No minor league team does theme nights better than the Brooklyn Cyclones. Anyone with an appropriate respect for history remembers how their Seinfeld night last summer brought hope and joy to an entire nation. The New York Mets affiliate won’t rest, though, when it comes to injecting their professional baseball with ample amounts of nostalgia.
On June 24 they’ll celebrate Saved By The Bell in a way the show hasn’t been celebrated in, well, 36 hours.
What can fans expect at the Bayside-inspired jamboree?
A whole hell of a lot.
- Pre-game “Sprain” Dancing Competition
- A.C. Slater’s Sitting Backwards Musical Chairs
- I’m So Excited Fan Cam
- Mr. Tuttle’s Learner’s Permit On-Field Obstacle Course
- Screech Powers Chess Tournament on the Concourse Level
- Kiss Cam complete with the usual “WOOOOOOOOOOOW” sounds since our game will also be taped in front of a live studio audience
- Anyone named Johnny Dakota is banned from the ballpark because we “Say Nope to Dope”
- Oldest Cell Phone in the Ballpark Competition
- Friendship bracelet station on the concourse…singing “Friends Forever” will be optional.
- Zack Morris TIMEOUT Race Around the Bases – kids will race around the bases, but most stop in their tracks every time they hear TIMEOUT.
- After the game, fans with perms or wearing stonewashed jeans will be allowed to run the bases.
Hosting such an event is brilliant in its own right, but doing it in Brooklyn is even better. You can’t walk down the streets in the borough without being accosted by someone demanding to discuss Pete & Pete or GUTS. Everyone is DYING to remember their childhood and they’ll pay anything to share the experience with others.
Keep on doing you, Cyclones. It’s working.
Maybe next year you guys can do Snap Bracelet Night — if your insurance is up to snuff.
[H/T: Brooklyn Cyclones]