Minor League teams are always looking for creative ways to sell tickets, but on Sunday, the State College Spikes (a short-season A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals based in State College, PA) raised the bar in a serious way.
The Spikes pulled out all the stops for 'Fresh Prince' night, from themed jerseys...
To an appearance from Carlton himself, who threw out the first pitch:
Alfonso Ribeiro "Carlton Banks" of Fresh Prince fame tells @SCSpikes slugger Rowan Wick to hit a home run @Cardinals pic.twitter.com/R27svN1E0s
— Nabil K. Mark (@NabilKMark) June 29, 2014
With my dude "Carlton" from Fresh Prince of Bel Air for tonight's game! pic.twitter.com/OhIucmeSEx
— Cody Schumacher (@Cody_Schu12) June 29, 2014
The jerseys were auctioned off to the Children’s Miracle Network, so this was all for a good cause, too. The Spikes eventually won 5-0, but with such fly jerseys, we can't say we're surprised.
