Loading ...Chris Dickerson has launched this really interesting site, aimed at “greening up” the game (putting recycling containers in high school locker rooms, educating players and fans, etc. Dickerson started when he was in AAA, getting SIGG Bottles to donate eco-friendly water bottles to replace the paper and plastic cups that littered the dugout and clubhouse floor.
We Play Green is going to have a t-shirt design contest during the season, with the winner’s design being worn by one of the involved players (then autographed and sent as a prize) Bill Bray and Jay Bruce have signed on for the effort, along with a lot of other guys, including Ryan Braun and Chase Utley.
Dickerson runs the site with Astros pitcher Jack Cassel (brother of Pats QB Matt Cassel, who’s also promoting the initiative).
(Hat tip to Doug, who got it from Trent’s excellent interview with Dickerson).
This quote from the interview makes me really hope Dickerson wins the LF job . . . and hits like he did last summer:
I am a closet nerd. I read business books, I watch the history channel and Modern Marvels, and I love to read about the inner workings of corporate America.
Chris Dickerson the person was already one of my favorite Reds (before I had read this). I’ve been watching Modern Marvels on the History Channel all week lol.
Last year Rob Neyer had linked to an article about Dickerson doing some good environmental stuff, glad to hear about what he’s doing now.
I hope Chris Dickerson the player is as good as he was at the end of last year (though unfortunately, I have some doubts)
If nothing else, it’s nice to read something positive about an athlete – especially an athlete from a Cincinnati team!
a little off topic, but in case anyone was looking for a job haha
http://baseballjobs.teamworkonline.com/teamwork/r.cfm?i=22592
awesome
now I just wish he was winning the CF job and Taverez wasn’t on the team and we had a big bat in LF
then again, with the Reds we are more likely to fix the global warming and fix excess waste by most humans than we are to get a team built to win.
what’s that phrase? something about hell freezing over and pigs flying
Pigs always fly in cincinnati…
I saw this last year and remember thinking what are sigg water bottles and now I not only have one but I see them all over nyc all the time now.
If you don’t have a sigg water bottle (even if you don’t use plastic cups) you should get one. The water tastes really good and its not only better for the environment its actually better for you to drink out of.
But it is a good story and I hope that even if he doesn’t play everyday that he gets significant playing time not really cause of this story but because I enjoyed watching him play at the end of last year.
I just don’t see Chris Dickerson as an everyday major league recycler. He’s never shown that he’s any more than an average minor league recycler. Perhaps we could platoon his recycling with Norris Hopper’s. Dickerson recycles quickly, but I don’t want to put all of my bottles in one basket.