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Twin Cities Minor League Baseball Team Changes Name To Show Solidarity With Vikings
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The St. Paul Saints, a minor league baseball team playing in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball (say that three times fast), are never afraid to go a little crazy when it comes to marketing their product. Owned by Mike Veeck, son of former Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck (Disco Demolition Night, anyone?) and actor/nutjob Bill Murray, the Saints have carved a nice little niche out for themselves in the Twin Cities sporting landscape. Best known for their oddball promotions that are out of this world (any team that brings in William Hung to sing “She Bangs” is worthy of admiration), the Saints routinely play in front of a packed house at the charming Midway Stadium in St. Paul.
Obviously, with the hometown Vikings and their fans busy whipping themselves up into a frenzy in anticipation of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the New Orleans Saints, saying the “S Word” in the Twin Cities is presently considered taboo. The higher-ups in the organization agreed and thought it would be a grand idea – as well as a solid marketing gimmick – to temporarily remove Saints from their name and refer to themselves as “The Paul” until after the game on Sunday.
Even Minor League Baseball Teams Like To Infringe Upon Your Constitutional Rights
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Why pay the exorbitant ticket prices at Yankee Stadium to experience getting treated like crap when there are much more budget-friendly options taking in a minor league baseball game? That must have been the logic behind the decision of three teenage boys to attend a Newark Bears game at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium on June 29th of this year, where they were kicked out because they didn’t stand during the singing of “God Bless America.”
It should be pointed out that the Yankees made the correct decision and settled a lawsuit brought by a fan who made similar allegations regarding how he was treated by Yankee Stadium security when he tried to leave his seat to use the bathroom during “God Bless America.”
But a minor league baseball team like the Newark Bears have to watch expenses, so they don’t have the funds to hire security to usher out the malcontent America-haters – they have the president and co-owner do it.
Dwight Gooden has been hired as the senior vice president of the independent league Newark Bears. I’m not trying to tell the Newark Bears how to go about doing their business, but I have to question their vetting process.
The Bowie Baysox, the Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, are welcoming students to Prince George’s stadium for Inhalant Abuse Night on Wednesday, July 8th for their game against the Harrisburg Senators.
Is it really the best idea to encourage the young people of our country to take up huffing paint? They are likely to end up like the guy in the above photo. The worst part of it all is other Eastern League teams are partnering up with the Baysox:
“The Baysox look forward to putting aside our competitive differences with the Thunder and the Rock Cats for this program,” Baysox general manager Brian Shallcross said in a statement. “Hopefully, by working together, we can have a greater positive impact on the youth that mean so much to our communities.”
Ohhhh, I get it. According to the article, the Baysox are “are working together with the Alliance for Consumer Education (ACE) for the “Striking Out Inhalant Abuse” program.”
I’m sorry, but if their intent is “striking out inhalant abuse”, they should have come up with a better name than “Inhalant Abuse Night” which to me indicates that they are promoting the activity. On “So-and-So Bat Night”, teams are not trying to eliminate that player’s bats – in fact they are giving the bats away.
Not good thinking on this one, Baysox. I nearly booked a flight to Bowie for the event, wherever in the hell that town is located.
Baysox look to raise awareness on inhalant abuse [O's On Deck]
