Barons to Hold Bull Durham, Star WarsTM, Frank Thomas
Published on June 17, 2008 under Southern League (SL1)
Birmingham Barons News Release
HOOVER, Ala. - The Birmingham Barons announced Tuesday that they will be hosting theme tribute nights to both "Bull Durham" and "Star WarsTM" during the six-game homestand with the Jacksonville Suns that begins Tuesday night. The movie "Bull Durham", one of the most popular baseball movies of all time, was released on June 15, 1988. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Barons will feature a "Bull Durham Night" this Thursday, June 19. Clips from the movie will be played throughout the game, and the in-game contests will have a decidedly "Bull Durham" feel. Prizes could include candlesticks (because everyone knows that candlesticks make a lovely gift), shower shoes (without fungus, just like they are in "the show"), and lucky baseball gloves (that have had their hex removed by a live rooster).
Saturday, June 21, will be "Star WarsTM Night" at Regions Park, and "Star WarsTM" characters will be in attendance and available for pictures. The Barons' videoboard graphics will be redone with a "Star WarsTM" theme, and music from the movie will be played throughout the night.
Sandwiched between the two theme nights will be a Frank Thomas Bobblehead giveaway on Friday, June 20. The item will be given away to the first 1,000 adults that enter the gates that night. Thomas, a future Hall-of-Famer, played with the Barons for the first three-plus months of the 1990 season and hit .323 with 18 home runs and 71 runs batted in before being promoted to the Chicago White Sox.
For a game calendar, promotions schedule and ticket information, please call 205-988-3200, or visit www.barons.com
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