By Rob Stiller • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Baseball, Sports, Uncategorized
Even though a baseball game might not have been the right idea, there’s got to be a place this idea could be implemented on a regular basis, right? I mean, I would go (almost) anywhere if I could get beer for 10¢.
“Ten Cent Beer Night was an ill-fated promotion held by the American League’s Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium on June 4, 1974.
The idea behind the promotion was to offer as many eight-ounce (237 mL) cups of Stroh’s beer as the fans could drink for just 10¢ apiece, thus increasing ticket sales. However, the stunt also had the effect of slowly turning the calm and orderly baseball fans into a rowdy and raucous crowd devoid of inhibition. Ultimately, the game was forfeited to Texas on the orders of home plate umpire Nestor Chylak because of the crowd’s uncontrollable rowdiness, and because the game could not be resumed in a timely manner.”
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I’d go to a WNBA game for 10 cent beer.
Dude are you 12? Why on earth should you get a citation for something (”10 cent beer night”) that has its own wikipedia entry - a public entry that includes information that your blog post is a minor subset of? And is there some original thought within your blog that the ESPN author claimed to be his own in the article? You’re kidding with the whole “got this idea from my blog” and “didn’t even get a citation” thing, right? Or am I somehow missing something?
Clearly the only thing you are missing, my friend, is something better to do with your time.