A Minor League Team Thought It Would Be a Good Idea to Do an “O.J. Simpson Murder Trial” Night?

Minor League Baseball is really a lot of fun! They usually do great things during the games and have some cool theme nights. This is not one of those.

Don’t blame the person who came up with this idea.  Blame the person who heard it and said, “Oh yeah, that’s gold.”

The Charleston RiverDogs are a Minor League team in South Carolina associated with the New York Yankees.  And they just announced a fun promotional night . . . in honor of the O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL.  (???)

The plan was to have fans act like a jury and vote on various ORANGE JUICE-related topics throughout the night.  Like, “Do you prefer pulp or no pulp?”

They also said fans would get a free “O.J. Trial” shirt when they showed up.  Adding, that quote, “If the shirt don’t fit, you must . . . see if we have a different size.”

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the trial, so that’s why it was on their radar.  But they’ve already CANCELED it after some major backlash.

A lot of people thought it was insensitive to the victims, and in bad taste.  (Like drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth!  Sorry.  It’s Monday.)

So the RiverDogs dropped it.  The team’s president said, quote, “After taking a step back and having further reflection on the overall message that was being conveyed, it was the responsible thing to do.”

(By the way, OJ got in on the coronavirus craziness this weekend by posting a photo of himself in a mask outside Costco . . . And people went after him in the comments.  One said, “Where are the gloves?” And another said, “Statistically, I may have a better chance of being killed by YOU than the virus.”)