If I wasn't going to be in Ottawa, I'd be at this game:
Inspired by a Los Angeles Angels fan who filed a lawsuit against the club because he did not receive a red nylon tote bag as part of the major league club's Mother’s Day promotion last May, the Altoona Curve have announced that they will be holding Salute to Frivolous Lawsuit Night as part of their Sunday, July 2nd game at Blair County Ballpark.
The Curve’s salute to all ridiculous lawsuits ever filed will include the following:
- A Pink Tote Bag Giveaway to the first 137 men in attendance ages 18 and over
- The first 137 women 18 and over will receive lukewarm coffee so they will not burn themselves
- The first 137 kids will be given a beach ball with a warning not to ingest it
- Angels merchandise and novelty items given away throughout the game
Leave to those wacky fans from L.A. to file stupid lawsuits against a minor league team for a lame giveaway...of course, idiots everywhere file dumb lawsuits, but it just seemed appropriate for some reason. Very clever promotion, though; it's up there with last summer's Potomac Nationals' "Hairiest Back at the Ball Park" contest. Kudos to the Curve for turning a negative into an opportunity to lampoon.
8 comments:
Thank God we are going to a much, much, MUCH better place than Altoona. The only minor league team I want to see right now is the Bears. The Hershey Bears are going to the Calder Cup Finials and we so need to take a road trip now.
haha! Glad they have a sense of humor about it.
While you're on the subject of the minors ... this was one of the greatest sporting events I've been to in a long time. A bit north of DC, but the Bears are worth a look if you have the chance ...
I really need to go to more minor league games.
We should arrange an outing - jes?
Anonymous, you were there?!? Fred will be so jealous. We were listening to the game online and it sounded incredibly exciting- so glad the Bears made it. Hope they can win the whole ball of wax! (We're hoping to get to one of the games, if we can get tickets.)
Marci- we definitely need to plan an outing, especially one where we sit close to the batter's box and openly ogle the players. Sound like a good idea?
Oh girl, it's like you are reading my mind.
I am serious about this. We need to get an email thread started.
Why is it 137? What's the symbolism?
The question that needs to be asked, is, just how does one go about trying to eat a beach ball? Wonder if the kid spilled some grape jelly on it and figured it made for a good replacement for bread. That kids parents are the reason we have condoms, cause some people just don't need to procreate.
Charleston Riverdogs co-owner Mike Veeck comes up w/some of the zaniest promotions, wonder how he didn't come up w/this great one.
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