I think it is very bad publicity for companies to welsh on paying on such things.
Oh, Sherwin Williams will wind up donating.....and somebody there is going to be fired.
Very bad PR for Sherwin-Williams.
It was a home run, and it is in the can. Done.
It bounced in, seems fair to say it has to go straight in.
Ahh, but if it actually went straight into the can, it would likely bounce out again. This way the paint company would never have to pay.
Actually it seems totally UN-lame. Home runs land in their destination on the fly.
It wasn’t a home run in to the can, but a home run that then bounced in the can.
Seems somewhat analogous to a Ground rule double.
They should donate half a million.
A leaner?
Wouldn’t a direct hit bounce out?
hmmmm. not a technicality. it was pretty clearly meant to land in the can on the fly.
Too bad the Angels didn’t hit more home runs in the can, they might have made the playoffs.
They’re going to lose more than a million in bad PR
I guess when baseball fans decide to boycott Sherwin and his buddy Williams they’ll recant and bite the big one.
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
How to turn a good promotion into really bad PR. The stupidity is strong in the leadership of that company.
I’ll donate a million if an Angel home run lands inside Serena Williams can.
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.