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Ogling in Ogden? Dodgers' minor league team cancels degrading 'Hourglass Appreciation Night'

Apparently, the person who put together the Rookie League Ogden Raptors’ promotional schedule is a time traveler from the 1950s. It’s really the only viable explanation for a special night the team had planned that makes sense only if you lived in a less-enlightened time.

The Raptors, a minor league team of the Dodgers, announced over the weekend that in August they would have “Hourglass Appreciation Night.” And they weren’t talking about the adornments that use sand to keep track of time. They were talking about women.

From their news release:

“The home team hosts the Billings Mustangs, but the real thoroughbreds will join Raptors broadcaster A.