MLB meets MCU: DOOMSDAY gets nominated for ‘best pitcher’..?

It’s still the best part of two months until Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday is set to open on global cinema screens, but there’s certainly continued momentum in the publicity department…

Friday night lights turned to the opening World Series game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers but like the Super Bowl, there was also some attention to the cross-promotion opportunities for feature films and this time, Avengers: Doomsday was very much in the frame. Not so much another trailer as a tongue-in-cheek nod and wink between the MLB (Major League Baseball) and the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), audiences got to see several new ‘moments’ from the film, including Reed Richards pitching at the Earth 828 version of the event, interplay between Steve Rogers and Thor (with a degree of hammer-envy) and an awkward moment where Scott Lang’s Ant-man calls Steve ‘Captain America’ in front of Sam Wilson’s incarnation. Sportsmen Bryce Harper, Freddie Freeman, Jacob Misiorowski, Junior Caminero and Randy Arozarena provided the connective tissue quips.

Otherwise, it was mainly a series of already-seen, more explosive moments… but with tickets already on sale and raking in millions, everyone seems aware what they want for Christmas…