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#pounditThursday, March 28, 2024

Baseball team will give away $10,000 thanks to UMBC upset

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Someone is about to be $10,000 lighter in the pocket.

Derek Sharrer, the GM of the independent St. Paul Saints baseball team, will now have to give away $10K after a promotion he was running backfired.

The Saints announced on Twitter Monday that Sharrer would give away $10K if a 16 seed beat a 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

16 seeds had never won against a 1 seed entering the tournament, so the probability of it finally happening was very low. But that was until UMBC took out top overall seed Virginia in a convincing win on Friday night.

Following the upset win, the Saints said they would make good on the giveaway. They also got in a plug about their tickets going on sale for the upcoming season.

Independent teams like the Saints are no strangers to running odd promotions for publicity, so this comes with a territory. At least the one they did several years ago probably cost them far less money than this one.

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