Minor league baseball team will hold Kevin Bacon night at the ballpark

Posted by A. Isaac on May 24th, 2011 at 8:37 am

As we’ve mentioned many times before, minor league teams love to do stupid stunts to put butts in the seats. Chicken dances by drunken fans, sumo wrestling during the 7th inning, crazy food promotions and so on and so forth.

And now the Richmond Flying Squirrels are stepping it up a notch with their version of “Bacon Night”….starring Kevin Bacon. That’s right, the has-been actor of such acclaimed films as Footloose and my personal favorite, Hollowman will make an appearance at the park to throw out the first pitch.

“Kevin is a busy guy, so we’re thrilled that he was able to find time in his schedule to make an appearance on Tribute to Bacon Night,” said Flying Squirrels Vice President and COO Todd “Parney” Parnell. “Having him here will definitely add some extra sizzle to a night we were already planning to ham up.”

Glad Mr. Parnell has a sense of humor. On a side note, the best part of this whole Kevin Bacon night extravaganza is that fans have a chance to win a year-long supply of bacon. Hopefully whoever wins has their cardiologist on speed dial.

Bacon, bacon, bacon at The Diamond [Ballpark Digest] via [Fark]

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