Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Lookouts to celebrate Wellman's tirade

The Chattanooga Lookouts are giving away free rosin bags and will have daily rosin-bag tosses during next week's home series with the Mississippi Braves to celebrate Braves manager Phillip Wellman's much-publicized June 1 tantrum.

I guess the Southern League doesn't have to give permission for any of this. Great idea, though.

Each night, the Lookouts will haul out a Wellman mannequin and allow fans -- trench crawl encouraged -- to take aim with a rosin bag from 70 feet away. They'll give $50 each night to the fan who comes closest to the mannequin without hitting it.

What are the chances that Brent Rice, Jeff Latter and Rusty Barrett, the umpires involved that night, will draw next week's series?

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