"i86hotdogs" (i86hotdogs)
10/31/2019 at 18:05 • Filed to: None
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"i86hotdogs" (i86hotdogs)
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In my previous post, I mentioned how I enjoy seeing which vehicle Chevy is pushing to the masses by gifting it to the World Series MVP every year. I decided to do some research and see what vehicles they handed out in the past. Chevy partnered with the MLB back in 2005, so I would assume they gave out a vehicle every year since then. It wasn’t easy. Some I found through seeing the player posed next to it, others were vaguely mentioned in articles. For most, I added generic images for reference. I could not find them all unfortunately. And for the ones I could not find, I placed my own guess as to what vehicle it could have been.
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Jermaine Dye took home a shiny yellow Chevy SSR after leading the White Sox to their first World Series title in 80+ years. Coincidentally, this vehicle fits this title because they are both rare, and often forgotten.
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David Eckstein was handed the keys to this popular version of the C6 Corvette. He and the St. Louis Cardinals took home the title this year.
2007-Tahoe AND Malibu Hybrid
I can’t imagine how excited Mike Lowell of the Boston Red Sox was to receive these two vehicles. This has my vote for the best out of all the giveaways Chevy has done for this. Corvette? Nah. Loaded Silverado? Nah. How about the unique looking Avalanche? Nope, two mediocre hybrid vehicles with mediocre fuel economy. I found this image fr o m scrubbing a Y ouT ube video of the entire game, because there are not many (if at all) pictures of these two vehicles together.
2008-Camaro RS
Is there anything more Philadelphia-like than a Camaro SS body with a V6 under the hood? Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies took the keys to this machine.
2009-Cruze LT* (Prediction)
I could not find a vehicle for this year. The Yankees of the Bronx won this year, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the actually didn’t provide a vehicle to the winner knowing it will never be used in the city. This was the year the Cruz debuted. And I wouldn’t doubt Chevy was pushing this HARD. MVP winner was Hideki Matsui.
2010-Caprice PPV* (Prediction)
Another one I could not find. Edgar Renteria of the San Francisco Giants took home the MVP title this year. This also was the introduction of the Caprice to US shores. Although majority of these went straight to police fleets, I can see Chevy gifting this “unique” pedestrian vehicle to the MVP. It definitely would be in undercover cop trim like above.
2011-Corvette Grand Sport
This was the reintroduction of the Grand Sport trim to t he Corvette. David Freese of the St. Louis Cardinals took home this sweet ride.
2012-Corvette Convertible
Pablo Sandoval was rewarded the MVP title along with the keys to this ride. The San Francisco Giant probably stashed this in his dusty garage next to his other various cars.
2013-Tahoe
The Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz took home a World Series Title, the MVP title, and the keys to this beautiful machine. “Big Papi” got himself a very blacked out Chevy Tahoe that doesn’t hold a candle to Lowell’s Tahoe Hybrid.
2014-Colorado
As mentioned in the previous post, Madison Bumgarner took the keys to this Colorado for taking home the MVP title. It’s often overlooked due to the presenter botching the presentation.
2015-Camaro SS
The Camaro rec ei ved a face lift this year, so Chevy must hand this out to the World Series MVP. Salvator Perez of the Kansas City Royals was the lucky recipient of this vehicle.
2016-Camaro SS 50th Anniversary
The Chicago Cubs ended their World Series drought this year. A nd Ben Zobrist took home one of the better looking contemporary Camaro configurations in my honest opinion.
2017-Silverado Centennial Edition
The Houston Astros won the title. George Springer won the MVP. The Chevy given out this year is this commemorative edition of the Silverado. Decked out with badges and huge wheels.
2018 Silverado Trail Boss
The Silverado gets a controversial face lift, so Chevy handed out this off road rig to Steve Pearce of the Red Sox. If I had to guess, this truck may never be the boss of any trail in its tenure.
2019-C8 Corvette
Steven Strasburg is a very tall man. I am not sure how this Washington National will fit into this vehicle. Look at this image. The roof is at his hip.
Thanks for reading! I hope the non-sport fans got a kick out this.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> i86hotdogs
10/31/2019 at 18:09 |
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According to boomers who say they fit, they just have to remove the top(head is now the roll bar), he’ll fit fine.
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i86hotdogs
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/31/2019 at 18:13 |
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Strasburg is 6'5" and it looks like its mostly legs. I hope those seats can move.
John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> i86hotdogs
10/31/2019 at 18:13 |
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Thanks for doing the research. That is a great post.
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> i86hotdogs
10/31/2019 at 18:14 |
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I have my doubts.
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i86hotdogs
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/31/2019 at 18:16 |
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probably an added option. That’s how they kept the base price under $60k
dogisbadob
> i86hotdogs
10/31/2019 at 18:16 |
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2015 should’ve been a dragon green Sonic :(
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i86hotdogs
> John Norris (AngryDrifter)
10/31/2019 at 18:17 |
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Thank you! I am shocked no one else has record of this. I’m sure if I reached out to whomever the guy is who presented each vehicle (it was the same guy for all but two years), there would be a plethora of information.
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i86hotdogs
> dogisbadob
10/31/2019 at 18:19 |
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I am surprised the Volt was never given out. Now that I think of it, it came out in 2011, so it probably was instead of the Caprice.
Urambo Tauro
> i86hotdogs
10/31/2019 at 18:27 |
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But do any of those Chevys have a DURAGRILLE?
Rainbow
> i86hotdogs
10/31/2019 at 18:30 |
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Am I the only one who gets unreasonably mad about stuff like this? You just got paid millions to play a children's game. You *totally* deserve a free car on top of that.
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i86hotdogs
> Rainbow
10/31/2019 at 18:31 |
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I’d say majority of these are sold off or sat unused for years. It’s totally a market stunt. “Hey, your favorite sports player drives this car, and so can you!!”
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dogisbadob
> i86hotdogs
10/31/2019 at 18:32 |
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it could be
GM didn’t sell the
Caprice to regular retail customers, and they even got ANGRY when a dealer DARED sell it to someone not from a fleet
Snuze: Needs another Swede
> i86hotdogs
10/31/2019 at 18:33 |
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Cruze didn’t debut in the US until 2011, so I doubt it was the car in 2009. Maybe a Cobalt SS?
Also, I highly doubt they gave away a Caprice PPV. GM made a HUGE stink about how these were not for public consumption and were for POLICE USE ONLY. My local dealer (Criswell Chevy in Gaithersburg, MD - where both Slobalt and Snuze came from) tried to pull a fast one and sold 14 of them to the public and GM Corporate LOST TH EI R MINDS over it. The SS didn’t come out for public sale for another year or 2, I think. Anyways, I can’t say for certain you’re wrong, or have a better answer, I just highly doubt it.
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Rainbow
> i86hotdogs
10/31/2019 at 18:33 |
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True. I'd be a lot more impressed if they gave it to the national teacher of the year or something, though.
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i86hotdogs
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/31/2019 at 18:43 |
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Wikipedia says 2010 for the Cruze in the US. It mentions Lordstown assembly began in 2011 . But that’s what I took and ran with. But I could be wrong.
Oh that Caprice guess is beyond reasonable . There’s no way they actually did that. It would be cool as heck though. I mentioned in another comment here that the Volt debuted around this time as well. So that would be a more reasonable answer.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Rainbow
10/31/2019 at 18:52 |
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But that wouldn’t be broadcast on a medium that millions of people are already watching
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Rainbow
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
10/31/2019 at 19:08 |
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Y ou’re not wrong, but it WOULD make the news the first time they do it.