Friday, February 18, 2005

2005 Royals Promotions I'd Like to See

What brings the "casual" fan to the ballpark? Free stuff, of course! After perusing the Royals promotion schedule for the upcoming season, I came up with a handful of promotions that might be interesting:

Firearms Fridays
"Conceal and Carry" advocates get an opportunity to show their pride every Friday night at Kauffman Stadium.

"Kids Clean the Stadium" Sundays
In conjunction with "Kids Eat Free" Sundays, kids 14 and under get a free ticket to an upcoming home game if they collect 10 lbs of trash from the Kauffman Stadium stands. Since many kids like to collect hundreds of used plastic souvenir cups anyway, this should be a rousing success.

Saturday, April 16
Calvin Pickering Jersey/Tent Night
The first 20,000 fans will receive a "Big Pick" replica jersey that can also be converted into a 3-room tent.

Wednesday, June 15
Dodge-A-Dodge Night, sponsored by Dodge
Three lucky fans will be selected to use their agility and speed in dodging a 2005 Dodge Viper in the Kauffman Stadium outfield. Those that escape serious injury will be rewarded with a 2005 Dodge Neon.

Saturday, August 6
Military Appreciation Night
Camouflage baseballs will be used creating fielding hijinks not seen since the early 1900's. Add in randomly placed landmines in the outfield and hilarity ensues. (This could also help expedite the removal of some of the Royals' unskilled corner outfielders.)

Friday, September 9
20th Anniversary of the 1985 World Series Championship:
Don Denkinger Bobblehead Giveaway
The first 20,000 fans receive a bobblehead of the central figure in the Royals' World Series success: Umpire Don Denkinger, whose blown call helped keep the Royals alive.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I could sure use a new truck...but my abilities are rather limited lately. If you'll participate in the dodge-a Dodge fan night, I'll apply for the conceal and carry. I might be able to scare off those supposed fans that don't want a stadium built downtown for you.

Anonymous said...

Here I thought you should be a sports writer.....maybe you should be a comedian instead. ;)
Oh, wait...a lot of sports writers are also comedians & they don't even know it.