Monday Blogdome: Padres nix dogtag giveaway due to protests

Children who attended Sunday’s “Military Opening Day” at Petco Park were given a free poster featuring members of the San Diego Padres.

But if the team had followed through on its original plan, those kids would have received a set of Padres-branded dog tags instead.

As the Padres-centric blog Gaslamp Ball reported last month, the team nixed its original dog-tag giveaway idea when it garnered some opposition on the Internet. One person started an online petition — which has received 146 virtual signatures —to ask the Padres to “end all promotions targeting children.” [Big League Stew]

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