Indians pitcher Frank Herrmann may be on the disabled list, but he's managing to get himself in the news anyway, in a fun way.
Noting that the team's attendance has failed, so far, to keep up with their excellent performance on the field of late, Herrmann decided to execute his own "stimulus plan" to get at least two more people to the ballpark:
In doing, Herrmann unleashed the endless creativity of Ohio sports fans, and soon found himself overwhelmed with good responses:
Ultimately, through, a winner had to be selected:
After careful consideration it feels right to give the nod to last nights hero and @alwaysnextyear2 with "The Yanimal" 2 tix to 2nites game
— Frank Herrmann (@FrankHerrmann56) May 8, 2013
And Herrmann retweeted a few others that he said got "serious consideration". See Herrmann's Twitter timeline for the rest.
@frankherrmann56 Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night (Smith, Pestano, Perez). #tribenames
— Ryan C (@RyanInCLE) May 8, 2013
Then Indians President Mark Shapiro jumped in:
I’m going to add two pairs of #socialsuite tix for tomorrow’s noon game…keep it clean + creative!
— Mark Shapiro (@MarkShapiro) May 8, 2013
And got some pretty good responses himself...
Great #TribeNames! Winners: @schwartzy26 "Obi-Yan-Kenobi" + @yelimyosef Mark "Hit me w/ a pitch& I'll crush a 460' HR my next AB" Reynolds
— Mark Shapiro (@MarkShapiro) May 9, 2013
Some great stuff from the Indians organization, all that much better for being spontaneous.
