Top 10 wildest minor-league baseball promotions

Baseball season is right around the corner, and minor-league teams are starting to release their quirky promotional schedules for the upcoming season (Netflix and Chill, anyone?). Check out our list of some of the craziest minor-league promos in recent years.

The Dunedin Blue Jays, Class A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, held "Office Space Night" in August 2013. The evening inspired by the cult classic movie released in 1999 gave fans the opportunity to participate in a "flair" contest (15 pieces minimum), along with trivia contests with questions from the movie. Fans also received a discount for saying the word "stapler" at the box office. But the best part was when fans got the chance to take a baseball bat to a printer, just like in the movie.

In 2003, the Fort Myers Miracle, the Class A Advanced minor-league team for the Minnesota Twins, held a "George Constanza Night" -- inspired by the "Seinfeld" episode where Constanza did everything opposite for one day. In the episode, Constanza reversed his typical bad luck by doing the opposite and in the process landed a new girlfriend and a job with the New York Yankees. The Miracle did the opposite by wearing road uniforms, running the scoreboard from the ninth inning to the first inning, paying customers to park cars in the lots, switching the men's and women's restrooms and having players ask the fans for autographs.

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers, Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, held a brilliant giveaway in July of 2009. In conjunction with "All You Can Eat" night, the team gave away free liposuction from a local cosmetic surgeon.

The Fort Myers Miracle made the list once again with an oddball promotion from the 2007 season -- "Mike Tyson Ear Night." A decade after Mike Tyson bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear during their "Sound and the Fury" match, the Miracle celebrated the moment by giving away 1,000 plastic ears. Fans were able to bedazzle the ears to their liking at the "ear decorating stations," and could get inked up with Tyson-style facial tattoos. They also had a $4 "Beers and Ears" special, which included Natural Light beer and an elephant ear.

The New Britain Rock Cats, Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, held a speed dating night in the stands during a game in 2007. Eligible bachelors and bachelorettes changed seats every inning and documented their encounters on scorecards, which were sent to a dating company to set up possible second dates.

The Altoona Curve, Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, have had sevearl "Awful Night" promotions, which purposely give fans a terrible game experience. Sporks (fork, spoon combination) are handed out at the gates instead of the typical calendar or T-shirt and everyone is encouraged to wear awful clothes. The P.A. announcer consistently reads players' names incorrectly, and terrible music blares out of the ballpark speakers.

The Hudson Valley Renegades held a "Toilet Seat Cushion Night" in 2007 where the first 3,000 fans through the gates were given toilet seat cushions. The cushions did have a ballpark purpose as they doubled as a stadium seat. The promotional night was a follow-up to the team's plunger giveaway one year prior in 2006.

The Charleston RiverDogs, Class A affiliate of the New York Yankees, held a "Nobody Night" in 2002 when fans were purposefully locked out of the stadium until the fifth inning, therefore resulting in the official attendance being zero.

Jose Canseco played for several independent league teams after the end of his MLB career. The independent Fullerton Flyers in California gave away juice boxes to fans at the gates when the slugger came to town as a member of the Long Beach Armada.

As president of the Charleston RiverDogs, Mike Veeck has been known for delivering some of the best promotional nights in baseball at his team's ballpark, but his "Silent Night" in 2003 might take the cake. Already having recorded the lowest attendance record with "Nobody Night," the RiverDogs' "Silent Night" had talking and cheering forbidden until the fifth inning, with many fans creating signs to cheer and boo, along with several signs to signal the beer vendor along the aisle. Librarians replaced the ushers and golf marshals were on hand to hold "quiet please" signs.