Rays minor-league team takes a dig at A-Rod with 'juice box night'

UPDATE: The promo has been canceled after the Yankees complained. We wrote about it in detail here.

ORIGINAL POST: The Charlotte Stone Crabs, the Single-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, have a ballpark promotion aimed right at one of baseball's biggest targets. They're doing a "juice box night" Friday that's a dig at Alex Rodriguez.

The first 500 fans through the gates get a free juice box like this:

Because you may not be able to read the label, it says:

The Stew hopes they've got a lot of ice in Charlotte, because these juice boxes are apparently filled with hot takes. Fans can also get a free ticket by bringing a piece of A-Rod merchandise to the game and donating it to Salvation Army. The Stone Crabs, btw, are the same team that did a Jameis Winston "Claw & Order" night last season.

It's also "free" beer night at the Stone Crabs game, in which a $15 ticket gets fans all-you-can-drink beer from the time the gates open until the end of the first inning.

So PEDs are horrible and earn you public ridicule, but binge-drinking is a good way to market baseball? Got it.

BLS H/N: Tampa Bay Times

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