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It might be better to just get another gerbil.
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Now that a lot of people have cellphones this is a possibility. Upon entering the stadium your ticket would be scanned to see if it was one of the few that had been randomly picked to win. If it was, and you had a cellphone, you'd leave your cellphone number at the gate and be given a phone number
in return. Then at any point in the game you could call one pitch, or play, and your team would have to throw the pitch or run the play. An even number of winning tickets would be given out, half for one team and half for the other. Maybe 6 pitches in baseball for a game or 2 plays in football. The coaches would hate this of course but the fans would probably love it, especially if their call proved to be a good one. Think of the bragging rights. "Did you see so-and-so just miss the curve I just threw him!" Or, "How about that 30 yard gain! Wow, that was my play all the way." Of course if the pitch got hit out of the park or the pass was intercepted you might not want to say anything.
(?) Blame it all on Bill Veeck
http://www.dickieth.../baseball/veeck.htm
The St. Louis Browns tried this in the 50s... [shapu, Jan 12 2005]
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The batter's been premixed. See link. |
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Of course, only St. Louisians know about that, and this is a modern twist. So [+] |
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