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Extra Extra: Never Underestimate The Demand For Beer In A Baseball Bat
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Published Aug 9, 2021
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- The stadium for Rochester's minor league baseball team has run out of beer bats (plastic bats you fill up with beer) because a) the stadium underestimated demand, and b) half the bats had little holes in the bottom and thus couldn't be filled with beer.
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