Fan From Stands Lands Contract After Hitting Home Run on Fan Appreciation Night

Fan from stands lands contract after hitting home run on Fan Appreciation Night

Portland Pickles fan Eli Steinhaus landed a contract after being pulled from the stands to hit a home run.

The Portland Pickles Summer League Team Picked a "Random Fan" Out of The Crowd to Take an At Bat, You Won't Believe What Happens Next!

Fuck it, against my better judgement, I'll bite. The Portland Pickles are a "collegiate summer baseball wooden bat team" in the South Division of the West Coast League. They won the West Coast League ...

'Random' Portland Pickles Fan ID'd As College Baseball Player After Viral Home Run

A baseball player waits in the on-deck circle. The Portland Pickles invited a “random” fan to take a live at-bat during a recent fan appreciation night. That fan, under the pseudonym “Dixie” would make two plate appearances. His first time at the dish resulted in a walk and a subsequent run scored. His second time up led to an eighth inning home run that quickly went viral on social media. Questions immediately surfaced surrounding the legitimac…

Portland Pickles Invite Fan to Take At-Bat And He Unleashed Surreal Two-Run Homer

A fan at the Portland Pickles game was invited to take an at-bat during their game Saturday, and he delivered with an unreal two-run homer.

Fan Earns Pro Contract After Crushing Home Run on Fan Appreciation Night

The legend of “Dixie” just got a new chapter — and this time, it comes with a contract. Over the weekend, the Portland Pickles hosted their annual fan appreciation night at Walker Stadium, and in true Pickles fashion, things got a little wild. As part of a mid-game promotion, one lucky fan — a young man introduced only as “Dixie” — was randomly selected to step into the batter’s box and take a live at-bat for the team. What started as a lighthea…

Fan lands contract after hitting home run on fan appreciation night

The wild ride continues for the fan who hit a home run during the Portland Pickles’ fan appreciation night. A young man named “Dixie” made headlines over the weekend after he was randomly selected to take an at-bat for the Pickles as part of a fan promotion. Dixie drew a walk and scored a run his first time up, which earned him one more plate appearance later in the West Coast League contest against the Portland Gherkins at Walker Stadium in Por…