Promotions at ballparks are nothing new, whether for cars or hot dogs or beer -- Miller Brewing Company has its own park, after all, and Wrigley Field, well, let's not get into it. The Reds have recently launched their own kooky(!) promotion: If a player hits the Toyota Tundra in center field, a lucky fan wins the Toyota. Only after some digging by Rick (who writes as boobs at Red Reporter, and who, it should be noted, is a friend), did the hilarious fallacy behind the Tundra come undone. As he emailed: the reds started a promotion where they put a truck in the outfield, and if a red hits it during a game, a "lucky fan" wins it. the problem is they put it on top of an elevator shaft and it's totally unreachable. I e-mailed Greg Rybarczyk at hittrackeronline and he got back with me after doing the math and said, basically, that its impossible to hit by any person other than A-Rod or Wily Mo Pena, and even then it would have to be wind-aided (to the effect that only one major league home run was hit last year) and still be lucky enough to go there. Actually, what he said was, "It might as well be on the moon."According to Rybarcyzk, the truck is 502 feet from home plate and about 60 feet above ground level, meaning it will require one of the more towering, steroids-laden drives in the history of everything to win that damn Tundra. That itself wouldn't be such a big deal, except to Reds fans who are stuck seeing that big platform in the outfield (see here for a photo of the eyesore), it probably seems like disingenuous capitalism at its worst.
Still ... Adam Dunn could hit it. Maybe?
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Actually, Greg said it would be impossible for any lefty to get it there (it's just left of center). So no, Adam Dunn could not hit it.
Thanks, Eamonn. I'll update my post when I come back to link here. -Rick
Posted at 2:59PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Rick
2. The Royals have had a promotion like this for a few years now with some automaker. It has never been hit either. I wonder if it is as impossible as the one in Cincy? I believe that I have seen one or two that have come decently close.
Posted at 3:40PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Joe
3. Hell, Bronson Arroyo could hit it if Glendon Rusch is pitching.
Posted at 4:16PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Ben
4. If it was hit could this tumble bug be traded for a real truck
Posted at 6:19PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Patrick
5. The Royals have had a Ford truck parked on the grassy hill in left field for ever and it is most definitely hittable. The closest I've seen was A-Rod in '03 with the Rangers - his bomb landed parallel with the truck just about three feet to the left.
Posted at 12:22PM on Mar 28th 2008 by Eggman