Minor League promotion goes horribly awry

Minor League Baseball games often include strange on-field contests done by fans. But one on Friday was more nuts than most.

The St. Paul Saints hosted the Iowa Cubs (Triple-A affiliates of the Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs, respectively) played on Friday. One of the promotions included a fan chipping oversized golf balls into a group of 10 buckets.

Three volunteers were working during this promotion. One was putting a new ball on the mat every time the participant hit a shot. The other three were standing behind the buckets. None of the three people, behind the buckets were completely shielded by them, though. For two of them, that wasn’t an issue.

For the other one, though, it was. One of the attempted chips was pulled slightly left. The volunteer in question was right in the line of fire.

More specifically, his midsection was right in the line of fire.

Now for the @Securian Moment of the Game… We at the Saints are nutty about golf pic.twitter.com/eSD2PNwdlf

— St. Paul Saints (@StPaulSaints) April 8, 2023

Baseball fans reacted to the painful sequence.

When your in-game entertainment crew needs to wear a protective cup. https://t.co/DRiWhXUb3V

— D.M. Fox (@DMFox705) April 8, 2023

https://t.co/a6RG8omn0Y pic.twitter.com/u5pZ2pNdIO

— Will Ojanen (@WillsWorldMN) April 8, 2023

There is a LOT to process here…

😂😂 https://t.co/alULNohyme

— Zack Gibson (@CoachZGibson) April 8, 2023

https://twitter.com/bryanswalley/status/1644513097485365249

We were also gifted with something we didn’t know we needed but now can’t live without, Jim Ross and Jerry The King Lawler calling the painful mishap.

Here it is with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler commentary. 😂😂😂 @JRsBBQ @JerryLawler pic.twitter.com/x6lH0oWBrj

— Chad Baker (@ChadBlue83) April 8, 2023

For the rest of the season, we’d suggest that the Saints find different ways to kill time on the field with some new promotional packages.

[St. Paul Saints]