We Heart Minor League Baseball

It's no lie. Minor League Baseball's no-holds-barred approach to marketing via gimmickry promotions is a thing of beauty.

Our buddy Jim Baumbach at The Final Score points out the latest example by way of the Grand Prairie AirHogs.


From the Dallas Morning News:

On-field skits with Alex and Cynthia Rodriguez look-a-likes and Madonna's hits playing between innings were just a couple of ways a minor league team near A-Rod's former baseball home tried to cash in on tabloid fodder.

The Grand Prairie AirHogs, an independent team west of Dallas and a few miles from the home of the Texas Rangers, offered dollar tickets to fans wearing A-Rod jerseys or dressed as Madonna on Wednesday night.

Bravo.

A-Rod and the Material Girl?

NY Yankee Making Late-Night Visits to Madonna's Apartment

A source tells Us that the $28-million-a-year Rodriguez, 32, has made numerous solo nighttime visits to Madonna, 49, at her spacious home and would sneak out "as late as midnight." Says the source, "All the doormen are talking."

Rodriguez attended Madonna's April 30 NYC concert; the singer sat in his seats at a Yankees game on June 22 (it was the first time she ever was photographed at a Yankees game). Her son Rocco, 7, also sported Yankees gear on June 25 while playing in Central Park.

All the classic moves when you want to get into a woman's pants. Pretend her work is important, lavish her with gifts, pretend you like her little brat kid.

But taking Canseco's sloppy seconds AGAIN??? First he hits on his wife, now he goes after a former girlfriend.

Who is next Big Mac?