LAKE ELSINORE: Storm baseball club gets sweet revenge on pop star Ariana … – Press-Enterprise
LAKE ELSINORE: Storm baseball club gets sweet revenge on pop star Ariana Grande
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May 2011 – Charlie “Sheen-co de Mayo.” It shined the spotlight on the actor’s erratic behavior and unhinged rants, which got him fired from hit sitcom, “Two and a Half Men”
June 2006 – “Tom Cruise Bobblecouch Night.” It poked fun at the movie star who professed his love for Katie Holmes, the mother of his child, by jumping on Oprah Winfrey’s couch during her show.
In baseball parlance, what transpired at The Diamond on Wednesday, July 15, was a “Grande slam.”
The Lake Elsinore Storm – one of minor league baseball’s most creative franchises when it comes to promotions – smacked another one over the fence with their “Breaking Free of Ariana Grande” night.
“We have a history of making fun of celebrities because, let’s face it, it’s deserved,” Storm General Manager Raj Narayanan said.
Grande, the pop star with a mischievous streak, joins the ranks of Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise and Charlie Sheen, as just another A-lister skewered by the Storm.
On July 4, Grande, 22, and a man identified as one of her dancers went to Wolfee Donuts, where Grande was caught on surveillance tape apparently licking doughnuts. Later, after a shop employee brought out a tray of more baked goods, Grande was heard on tape saying, “I hate America. I hate Americans.”
Wolfee is just a couple miles from The Diamond in the Canyon Hills neighborhood of Lake Elsinore.
“I love Wolfee’s doughnuts,” said Mikayla Anderson, 14, of Canyon Lake.
Joining Mikayla at the game were her friends Avalon Monroe and Kayleen Boatman.
Avalon, 12, admitted she is a fan of Grande’s music, but couldn’t abide the way the singer behaved on that tape.
“It’s … definitely not appropriate that you think that that’s even funny,” she said.
On this night, glazed doughnuts with red, white and blue sprinkles replaced peanuts and crackerjack as the snack of choice. Storm employees handed out free doughnuts to fans shortly after they passed through the turnstiles.
Discounted tickets were given to anyone who brought a doughnut from Wolfee’s, presented a receipt from Wolfee’s or wore red, white and blue.
Narayanan said that Rotarians representing the Murrieta Field of Honor and representatives from Warfighter Made, a Murrieta-based group that supports wounded veterans, were invited to participate in the evening’s proceedings.
“To be honest, I mean, if you’re in the spotlight we are going to make fun of it sometimes,” said Narayanan. “But the (other) part of it, which is really what it’s about, is to promote a little bit more patriotism, and say, ‘Hey, we love America.’ And that’s why we reached out and have a couple of groups that support military.
“We’re going to donate a portion of the proceeds to these guys. So if people come out to support that and do that and have some fun doing it with things like doughnut-licking contests, then great. If we can give back and raise some awareness for what they do – whether it’s the Murrieta Field of Honor or the Warfighter Made, even better.”
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