The 51s landed in Las Vegas 35 years ago. To celebrate the feat, the club has revealed a special anniversary logo which refers to the current moniker but also the previous one. AAA baseball landed in Las Vegas in 1983 when the AAA Spokane Indians moved to the city of light and became the affiliate…
The Fresno Grizzlies will be in Fresno for their twentieth season this year. The team landed in Fresno in 1998 where the team played at the stadium of the University of Fresno in the first four years before they moved to Chukchansi Park. The history of the Grizzlies started in Tucson AZ. The Phoenix Firebirds…
Around this time of the year, many Minor League Baseball clubs are presenting their promotional schedule for the next season. The Potomac Nationals have arguably some of the best promotions scheduled for 2017. Next to seven bobbleheads give away nights, the club will hold four film theme nights as well and if that is not enough,…
Are you a baseball fan? And a Star Wars fan? Are you planning to wed in 2017 and are you also living near Cornstock Park Michigan? Then this may be something for you. The West Michigan WhiteCaps are organizing one of those silly promotions. Of course for the real fans Star Wars isn’t funny, it is…
With their “Salute to Philadelphia night”, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs won the Golden Bobblehead Award during this year’s Minor League Baseball Promotional Seminar in Birmingham AL. With this theme night the club had a one game name change as it adopted the name Lehigh Valley Cheesesteaks. Not only did the team adopt a different name,…
The Frisco RoughRiders will organize a State Fair of Texas promotion on September 2nd when they face the Corpus Christi Hooks. The Texas based Frisco RoughRiders are the AA affiliate of the Texas Rangers in the Texas League (how much Texas do you want?). During this promotional night, there will be a video homage to the…
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are preparing a dark promotion, which will take place a year from now. The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, A Short Season team of the San Francisco Giants in the Northwest League, will go dark on August 21 2017. On that day the first coast-to-coast solar eclipse will occur in the United States. Salem-Keizer will…
A controversial promotion that is offered by several minor league clubs, Cowboy Monkey Rodeo, is target of protests of animal rights groups. With this promotion, a capuchin monkey is dressed up like a cowboy, tied to a dog and ride around the field. Team Ghost Riders, is the entertainment group that is touring the country…
It is time for another silly promotion again. The Lakewood BlueClaws will have an Octoberfest based promotion on August 31. A Brooklyn-based polka band will play the music during this night. The first 1,500 fans will receive a BlueClaws stein (beer mug). Furthermore big pretzels will be sold for “only” $4.00. The BlueClaws will organize…
The Brooklyn Cyclones will have another promotional night with which they will wear specialized jerseys and hats. Tonight’s theme will be Ren and Stimpy, the 90s cartoon of Nickelodeon. As far as I can remember it, the cartoon was rather gross at times. The Ren and Stimpy jersey will feature the face of Stimpy with…
