Infinite MonkeysI'm not a big baseball fan, but you have to love some of the minor league promotions. Years ago Sacramento had a minor league team (Steelheads, I believe) that sponsored a dead fish toss contest between innings. Naturally the PETA-types protested.
This season the St. Paul (Minnesota) Saints, in addition to a Bill Murray bobblehead give-away night (he's co-owner of the Saints) is honoring the 30th Anniversary of the TV "classic" The Love Boat:
May 27 Love Boat Anniversary Party. This celebration of the 30th anniversary of the TV show includes a giveaway to the first 2500 fans. The unique color scheme of the “Minnetonka Queen” may remind fans of another well-known Twin Cities area vessel that has been in the news.
The "Love Boat" in question here, the Minnetonka Queen, was the infamous cruise boat upon which several Minnesota Vikings allegedly engaged in various and asundry sexually explicit acts, both welcome and unwelcome.
I wonder if the toy "Minnetonka Queen" comes with toy hookers?
You'll never see these kind of promos by the tour de france, that's for sure!
Posted by JamesPh. at April 14, 2006 08:05 AMJamesPh, you ignorant buffoon. The TdF is famous for its caravan of swag that parades daily through the miles of fans who camp along the the course, tossing out all manner of promotional goodies and samples.
This personal account of one fan's attendance includes a photo caption, "If only I had a zoom lens so you could see the dancing girls on the red truck! This is a typical site of the caravan procession. Music blares while plenty of promotional 'swag' is tossed out to the roadside spectators." It's sort of a "Burning Gras."
Plus, cycling has podium girls. And of course, we have Podium Girl Gone Bad, who sells some interesting promo material.
I too, appreciate Minor League Baseball. I even briefly held season tickets to the Phoenix Firebirds back in the days before the Diamondbacks. But let me just ask you this: Does baseball, at any level, have wine tours? Or hard-drinking long-camping crazy Basques? Or sanctioned public "nature calls?" As for manliness, cycling trumps baseball in sweat, blood, and broken bones. It also probably trumps baseball in the use of illegal performance enhancing drugs too (not its proudest feature, but a testament to its intensity. And, all bravado and posturing aside, it sadly leads in deaths during training and competition.)
It's a glorious and noble sport. And we wear silly pants.
Posted by: Monkey Brad at April 14, 2006 11:33 AMOops. I meant to work this link into my earlier comment.
Posted by: Monkey Brad at April 14, 2006 10:39 PMIt's not just the riders who get hurt. I remember watching this happen.
I know I'm way off my original point, but c'mon...
Posted by: Monkey Brad at April 14, 2006 10:46 PM