What's the weirdest stadium give-away ever?

[Initech]

I was at Angels Stadium last night and they were giving out free Erstad "Bobble-head" dolls. But the weirdest free promotion ever was free Angels shower curtains.

[tridim]

1. Lotion day

Oh wait, that was on the Simpsons.

[yankeedem]

2. Not as obtuse as shower curtains, but this is one of my favorites

Celebriducks

My favorite stadium giveaway stories is when they gave out Reggie bars at the stadium in 1978. Reggie went deep and when he got back to the field, about 20,000 of them were raining down from the stands.

[jmowreader]

10. Well, that's New York for ya

If Ross Johnson would have named the Reggie! bar after ANYONE else he would have had a (pardon the pun) hit on his hands. The candy bar tasted good, but he named it after Reggie Fucking Jackson, the man who brings a whole new meaning to the expression "total asshole."

If it was named after Catfish Hunter or Willie Stargell, people would be buying them today.

[micrometer_50]

18. I don't think a candy bar

called CATFISH would sell very well.

[kedrys]

3. Anal Probe Night

Oh wait - that was in BASEketball. :P

[Initech]

11. Heh, I just saw that movie the other day.

Not as funny as Trey Parker and Matt Stone's other movie, Team America, but it is pretty damn funny.

[evlbstrd]

4. Our baseball mascot

shoots hot dogs into the crowd.

[maveric]

5. When "Goose" Gossage played for the Padres, they had "Goose Honker"

night where they gave away these obnoxious sounding honking noisemakes. The noise was so bad in Qualcomm stadium that they never gave away anything considered a noisemaker again.

[Initech]

12. 2002 World Series

They gave away these "Thudersticks" which are basically giant plastic dildos. Man, the next day after the game, I could not hear because of those damn things.

[maveric]

20. Those came from Anaheim I beleive? Real fans dont need those.

What a dumb concept!

[Initech]

25. It was.

And they should have thought of a better shape. Really, they did look like giant sex toys.

[leftofthedial]

6. handguns

and fifty-cent whiskey shots


(old baseball joke)

[bertha katzenengel]

7. Many years ago - 15? 20? - the Angels gave caps on opening day

and they were of the "trucker" variety, with the mesh in back and the foam rubber up front. They were neon lime green with a white "Angels" painted on the front.

Not the weirdest but definitely the number one worst Angels' giveaway in their history. :eyes:

Maybe the weirdest in baseball came on whoopee cushion night at Prince George's County Stadium in Bowie, MD. At a Bowie Baysox (Orioles' AA) game they gave away whoopee cushions, then set a world record for simultaneous, uh, "whoopee-ing." :rofl:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

8. Really, one of the most tragic things I've ever seen

Years ago, at Yankee Stadium, the mayor came out before the game started to make a speech, standing before the microphones at home plate. It was someone's Day - I don't remember which player.

Unfortunately, it was also Frisbee Day .................

[gollygee]

9. I was going to say giving out hockey pucks at a hockey game

I've seen that happen with unpleasant results.

[stopbush]

13. I was in Cleveland (at the old stadium) one night when they coupled

"Free Bat Night" (full-sized, Indian-red bats, mind you) and "Nickle-beer" night.

Do you have a visual yet?

[sasquatch]

17. LOL!!!!

:rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl:

[maveric]

14. Do you shudder when you hear "Bat Day at Yankee Stadium"?

I do!

[sasquatch]

15. Nickel Beer night, Cleveland, Ohio; 1970's

They had to cancel the game because the crowd was too wild after the Indians tied the game up against the Brewers.

[Initech]

19. I wish we had nickel beer night!

Beers at Angels Stadium are $6.50 for the bad beers and $7.00 for the good ones.

[frylock]

21. no drinking in the parking lot either..

I was nearly ticketed at the first inter-league matchup between the Angels and Padres. I had to do some fast talking to explain why I was walking to will call with an open container.

BTW.. that's the same price for beer at Petco.

[KurtNYC]

16. Mayor Bloomberg wants to give away a stadium to the Jets

The ugliest and most expensive stadium ever proposed. ;-)

[Blue-Jay]

22. Rotten Tomato Night at the park.

[LeftyMom]

23. cowbells

A couple of years ago Phil Jackson made some crack about Sacramento being a cow town. Next time the Lakers were in town he was greeted by thousands of cowbells in what was already the loudest arena in professional sports. Some were given away at the door and many people brought thier own.

The cowbells became local tradition, reaching thier apex when the Mavs were in town and had to hold thier timeout conferences on court because they couldn't hear each other over the screaming cowbell clanging fans behind thier bench. Mark Cuban (owner of the Mavs and an ego to rival Phil Jackson's) retaliated by giving those boom stick things out when the series moved to Dallas but, while loud, they're nowhere near as annoying as cowbells, not to mention way less creative.

(As an aside, nobody raises cattle out near Arco arena. Out there we grow rice paddies and subdivisions. Cattle are to the south toward Stockton.)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

24. Arlington, Texas/Rangers

Gave *Bush the whole stadium.