ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Call it Caturday within the Park.
A number of months earlier than the canine days of summer season are upon us, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs minor league baseball crew will maintain a cat-centric promotion at 6:30 p.m. April 27 at Coca Cola Park.
The occasion will characteristic the IronPigs altering their identify, no less than for this one recreation towards the Charlotte Knights, to the Cats.
The gamers will put on tabby-tastic jerseys and caps, making the IronPigs the best cats round.
Jerseys worn by IronPigs gamers then shall be auctioned. Players’ caps shall be entered right into a raffle sponsored by Floor & Décor, with proceeds benefiting the Lehigh Valley Humane Society.
The IronPigs additionally will invite native cat rescue organizations devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming cats all through the Lehigh Valley
Cat house owners are invited to deliver their leashed, harnessed or crated feline to the particular recreation and sing “Take Meow’t to the Ballgame!”
Have at all times gone to the dogs
The IronPigs have constantly honored dogs yearly at Coca-Cola Park, having held previous promotions resembling Corgis, IronMutts, IronWeiners, and IronPugs.
The time had come to present the cats their due.
“I realized we were dog-centric for years and how irresponsible it’s been to not recognize the thousands of cat-lovers we have in the Lehigh Valley. It was a catastrophe that needed to be fixed, and this was the purrrfect solution.”
IronPigs President Kurt Landes
“I realized we were dog-centric for years and how irresponsible it’s been to not recognize the thousands of cat-lovers we have in the Lehigh Valley,” IronPigs President Kurt Landes stated.
“It was a catastrophe that needed to be fixed, and this was the purrrfect solution.”
Caturday caps, jerseys, T-shirts and extra might be bought at shopironpigs.com and on the IronPigs clubhouse retailer at Coca Cola Park.
Game tickets are available now and might be bought at ironpigsbaseball.com or on the Provident Bank ticket workplace at Coca-Cola Park.
