Minor league baseball sure has some creative promotional ideas. The Brooklyn Cyclones (Class A affiliate of the New York Mets) patriotized their season last night with a Barack Obama themed game. The team was temporarily re-named The Baracklyn Cyclones, the Obama girl threw out the first pitch, and 2,500 B.O. bobblehead dolls were handed out.

Some fans received free Band-Aids as part of “Universal Health Care”. Folks named Barack got in for free, anyone named McCain or Palin got free bleacher seats and plumbers named Joe got 2 free tickets. There was apparently one plumber named Joe and a Barak Zahavy in the overflow crowd of 8,760, according to a Cyclones spokesman. The Hall of Fame even called, requesting one of the custom Baracklyn jerseys before Brooklyn’s 7-3 victory. Ha.