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October 24, 2006
Extra!
The Star’s got all your news right here, pal: “No free tacos for Canadian baseball fans.” This article was written by a computer, an ESL student, or someone in an extreme hurry:
Taco Bell, the U.S. fast-food-chain that serves Mexican morsels, is promising a free, seasoned, beef crunchy taco to everyone in America if either a Detroit Tiger or a St. Louis Cardinal hits a home run into the left-field or centre-field stands during tonight's World Series Game Three.
As Canada is not part of the United States of America, Canadian baseball fans won't be able to collect if someone happens to hit such a homer.
There are even graver implications:
While Taco Bell has already scored big with free publicity, the corporation has seen similar promotions in basketball go woefully wrong.
The Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association were accused of running up the score in a 2001 game after the taco-maker promised fans coupons for 99 cent chalupas if Dallas scored 100 points in a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
A shoving match broke out when Cleveland players objected to the Mavericks’ hunger for points and their fans' hunger for free Mexican food.
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Pizza Pizza offers free slices to fans attending the game any time the Toronto Raptors score more than 100 points.
Unlike the United States of America, there is never any trouble in Canada.
Well, not since 1812 anyway.
Posted by Chris Selley at October 24, 2006 07:37 PM
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