Minor League Baseball team to have "Tom Cruise Night"!

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Posted: 6/22/06 at 3:46am

I absolutely love minor league baseball giveaways.

Next Friday night, the Lake Elsinore Storm in the California League (San Diego Padres High A Ball Affiliate) will be having "Tom Cruise Night".

The first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive a Tom Cruise Bobble Couch.

It looks like this:


The following is from their press release which I received via email:
For years, the bobblehead has been the definitive giveaway at ballparks across the country. On Friday, June 30th the Lake Elsinore Storm Minor League Baseball Team and Coca-Cola will introduce a whole new twist on the "bobble" theme with the Tom Cruise bobble-couch! Just when it seems like the whole world is against the Hollywood mega-star, Tom Cruise, the Lake Elsinore Storm offers their salute to Tom’s bizarre behavior and has planned an entire evening in his honor.

In addition to the bobble-couch giveaway to the first 1,500 fans, the Storm has planned several Tom Cruise themed events and activities throughout the night. In tribute to the recent
silent birth of TomKat baby Suri, there will be a completely “Silent Inning”, where no batters will be announced, no music played, and the fans will be encouraged to “be silent and make all physical movements slow and understandable”. Other planned activities will include a couch jumping contest, a Scientology information and sign-up booth, as well as a look back at Cruise’s career in film and tabloids.

The evening will end with a bang, literally. There will be a fabulous post-game fireworks show presented by Fireworks America to cap off the evening.

I am thinking of taking the long drive to Lake Elsinore to check out some of the upcoming prospects, get myself a Tom Cruise Bobble-Couch and take in the fireworks show.

Brilliant promotion!