Democratic spokesman Kevin Franck said they noticed the original Brown card was blank on the back, so they decided to fill in the back with details of the senator's voting record.
The front face of a collectible baseball card featuring Sen. Scott Brown that is being used to raise money for the Republican senator's re-election campaign.
The reverse of the same Scott Brown baseball card being used by the Massachusetts Democratic to raise money for state democratic candidates.There’s two sides to every story, every coin, and now every baseball card.
Upon news that Sen. Scott Brown was seeking to raise campaign funds by pitching a baseball card of himself sporting a Red Sox cap, the Massachusetts Democratic Party responded with a pitch of their own, albeit a brush-back pitch.
Massachusetts Democrats are selling their own commemorative Brown card. The picture side is a copy of the Brown card, but the reverse side of the card lists some unflattering excerpts from Brown’s voting record such as voting with Senate Republicans 88 percent, voting against summer job programs and expanding student loans, and otherwise serving as a "reliable foot soldier for D.C. Republicans."
Where the Brown card sells for $10, people can get the alternative Brown card by a contribution to the Massachusetts Democratic Party for as little as $9.
MassDems communication director Kevin Franck said “You know how baseball cars usually have two sides? The front side is a big picture and the back has career stats and biographical info. For some reason, the junior Senator’s cars only has a front side, so we decided to help him out with a design for the other side.”
One interesting thing about the original Brown card is that it is nowhere to be found. The offer of an autographed card from the senator is still on the website, but the image of Brown in the Red Sox hat is nowhere to be found. This was noted by Politico under a headline that reads “Brown scrubs baseball card image from his site.”
Politico reporter Ben Cantanese notes “a campaign spokesman did not respond to an inquiry to why the image was removed.” This has led some speculation that Brown's people did not get approval from Major League Baseball Properties to wear a
Red Sox hat in a promotional photograph.
NECN also did a piece on Brown's card, asking fans outside Fenway Park what they thought about it. The piece also noted that $10 for a Brown card would get you a rookie card for Adrian Gonzale ($1.28) a Dustin Pedroia card ($3) and a David Ortiz ($1.09), and still have enough money left over for 25 Jonathan Palpelbon cards and a rookie Kevin Youkilis.