scott Fletcher, Jody Reed, Hideo Nomo, Kevin Seitzer, etc.)

 

I want Doug Melvin to find some of those guys now.

[1992casey]

This is apparently the largest doll company in the United States. I think a collector Wendy doll would certainly be in order. I can't say I can improve on any of Geno's suggestions.

 

If I remember correctly, Sal got into this in a unique way. I believe the Bando-McGlocklin Capital Corp acquired Lee Middleton Original Dolls, and because that name was so well known, Bando and Jon McGlocklin started using it for the Financial Services portion of their business.

[BCZF]

Well at least Bando landed on his feet, too often these ex baseball people end up in trouble. Or as in the case of Steve Phillips, end up being proclaimed an "expert".

 

That said, I think a Ulice Payne doll would have been a good choice, imagine this: You stuff a dollar bill in it's pocket, you pull the string, and it says nothing and quits. SHIP EM!

[1992casey]

How about adding a bus as an accessory? The Ulice doll and the Wendy doll could take turns throwing each other under it.

[dadofandrew]

I'd have to agree with Ajay, Bando is a very good businessman. Hie time as GM is very likely how it would turn out for anyone with that limited of a budget and such.

[PeaveyFury]

Well, I'd like to hope that if I had been GM, I wouldn't have drafted players my scouts told me not to draft and also wouldn't have bad-mouthed and low-balled a future Hall of Famer and fan favorite and run him out of town, or made about a bajillion horrible trades or so.