As my screen name makes perfectly obvious, I am a baseball fan. My family and I are boosters for the local College baseball team (Go Huskers!!!)and have season tickets for the local minor league team as well. All told, not counting our son's Little League games, we go to between 70-100 games a year.
Today I took a stroll over to the website for the Lincoln Saltdogs to check out the home schedule and find out this season's promotions. This is our 5th year as a member of the Northern League (same league as the St. Paul Saints which some of you may have heard of) and in the past we've had some really good give-aways and entertainment. The San Diego Chicken is a real crowd favorite.
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To my surprise and dismay, one of our promotions is a "Faith & Family Night" complete with a Christian A cappella group! I mean c'mon!
What's next? I am seriously pissed off about this. If I wanted to go to Church, I would go. I go to baseball to kick back on a summer evening, drink a beer, yell, cheer, heckle, and just generally have a good time.
And what about those of us with "other" faiths or no faith at all? What would be wrong with just a plain ol' "Family Night" with prizes and food specials for the kids? What does faith have to do with baseball besides the faith that "this could be the year..."?
I would love to complain but it's not possible because of a business relationship...to tell you more would give me away.
I'm really upset about this. Needless to say, I will not be attending the game that night. I have a feeling that the vast majority of our fans who never check the schedule in advance are going to be in for a surprise.
Am I upset over nothing?