Baracklyn Cyclones Take the Field

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/23/sports/AP-BBM-Baracklyn-Cyclones.html?_r=1

Nearly an hour before the gates to KeySpan Park even opened Tuesday, the line stretched for two blocks down Surf Avenue, near the Coney Island boardwalk. Fans waited for the prized possession: a Barack Obama bobblehead.

For one night, the Class A Brooklyn Cyclones renamed themselves the Baracklyn Cyclones, in tribute to the new president. And tickets cost no more than $16, cheaper than nosebleed seats at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field.

Steve Fischer bought $5 seats when they were sold in January as an ''Economic Stimulus Package.'' With the bobbleheads going to only the first 2,500 fans at 7,500-capacity stadium, he wanted to be at the front of the line before the Cyclones played the Hudson Valley Renegades.

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In a promotion invented by Cyclones general manager Steve Cohen, some fans received free Band-Aids as part of ''Universal Health Care.'' People named Barack got in for free, anyone named McCain or Palin received free bleacher seats and plumbers named Joe got two free tickets. There was one plumber named Joe and a Barak Zahavy in the overflow crowd of 8,760, Cyclones spokesman Dave Campanaro said. The Hall of Fame even called, requesting a jersey, before Brooklyn's 7-3 victory.

[SoxFan]

1. I have a Barack Obama bobblehead, hockey version

The Manchester Monarchs (Los Angeles Kings minor league affiliate) had a giveaway last fall.