Tacos, finally?
Taco Bell keeps putting together World Series promotions aimed at giving away free tacos for baseball feats.
Last year it was any player hitting a home run to left or left center field during Game 3 of the series. In 2002, it was hitting a floating target outside San Francisco’s AT&T Park.
This time, the quick service restaurant chain might just have found the formula to give “everyone in the U.S.” a free taco: if any player steals a base during any game of the 2007 World Series, U.S. consumers can pick up a free crunchy seasoned beef taco (retail value approximately 77 cents). The company says there's been a stolen base in every Fall Classic since 1990.
Redemption is limited to specific times. If the first base is stolen during Games 1 or 2, consumers can pick up a taco between 2 and 5 p.m. local time on Oct. 30 at participating Taco Bell locations; if it occurs during Games 3 through 7, the redemption time is 2-5 p.m. local time on Nov. 6. For more details visit: stealabasestealataco.com.
CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell breaks down the odds of our winning and estimates how many will cash in.
CRAIG DAVIS In more than 33 years at the Sun Sentinel, Craig Davis has written about a wide variety of sports topics from baseball to yachting, fishing to triathlons, and also worked as a copy editor and page designer. Recently he reported on local sports, including running, swimming, cycling, equestrian and beach volleyball. He enjoys sports as a participant as well as a spectator, is active in the South Florida running scene plays in the curling club at Saveology Iceplex. This blog offers a glimpse at the business side of sports in the interest of enhancing enjoyment of the games and sporting options as a spectator as well as a participant.
