What a day! Two stories referencing baseball and two chances for me to talk about how the New York Mets have failed me up to this point. (Really, it’s bad you guys.) But down in Baltimore, the Orioles are doing relatively okay and earlier today they announced that they would be celebrating GRAMMY-winning hometown hardcore band Turnstile by hosting a ‘Turnstile Night’ on Friday, July 10.
Naturally, this sort of thing makes a ton of sense, given Turnstile’ two GRAMMY wins back in February and the fact that they call Baltimore their home. Turnstile has not only grown in popularity in general over the last few years, but the Orioles organization has recently been using the band’s music for an admittedly great hype video. Hell, their star slugger Pete Alonso (ex-Met, sadly…) uses “Birds” off the band’s album Never Enough as his walk up song when he comes up to bat at their home ballpark, Camden Yards.
Baseball teams of all levels use promotional nights to put asses in seats. Usually you’ll get a bobblehead of a player on the team or maybe a promotional shirt, but this Turnstile night will see purchasers of a special ticket package getting a limited edition Baltimore Orioles jersey with ‘Turnstile’ and the number 26 emblazoned on the back.
In addition to the free new threads, the team has announced that members of Turnstile will be on hand at the game to serve as “guest splashers”. For those that don’t know, the Orioles have what’s called the “Bird Bath Splash Zone” in sections 84 and 86 of their ballpark. In those sections, fans regularly get hit with sprays of water when things go well from their “chief hydration officer” Mr. Splash. Sometimes, they let special guests fill that role and this time, it’s the aforementioned hardcore band that’ll be soaking folks in their seats.
Tickets for the July 10 game are on sale now, though if you want the special Turnstile Night package, you’re gonna have to go to MLB.com.