This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’ – 2018 Season Preview

MiLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions for the 2018 season in affiliated ball, including promos across the minor-league landscape celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Sandlot movie, four teams giving NASA some love, and five teams taking on temporary names to pay tribute to popular regional food items.  Read more here.

“The Beast” bobblehead on Aug. 20, Richmond Flying Squirrels

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

Filling in for Benjamin Hill, MiLB.com contributor Tyler Maun takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of September 2 – September 8, including “Football Kickoff Night” with “Deflated Football Giveaway” (Trenton Thunder), “Roaring ’20s Night” (Hickory Crawdads), and “Pedro Fedora Giveaway” (Jacksonville Suns).  Read more here.

Football Kickoff Night, Trenton Thunder Facebook photo

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

Filling in for Benjamin Hill, MiLB.com contributor Tyler Maun takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of August 19 – August 25, including “Awkward Family Photo Night” (Fresno Grizzlies), the “Taco Truck Throwdown” (Inland Empire 66ers), and “Breast Cancer Awareness Night” with “Bobble Boobs” giveaway (Charleston RiverDogs).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

Filling in for Benjamin Hill, MiLB.com contributor Tyler Maun takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of August 12 – August 18, including a tribute to the Indianapolis Clowns (Indianapolis Indians), “AHHH-nold Night” with Arnold Schwarzenegger bobble bicep giveaway (Lake Elsinore Storm), and “Oil Field Weekend” with crude-splattered jerseys (Midland RockHounds).  Read more here.

 

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

Filling in for Benjamin Hill, MiLB.com contributor Tyler Maun takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of July 29 – August 4, including an appearance by Punxsutawney Phil with Groundhog Day clips and bobblehead giveaway (Altoona Curve), “Pirate Night” with eye patch world record attempt (Tri-City ValleyCats), “Back Hair Appreciation Day” (Bowie Baysox).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

Filling in for Benjamin Hill, MiLB.com contributor Tyler Maun takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of July 22 – July 28, including a tribute to historic Civic Stadium (Eugene Emeralds) recently burned to the ground by fire, “Dukes Retro Night” (Albuquerque Isotopes), and “Forget Your Ex Night” (Lake Elsinore Storm).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

MiLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of July 8 – June 14, including the “Post-Game Stunt Spectacular” with stuntman Ted Batchelor running the bases on fire (Norfolk Tides), “Grateful Dead Night” with tie-dyed team jerseys (Tennessee Smokies), and a throwback “Reno Silver Sox Weekend” with jersey giveaway (Reno Aces).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

MiLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of July 1 – June 7, including “Salute to Seinfeld Night II” with Little Jerry bobblehead giveaway and Kenny Bania appearance (Brooklyn Cyclones), “Swinging Teddy Bobblehead Giveaway’ (Frisco RoughRiders), and “A Night in the Neighborhood” with special Mister Rogers’  cardigan sweater-inspired jerseys (Altoona Curve).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

MiLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of June 24 – June 30, including “Zombie Apocalypse Night” (Inland Empire 66ers), “Halfway to Christmas Night” with Mike Trout snow globe giveaway (Cedar Rapids Kernels), and “A Salute to American Muscle Military Appreciation Night” with Albert Belle Bobble Bicep giveaway (Akron RubberDucks).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

MiLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of June 17 – June 23, including rival-smacking “Grumpy Cat Night #Wackramento” (Fresno Grizzlies), Willie Nelson bobblehead giveaway (Round Rock Express), “Game Show Night” with Pat Sajak bobblehead giveaway (Frederick Keys), and “Caddyshack Night” featuring Danny Noonan.  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

MiLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of June 10 – June 16, including “Full House Night” with themed jerseys (Frisco RoughRiders), “Live from Fort Wayne, It’s Saturday Night!” tribute with (more) cowbell giveaway (Fort Wayne TinCaps), and “Kids Take Over the Ballpark Day” (Salem Red Sox).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

Filling in for MiLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill, MiLB.com contributor Ashley Marshall takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of June 3 – June 9, including “Social Media Night” (West Michigan Whitecaps), the transformation of Chukchansi Park into “Jurassic Ballpark” (Fresno Grizzlies), and a tribute to the Myrtle Beach Hurricanes (Myrtle Beach Pelicans).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of May 27 – June 2, including the 20th annual “Rickwood Classic” at Rickwood Field (Birmingham Barons), “Bromance Night” (Charleston RiverDogs), and “LEGO Night Is Awesome” with special jerseys (Fort Wayne TinCaps).  Read more here.

Tomorrow, everything will be awesome at @TinCaps' LEGO Night. That and more in Promo Preview: http://t.co/pkSfKxolcf pic.twitter.com/mAK94D8XkP

— MiLB.com (@MiLB) May 28, 2015

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of May 20 – May 26, including “David Letterman Appreciation Night” (Lakewood BlueClaws), “Redneck Night IV” (West Virginia Power), and “Star Wars Night” with CHAMP-Vader BobbleWaist giveaway (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of May 13 – May 19, including the “1K Beer Run” (Bowie Baysox), a total raising of the “Star Wars Night” bar with C-3PO-themed jerseys…er…FULL BLOWN UNIS! (Durham Bulls), and the “Negro Leagues Tribute” game (Charlotte Knights).  Read more here.

This Week’s ‘Promo Preview’

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of May 6 – May 12, including “Fan vs. Food” and “Throw Back the Clock Night” with Hickory Rebels jerseys (Hickory Crawdads), “Mother’s Day/Wine Stopper Giveaway” (Richmond Flying Squirrels), and “Star Wars Night” with Han Solo frozen in carbonite jerseys (Lehigh Valley IronPigs).  Read more here.

This Weeks ‘Promo Preview’

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of April 28 – May 5, including “Total Sci-Fi Night” (Mississippi Braves), “Night of Man/Prostate Cancer Awareness Night” (Charleston RiverDogs), and Cinco de Mayo “Sombrero Giveaway” (Trenton Thunder). Read more here.

Get a look at the @mbraves #StarWars Night jerseys over on Instagram. They're coming this Saturday! pic.twitter.com/itQ1FqTK7B

— Minor League Promos (@MiLBPromos) April 28, 2015

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Ashley “Ash” Marshall (What, no Benjamin Hill?) takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of April 21 – April 27, including a Beanie Beard giveaway (Salt Lake Bees), a Space Jam Bill Murray Tune Squad jersey giveaway (Charleston RiverDogs), and Brian Williams-inspired “Pants on Fire” night (Akron RubberDucks).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of August 27 – September 2, including “Weird Al(toona) Night” (Altoona Curve), “Live from Richmond…it’s Saturday Night!” (Richmond Flying Squirrels), and a “Reversible (Lakers and Clippers) Basketball Jersey Giveaway” (Lancaster JetHawks).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of August 20 – August 26, including “Hunger Games Night” (Mahoning Valley Scrappers), “The InstaGrammys” (Durham Bulls), and “Frogstock 2014” (Everett AquaSox).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of August 13 – August 19, including a sasquatch-like “Jason ‘The Wolf’ Werth” bobblehead giveaway (Potomac Nationals), Clinton Pilots throwback night with Jim Leyland appearance (Clinton LumberKings), and “Oops! I Stepped on a Duck Night” with whoopee cushion giveaway.  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of August 6 – August 12, including “Middle Child Day” (numerous teams), a loaded “80s Night” (Dunedin Blue Jays), “What If? Night” with Trolley Frogs jerseys (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders), and a “Toledo Crawfords Negro League Tribute” with throwback jerseys (Toledo Mud Hens).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of July 30 – August 5, including theme jerseys galore (Brooklyn Cyclones, Fresno Grizzlies, El Paso Chihuahuas, and West Michigan Whitecaps), “Cleveland Sports History and Major League Night” with Jobu bobblehead giveaway (Lake County Captains), and a home plate-shaped door mat giveaway (Reading Fightin Phils).  Read more here.

Lake County Captains Jobu bobble doll giveaway. In the movie Major League, Jobu is the spiritual leader of Cleveland Indians outfielder Pedro Cerrano.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of July 23 – July 29, including “Clunker Boat Night” (Arkansas Travelers), a decade-by-decade “20th Century Rewind Night” celebration (Fort Wayne TinCaps), and a kinky “50 Shades of Holly [the mascot] Thumbcuff Giveaway” for those 18 and older (Orem Owlz).  Read more here.

Here is an example of thumbcuffs, but we’re not exactly sure what the Owlz’s “50 Shades” version will look like

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of July 16 – July 22, including a “Christmas in July” day-night doubleheader with the team sporting Elf-themed jerseys in the first game and Santa-themed jerseys in the second game (Toledo Mud Hens), “Twilight Zone Tribute Night” with a salute to local legend Rod Serling, and the annual “Float to the Ballpark” promo (Missoula Osprey).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of July 9 – July 15, including celebrating the 35th annivesary of the Chicago White Sox’s “Disco Demolition Night” (Fort Myers Miracle and New Orleans Zephyrs), “Zombie Night” featuring Vincent Ward from The Walking Dead and special player jerseys (Altoona Curve), and “Cardboard Fort Night” (Hudson Valley Renegades).  Read more here.

Disco Resurrection Night, New Orleans Zephyrs graphic

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of July 2 – July 8, including “Seinfeld 25th Anniversary Celebration” with Keith Hernandez “Magic Loogie” bobblehead giveaway (Brooklyn Cyclones), Harold Ramis Ghostbusters bobblehead giveaway (Charleston RiverDogs), and Kevin “Bacon Bash” (Hickory Crawdads).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of June 25 – July 1, including “Halfway to Christmas” with the ugliest Christmas sweater jerseys in baseball (Williamsport Crosscutters), “Batman and Robin Night” with Burt Ward appearance (Rochester Red Wings), and Alfonso “Carlton Banks” Ribeiro appearance with “Fresh Prince” jerseys (State College Spikes).  Read more here.

June 25 game rained out, ugly Christmas sweater jersey auction moved to Aug. 2

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of June 11 – June 17, including “Zombie Apocalypse Night” with blood-spattered jerseys (Inland Empire 66ers), “Jayson Werth Beard-a-Palooza Weekend” (Potomac Nationals), and Opening Night with (rock band) Rush-themed fireworks show (Mahoning Valley Scrappers).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of June 4 – June 10, including “Tribute to Memphis, Egypt Night” with Egyptian-themed jerseys (Memphis Redbirds), “(Jackie Robinson) Ballpark 100th Birthday Celebration” (Daytona Cubs), and returning “Thunder Chickens (what could have been) Night” (Northwest Arkansas Naturals).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of May 28 – June 3, including “Halloween Night” with (very painful but fun) Jack-O-Lantern jerseys (New Britain Rock Cats), “Journalism Day” (Akron RubberDucks), and “Ghostbusters Night” (Toledo Mud Hens).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of May 21 – May 27, including “Wild Game Night” with unique foods and hunter orange cap giveaway (Delmarva Shorebirds), “Re-Opening Night” (Charleston RiverDogs), and “Boardwalk Empire Prohibition Night” with Roaring 20s-style “speakeasies” around the ballpark (Syracuse Chiefs).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of May 14 – May 20, including “Charity Big Gloves Boxing Throwdown” (Richmond Flying Squirrels), “GEEKend” weekend (Lake Elsinore Storm), and “Turn Back the Clock (to 1939) Night” (Salem Red Sox).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of May 7 – May 13, including “10 Years Since the Friends Finale Celebration” (Binghamton Mets), the “Save Second Base” t-shirt giveaway for Mother’s Day and Susan G. Komen (Richmond Flying Squirrels), and “Women in Baseball Night” with Sharon Hargrove bobblehead giveaway (Akron RubberDucks).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of April 30 – May 6, including a pretty funny Rancho Cucamonga Quakes-branded toilet paper giveaway (Inland Empire 66ers), a Kentucky Derby-inspired “Mint Julep Glass Giveaway” (Bowling Green Hot Rods), and “1K Beer Run” race (Bowie Baysox).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of April 23 – April 29, including  a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates World Series championship with replica ring giveaway (West Virginia Power), the 20th anniversary of the Dumb and Dumber movie “Ineptitude Summit” (Richmond Flying Squirrels), and a Brian Wilson BobbleBEARD giveaway (Rancho Cucamonga Quakes).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of April 16 – April 22, including “Pi(e) Night” and “Bellies and Baseball” (Bowie Baysox), (poking fun at) John “Travolta Tribute Night” (Myrtle Beach Pelicans), and “Gilligan’s Island Night” (Binghamton Mets).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of April 9 – April 15, including “Too Big to Fail Night” with Titanic iceberg giveaway (Richmond Flying Squirrels), “Brooks Robinson 1956 Missions Replica Jersey” giveaway (San Antonio Missions), and “Pop vs. Soda Night” (Akron RubberDucks).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of August 28 – September 3, including “Italian Night” (San Jose Giants), a New England-inspired (we think?) “Wicked Awesome Fan Appreciation Night” (Quad Cities River Bandits), the last game ever (Tucson Padres), and saying goodbye to Knights Stadium (Charlotte Knights).  Read more here.

This Week’s Promo Preview

MLB.com reporter Benjamin Hill takes a look at the upcoming best promotions in affiliated ball for the week of August 21 – August 27, including “Prostate Cancer Awareness Night” with foam finger giveaway (Lehigh Valley IronPigs), a re-creation of the adventures in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off  (Huntsville Stars), and a Cole Hamels and Carlos Ruiz salt & pepper shakers giveaway (Reading Fightin Phils).  Read more here.

Reading Fightin Phils Facebook photo