Kids hurt in cash-drop promotion: just another day in minor-league baseball

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Marketing people who work in minor-league baseball enjoy smoking lots of crack, judging by some of the promotions they come up with. The Portland (Ore.) Beavers celebrated the Enron scandal with “Arthur Andersen Appreciation Night” (anyone named Arthur or Andersen got in free, and there was complimentary paper shredding). The Mahoning Valley Scrappers of Niles, Ohio, once held “Jim Traficant Night” in honor of the discraced Ohio congressman (anyone sporting a toupee got in free).

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