A well-known rivalry has sparked a promotion night for the Boston Red Sox’s Triple-A team.
The Pawtucket Red Sox will host the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the New York Yankees Triple-A team, at McCoy Stadium in what’s being called “Evil Empire Weekend.”
The promotion stems from the Red Sox-Yankees brawl between Joe Kelly and Tyler Austin earlier this month at Fenway Park.
PawSox will host "Evil Empire Weekend" at McCoy Stadium on May 5 and 6. Any fans named Joe or Kelly will be admitted for free to the weekend's games, while any fans self-identifying as Tylers or Austins will be banned from the premises. #RivalryRenewed https://t.co/LQYnGQSzJ6 pic.twitter.com/XtllPNvgYz
— Pawtucket Red Sox (@PawSox) April 19, 2018
In an official press release from the PawSox, it states, “fans who confess to being named Aaron (Judge), Gary (Sanchez), Aroldis (Chapman), Didi (Gregorius), CC (Sabathia), Jacoby (Ellsbury), Masahiro (Tanaka), Giancarlo (or Mike) (Stanton) will be charged double the price of a regular ticket. All Yankee fans will, of course, be warmly welcomed.”
The series is set to take place on May 5th and 6th.
