In minor league baseball news, the Charlotte Stone Crabs (class A afflilate of the Tampa Bay Rays) play the Tampa Yankees Friday night, and in honor of the occasion, they planned a special promotion called "A-Rod Juice Box Night".
As part of the promotion, the first 500 fans to the park would receive a juice box with the following label:
The promotion was an obvious jab at embattled slugger Alex Rodriguez. However, the New York Yankees didn't take too kindly to it, and have apparently been successful in forcing the Stone Crabs to cancel the whole thing. Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times has the details:
H/T FTW.
#StoneCrabs poke fun at #Yankees star Alex Rodriguez with "A-Rod Juice Box Night" http://t.co/k0aShe1EWS pic.twitter.com/1qm42GCgQV
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) May 22, 2015
As part of the promotion, the first 500 fans to the park would receive a juice box with the following label:
"The Sports Drink - 100 % Juiced - Side Affects include: tainted records, inflated ego, omission from the Hall of Fame, and more!"
The promotion was an obvious jab at embattled slugger Alex Rodriguez. However, the New York Yankees didn't take too kindly to it, and have apparently been successful in forcing the Stone Crabs to cancel the whole thing. Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times has the details:
#Yankees have contacted MLB, #Rays and FSL about @StoneCrabs A-Rod Juice Box Night promotion, find it "in poor taste"
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) May 22, 2015
#Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo: "We have taken many steps in last few hours to get them to cease and desist."
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) May 22, 2015
Word is now that @StoneCrabs have canceled the A-Rod Juice Box Night promotion after #Yankees and #Rays objected, found it in poor taste
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) May 22, 2015
H/T FTW.
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