[bondjamesbond]

But while the Twins hand out more freebies than sample day at the grocery store, this rock-jawed promotional trinket with resolute stare and Popeye forearms will meet some resistance from fans blowing through the Metrodome airlocks.

To demonstrate this "resistance from fans", the author quotes:

John Varone, a Vietnam veteran and president of the Twin Cities chapter of Veterans for Peace,
Phil Steger, executive director of Friends for a Non-Violent World, and
Mary Beaudoin, a leader of Women Against Military Madness.

Three professional whiners. Not a "fan" amongst them. The team announced the promotion and the reporter called up the "usual suspects" for reaction, then stated that this was the reaction of the "fans".

[Afronaut]

Always irks me that 1-5 peoples wack-job opinions create headlines. Who cares what these hemp wearing fools say?

[retrokitten]

Mary Beaudoin, a leader of Women Against Military Madness.

I'm suprised they don't spell it "Womyn".