REAL or FAKE: Minor League Baseball Promotions
REAL or FAKE: Minor League Baseball Promotions
Minor league baseball teams routinely put on some wacky, hard-to-believe promotional events and giveaways . See if you can tell the difference between the real ones and the BS (or perhaps... yet-to-be-hosted).
Minor league baseball teams routinely put on some wacky, hard-to-believe promotional events and giveaways . See if you can tell the difference between the real ones and the BS (or perhaps... yet-to-be-hosted).
Awful Night: A purposely unpleasant stadium experience with bad concession food, David Hasselhoff music, a ball of lint giveaway and more.
Ladies Night Celebration: One female fan won a free liposuction procedure.
Snap Into a Slim Jim Night: In celebration of "Macho Man" Randy Savage's well-known meaty endorsement, the team gave away Slim Jims and played clips from from the former minor league baseball player's wrestling career.
Simon Says Night: Each stadium section was assigned a color corresponding to the game board and had to stand and cheer according to color cues on the Jumbotron and on the field throughout the game.
Bobby Knight Night: Three fans competed in a chair throwing competition in the outfield, the winner receiving $250 and an autographed Knight basketball.
Free funeral giveaway: The team asked fans to write essays describing their ideal funeral. One winner received an all-expenses paid funeral for a date TBD.
Hot Tub Time Machine giveaway: One fan won a 7-person hot tub with a "time machine" button installed.
Auctioned at-bat: Fans bid for the right to make an actual plate appearance in the team's game.
George Costanza Night: The team based aspects of the game on the "Seinfeld" episode where George did everything completely opposite what he would normally do. The game started in the 9th inning and so on.
Loveline Night: Physician/media personality Dr. Drew Pinsky appeared to field fan questions between innings about relationships and addiction issues.
Nobody Night: The team locked the stadium's gates and sent fans away to a party near the ballpark with the goal of setting the record for lowest attendance at a baseball game with 0.
Butter Sculpting Night: Fans who paid for their materials (benefiting charity) received 3x2 foot blocks of butter, some workspace and 6 innings to produce the best baseball-themed sculpture they could. The winner took home $500 and was crowned champion on the field.