These are the best ballpark promos in July
Welcome to Promo Preview, a monthly roundup of Minor League Baseball promotions to look forward to. Incendiary Independence Day ballpark spectacles are now in the rearview mirror, but July has plenty more in store. Highlights include meaty aromas, computer-generated jerseys and taking it easy on the water. Jump in.
These are the best June ballpark promos
Welcome to Promo Preview, a monthly round-up of Minor League Baseball promotions to look forward to. June highlights include iconic socks, bipedal cows, regional food battles and, of course, much more. Dive in.
These are the best May ballpark promos
Welcome to Promo Preview, a monthly compendium of Minor League Baseball promotions to look forward to. May's highlights include nonagenarian icons, Mardi Gras sweets, reinterpretations of local disasters and, of course, much more. Let's get to it.
Let's get weird: Promos to look forward to in '22
What are Minor League Baseball promotions? Within the confines of this article, they have nothing to do with a player's advancement from one level of play to the next. Rather, they are the smorgasbord of theme nights, giveaways and celebrity guests that provide fans with a little extra enticement to
Promo Preview: 'What Could Have Been'
Promo Preview, a roundup of top Minor League Baseball promotions, debuted in 2006 and has appeared on MiLB.com in various shapes and forms ever since. Today marks the debut of a wholly unprecedented iteration of this long-running column: the "What Could Have Been" edition. What follows is a full-to-bursting and
A puzzling development in Charleston
When it comes to what the Charleston RiverDogs have planned for April 26, you'll have to fill in the blanks. That Sunday, a 5:05 p.m. ET contest against the Augusta GreenJackets, will be Crossword Puzzle Night at the RiverDogs' home of Joseph P. Riley Jr. Ballpark. The Class A New York
Legends to become Royals with cheese
Start spreading the booze. On Wednesday, the Lexington Legends revealed their first-ever alternate food identity. From Aug. 13-15, the Class A Kansas City Royals affiliate will suit up as the Kentucky Beer Cheese at their home of Whitaker Bank Ballpark.
Coupe de 'Ville: Jumbo Shrimp ready to ride
This is the third article in a multi-part series detailing the evolution of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp's 2020 promotions schedule. To read the first installment, click here. For the second installment, click here. When MiLB.com last spoke with Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp promotions director David Ratz, he remarked that he had been "going
A season of remembrance in Oklahoma City
On April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City was changed forever.At 9:02 that morning, a truck packed with explosives was detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The Oklahoma City bombing, which claimed 168 lives, is the deadliest domestic terror attack in the history of the United States. At a news conference
When Minor League promos go wrong
If you work in a Minor League Baseball front office, then you are intimately acquainted with feelings of failure. Over the course of 70 home games per season, not everything will go as planned.When it comes to promotions, in particular, the awry is inevitable. Theme nights, giveaways, fireworks, celebrity guests