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Angels Fans World Record Wrestling Mask Attempt is Tuesday
A press release sent by the Angels media relations does not explain away the season ticket holders who will re-enter the stadium three and four times (that would be me) for extra masks without the commensurate heads to be wearing said masks when the record will be broken. I assume the Guinness...
Angels Announce Gname The Gnome
The Angels are at .500 after ten games. Vernon Wells is batting .091 and Alberto Callaspo is the big bopper in the lineup. But life must go on in the world of awesome fan giveaway promotions. Angels Just Sent Out an Important Press Release Announcement... The Angels announced today an online...
Padres Dog Tags for Kids Promotion cancelled, being replaced
I got confirmation yesterday from the Padres that they did indeed decide to cancel the kids dog tags promotion, in response to the small, but vocal group that basically protested any sort of promotion that tied kids to the military. Laura Broderick, Padres VP of Brand Development, basically said...
Giveaway Idea: Variable promotions based on attendance
Many years ago, I wrote a blog post suggesting things the Padres could do to boost attendance. I didn't want it to be a thing that required the team to make drastic changes to the team or the stadium. Looking back on it, the Padres have actually done a bunch of the things. Did attendance go up?...
Hideki Matsui and Angels Vie for Guinness Book
I got this press release from the Angels. You cannot make this stuff up. ANGELS TO ATTEMPT MATSUI GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ANAHEIM, CA - On Tuesday April 6, 2010, the Angels will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "largest gathering of people wearing fleece blankets." All fans in...
A Few Questions with Joe Posnanski About His Upcoming Book The Machine
Many Reds fans have been waiting anxiously for Joe Posnanski's latest book, The Machine, which arrives in your local bookstore on Wednesday, September 9th. For those of you who read Posnanski regularly, you understand what a great storyteller he is. If you aren't familiar with his work, I suggest...
Open Thread: Suggestion Box (Giveaways and Locations of JBox's whereabouts)
I dunno what happened to jbox. Should we send out a search party? Maybe he quit the blog. In any case, let's think of something to do, like together, as a group. My suggestion: Suggestions! Here's what I'm figuring. I haven't seen a finalized list of giveaways for next season's giveaway games....
Scouts Seat Contest: At least one person had a good Opening Day
Opening Day is now history and it was pretty much crap for every Reds fan out there. Except one. And this guy had a really good Opening Day. Really good. The roster shenanigans screwed several folks up in the contest. Only 5 out of 85 contestants had Jonny Gomes not making the roster....
Win a copy of The Machine in the 2009 Red Reporter Predictions Contest
A lot can happen over the course of a season. Players can have unexpectedly good years. Pitchers can suddenly forget how to throw strikes. An ill-timed slide can end a player's season in April. The season of baseball can be very hard to predict. But we try to do it anyway. The year, Red...
Ever Wanted to Sit in the Scout Seats at GABP? Here's Your Chance!
We've had a pretty good year so far here at Red Reporter, and as a way of saying thanks you the readers, we'd like to give you a prize, but you're going to have to earn it. What you'll win: Two scout seat tickets to the non-premium game (so not Cleveland Indians (May 22-24) or Chicago Cubs...
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