Love those promotions

A great place to keep up with minor league baseball, including box scores that are updated every half inning, is www.milb.com

One if its weekly features is a preview of the upcoming promotions and giveaways at ball parks around the nation. Here's some good ones.

Rome (Ga.) Braves (June 23). Whistles will be distributed to all fans in an attempt to break the world record for simultaneous whistle blowing. I think the current record is held by the people who turned in Enron.

Lake Elsinore (Calif.) Storm (June 30). Tom Cruise Night. Maybe if you wear Ray Bans and jockey shorts, you get in for free.

Reading (Pa.) Phillies (June 30). Darren Daulton pint glass night. Interesting choice for a player who has racked up three DUI charges, according to www.wikipedia.com

Hagerstown (Md.) Suns (July 9). "World's Longest Slip and Slide." If they leave it in the basepath for the game, now that would be something.

Charleston (S.C.) RiverDogs (July 26). "Unorganized Cookie Monster Protest." Super Grover must be behind this one.

Buffalo (N.Y.) Bisons (Aug. 5). Appearance by Survivor's Rudy Boesch. I still can't believe he took his hand off that pole. He had the million in the bag.

Hickory (N.C.) Crawdads (Aug. 5). Soccer ball giveaway. Here kids, learn this sport instead.

Lowell (Mass.) Spinners (Aug. 19). Stopwatch giveaway. Twenty seconds! Twenty seconds! Automatic ball!

Columbus (Ohio) Clippers (Sept. 1). Appearance by Sgt. Slaughter and George "The Animal" Steele. I say the Sarge takes him.

Hagerstown (Md.) Suns (Sept. 2). "World's Largest Game of Duck-Duck-Goose." Tip: When you tag someone as goose, run back around in the opposite direction.