Astros fans: Please explain this

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1:58p, 2/15/07

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2:03p, 2/15/07

have you never seen a Chick-Fil-A add campaign?

Chicken is considered fowl, and they're playing off the similar sounds but different spellings of "foul" and "fowl". And it's the foul pole at Minute Maid Park.

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2:03p, 2/15/07

I understand that, genius. I am referring to the fact that it looks extremely gay.

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2:08p, 2/15/07

Not a whole lot we can do about Drayton trying to earn money. I guess if we dislike the campaign we could stop eating at Chick-Fil-A .

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2:10p, 2/15/07

Is there at least a tie in? Something like, if an Astro hits the "fowl" pole everyone gets free nuggets.

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2:13p, 2/15/07

Nevermind, this explains it.

http://www.cfahouston.com/events_astros.php

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2:14p, 2/15/07

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The "fowl" poles serve as a special target for the Houston Astros. If an Astros player hits a ball that touches any portion of either pole, Chick-fil-A will give free chicken sandwiches to every fan in attendance for that game! Fans will be able to redeem their game tickets the following business day at any of the 37 greater Houston-area Chick-fil-A restaurants.

This is almost as cool as a dot race.

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2:34p, 2/15/07

sweet!!

plus they should sponsor, $1 chicken sandwich days, not that I need any excuse to go to the ballpark

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3:20p, 2/15/07

Its a FAIR pole....GGGGRRRR.

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3:27p, 2/15/07

stupid mormon owners of chik fil a are ruining our kids grammar skills by thinking its "cute" to misspell common words

and that thing looks like it belongs in a circus

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3:38p, 2/15/07

Next there will be UnderArmor adds in the ivy at Wrigley.

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3:53p, 2/15/07

The UA ads at Wrigley suck balls, but they are nowhere near as gay as this ****.

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3:53p, 2/15/07

Speaking of Wrigley, the people in power have decided to put up 2 ads on the outfield wall. The first time in the clubs history that an ad will be on Wrigley Field's wall. Whats next?

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3:54p, 2/15/07

Sure beats them damn cows

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4:03p, 2/15/07

It's better than the damn bell at the ballpark now....Good lord could ameriquest have picked a more annoying prop to add....

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4:08p, 2/15/07

how did you think we paid for Carlos Lee?!

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4:09p, 2/15/07

First Moral Victory of the season for Cubs fans and Spring Training games haven't even started yet.

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4:13p, 2/15/07

In other news, chic-fil-a's agreement helped get enough money to pay for Carlos Lee... but Andy Pettite and Roger Clemens could not be afforded...

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4:15p, 2/15/07

The only reason they got Carlos Lee is because with this deal he gets free Chicken Sandwiches.

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5:04p, 2/15/07

Gotta love them 'stros.

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5:36p, 2/15/07

hey, I'm still just thankful for an open air stadium (you know what I mean)

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5:46p, 2/15/07

Indeed very ironic.

This thread pops up about the Astros in-stadium ads, when the Cubs have decided to puts ads in with the outifeld ivy at Wrigley (for the first time).

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5:53p, 2/15/07

I saw that Chick-Fil-A crap at the Minute Maid Classic.

Are they getting advertising advice from Tech?

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5:56p, 2/15/07

We really need to get some of those at Olsen.

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8:10p, 2/15/07

MMP is really a nice stadium, the one main complaint I have about it is the amount of advertising they have everywhere. It's ridiculous.

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8:29p, 2/15/07

It's all about the the money, Old Style! Drayton is not particular when it comes to selling space and sponsorships to make a profit from owning a baseball team.
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11:53p, 2/15/07

Whew, I thought this was a dig at their Central Division rivals... :-).

Gig 'em Cardinals.

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1:27a, 2/16/07

This campaign is at least a little more realistic than the bullseye at the top of each foul pole. I think if you hit the bullseye you won a hummer, but there was no way it was ever going to happen. At least the Chick-Fil-A promotion gives me hope...

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1:48a, 2/16/07

Wow! An Astro will hit one of the foul poles, what...MAYBE 3 times in a year?? Stupid promotion...

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8:59a, 2/16/07

shut up bush brows...thats the point of a promotion like that, you think a business wants to give away free sandwiches every night? A business who promotes a "Hit a single and we give away free sandwiches" wouldn't last the season.

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8:19p, 2/16/07

its more realstic than the one they had before, where if u hit the small target on the top of the foul pole, i think one person would win a hummer

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10:11p, 2/16/07

photoshop

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10:37p, 2/16/07

quote:
photoshop

Not quite. Those are the real deal. They sponsorship started last year, but they screwed up the graphics. The wording barely filled half of the pole. So, they re-worked the graphics so they would be more visible on TV.

In case you haven't noticed, CFA is starting to really up their advertising in the Houston market. 37 stores right now, but there will probably be 20+ new stores coming up in the next 10 years.