Justin Upton’s home run into the $1 million can doesn’t count due to a lame technicality

msn ^ | September 20, 2017

[SMGFan]

There is a giant paint can beyond the left-center-field wall at Angel Stadium that reads, "Angels home run in the can $1,000,000." On Tuesday, Angels outfielder Justin Upton did just that. He hit a towering solo homer into the can, but Sherwin Williams won't be paying $1 million. According to ESPN, Sherwin Williams will not be donating the $1 million to the Angels Baseball Foundation because Upton's 444-foot homer did not land in the can on the fly. It bounced, and apparently this technicality is a thing. The team confirmed as much to ESPN. Sherwin Williams can do what it wants with its money, and $1 million is a ton of money. But the sign did say, "Angels home run in the can." Upton hit a home run in the can. It didn't say, "Angels home run in the can on the fly."

[Teacher317]

They’re going to lose more than a million in bad PR

[csivils]

I made the shot! wife got the bear :) No clue how I manage to pull it off, but I acted like I had no doubt it would happen :)

[csivils]

Future wife... only knew her for a few weeks back then... 27 years ago.

[goosie]

If it is like the hole in one at golf tournaments, Sherwin Williams bought insurance to cover the cost.

[Dr. Sivana]

I found a carnival game I could beat... Whack-a-Mole. I went to it to win my then new bride a stuffed animal, and did. She wasn’t impressed. Although she is certainly glad I didn’t enter my other strong suit, food eating contests.

[KarlInOhio]

For most of these unlikely to happen promotions (like the purchase price refund from a furniture store if the Indians win 15 games in a row), the sponsor buys an insurance policy which likely specifies exactly what counts.

[Celerity]

So the whole thing is run by carnies ?

Games setup to be impossible to win, with huge stuffed animals dangling ever so teasingly?

[Hildy]

It’s like getting the ring on the bottl top at carnivals.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Amen!

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I guess when baseball fans decide to boycott Sherwin and his buddy Williams they’ll recant and bite the big one.

[maggief]

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/frazee-paint-tosses-1-million-home-run-challenge-to-los-angeles-angels-to-benefit-the-angels-baseball-foundation-253217361.html

Mar 31, 2014

LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Frazee Paint, a leading paint company serving customers in California, Arizona and Nevada, has challenged the Los Angeles Angels baseball team to help score a $1 million donation to benefit the Angels Baseball Foundation.

To celebrate its new sponsorship of the Angels 2014 baseball season, Frazee is placing a 10-foot-tall paint can in home run territory, and if an Angels player hits a home run that lands in the can on the fly, the company will make a $1 million donation to benefit the Foundation’s efforts to improve the lives of children in the community.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/18026860@N03/19883463760

Michael Kane

Home Run in the Can
Sherwin Williams has a great promotion just beyond the left field wall. If an Angel hits a home run that lands in the can on the fly, Frazee Paints (parent of Sherwin Williams) will donate one million dollars to the Angels Charitable Foundation.

Angels Stadium
July 26, 2015

[PAR35]

How to turn a good promotion into really bad PR. The stupidity is strong in the leadership of that company.

[Rebelbase]

The paint can is the size of a garbage dumpster.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

I’ll donate a million if an Angel home run lands inside Serena Williams can.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Free Tacos for U.S. If Mir Hits Floating Taco Bell Ocean Target - Taco Bell sets 40 by 40 foot target in South Pacific for Mir's Re-Entry

Press Release From: Taco Bell Corp.
Posted: Monday, March 19, 2001

Taco Bell is offering a free taco to everyone in the United States if the core of the Mir space station hits a floating Taco Bell target placed in the South Pacific.

Later this week, all eyes will be fixed on the sky in anticipation of the 150-ton space station's return to earth.

Taco Bell has created a 40 by 40-foot target, painted with a Bell bull's-eye and bold purple letters stating: ``Free Taco Here.'' The floating target will be placed in the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia in advance of Mir's descent.

``Taco Bell is capturing the imagination of millions of people as they eagerly await Mir's return to earth,'' said Chris Becker, vice president of brand communications, Taco Bell Corp. ``If Mir rings our bell, we will offer a free taco to everyone in the U.S.,'' added Becker.

If the core of Mir hits the designated Taco Bell target upon its re-entry, every person in the United States will have an opportunity to obtain a coupon for a free taco, valid at participating Taco Bell restaurants.

Coupon distribution, redemption and offer details will be made available to consumers on the Taco Bell Web site and in press materials should this event occur. Taco Bell has purchased an insurance policy to cover the anticipated cost of the free taco redemption should the core of Mir hit the target.

Mir is the biggest object ever to be brought back to Earth and its re-entry is considered one of the most extraordinary celestial events in history. The 15-year-old space station is expected to pass over Japan before plummeting into the South Pacific, where the Taco Bell floating target awaits its descent.

[trebb]

Stop taking Sherwin Williams’ money for advertising - they used a gimmick to get folks thinking higher of them then reneged.

[Sans-Culotte]

I think Sherwin Williams should pay the money when someone hits a home run into the can. Unfortunately, Justin Upton didn’t.