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Toilet paper night on May 24th; get a dollar off the ticket price when you bring a roll of TP. It's a cute dig on Sheryl Crow, but you know what's going to happen, right?


This is going to be a disaster.

The first rule of promotions is that you can't let the fans have anything they can throw on the field. I think the Dodgers learned this one the hard way in 95 when they gave out free baseballs to the first 10,000 fans. They had to forfeit a game.

The White Sox had the disasterous Disco Demolition Night. While the after effects it had on Disco were great, the Sox still had to forfeit after the fans rioted. One of the mistakes was that too many people brought in LPs so they could get the 98 cent tickets. The result was they had LPs and used them as frisbees.

That time the NHL tried to turn itself into the NFL.


Oh wait...that's still happening :mad:

Bill Veeck is the marketing genius behind Disco Demolition Night, the most (in)famous and most insane idea for a promotion ever. Nothing has topped it yet, and someone will have to be awfully stoned, drunk, or sleep-deprived to come up with something that will.

That said, his son came up with an idea awhile back for a minor league team, in which no fans were admitted until about the 5th inning just to set a record for the least number of fans at a game.

Mike Veeck, actually conceived Disco Demolition Night. He of course now owns the St. Paul Saints in the Northern League. I think he had ushers dress up as nuns for a game once.

Nothing will ever top what his father did though. Having a midget pinch hit was a great idea. I'd do it with the bases loaded though.

It just proves sports are fucking boring.

Let's ask some one who doesn't know what baseball is to a baseball game.
"Hey, let's go watch a baseball game?"
"What do we do there?"
"We go sit on some metal benches for 4 hours in the sun during the hottest part of the day in the summer and watch guys hit balls and run in a diamond shape. Sometimes they tie and it can last even longer."
"Fuck that, I'ma stay here and play Guitar Hero."

Has anyone ever (before the illusion called security became a primary concern in this fading republic) tried a promotion involving free cutlery? Seems to me that disaster would immediately follow.

I forgot to mention the all time classic 10 cent beer night. MLB banned alcohol based events after it led to a fan riot. Got to love those Cleveland fans.

Has anyone ever (before the illusion called security became a primary concern in this fading republic) tried a promotion involving free cutlery? Seems to me that disaster would immediately follow.

I vote for Free AK/Uzi night.

I have heard of a Free Vasectomy sports promotion.

It just proves sports are fucking boring.

Let's ask some one who doesn't know what baseball is to a baseball game.
"Hey, let's go watch a baseball game?"
"What do we do there?"
"We go sit on some metal benches for 4 hours in the sun during the hottest part of the day in the summer and watch guys hit balls and run in a diamond shape. Sometimes they tie and it can last even longer."
"Fuck that, I'ma stay here and play Guitar Hero."

*Giggle*

No, I cannot take anything seriously.

How about the Schaumburg Flyers having their fans vote for the next day's line up? The centerfielder ended up playing catcher or something like that, there was a Rick Reilly article on it.

Reggie Jackson chocolate night. Those candies made great frisbees also.

I'm pretty sure I can think of more but not now.

Sports promotion gone horribly wrong....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msiZUT2ZH_A&mode=related&search=

....love that show...:) :p

The DH.

Sports promotion gone horribly wrong....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msiZUT2ZH_A&mode=related&search=

....love that show...:) :p
YOu can call them Whitey Killers

How about the Schaumburg Flyers having their fans vote for the next day's line up? The centerfielder ended up playing catcher or something like that, there was a Rick Reilly article on it.

I didn't see that, but I read about a promotion (by - who else? - Bill Veeck) in which the fans behind home place acted as the manager for the hometown St. Louis Browns by holding up signs when asked a question (I think all the signs had "Yes" on one side and "No" on the other, and majority more or less ruled.) It was only tried once - and the Browns actually won the game.

Dropping free (frozen) 20lb turkeys for Thanksgiving out of a helicopter into a crowd. (Got to love WKRP in Cincinnati, and props to Gary Sandy for reminding me of it)

Ow... (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18560179/)

Back in the bad old days of the 'English Disease' (football hooligans) Ken Bates, then chairman of Chelsea Football Club (who had a notorious hooli gang called The Headhunters) suggested that the best thing to do to prevent pitch invasions was to electrify the fencing around the pitch.

Nice one Ken!

(Ken is now Chairman of Leeds United. My club. Oh gwad)