Chipotle Makes the Saints the Team of the Corn

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 Chipotle Makes the Saints the Team of the Corn
If ivy has become analogous with Wrigley Field and the Chicago Cubs, then the St. Paul Saints hope to form a similar bond with stalks of corn. Well, sort of. The Saints have teamed up with burrito patron-saint Chipotle for an interested promotion this season. They’ll be growing corn above a billboard overlooking Midway Stadium. Corn seeds will be planted as the season starts, with the hope ... [link]

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Chipotle and the St. Paul Saints: Good thinking
Published 4/30/2008 by PostmanR at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... everyone walks away a winner. Towards the close of the season, when the corn is ripe, fans will get a chance to enjoy a taste of the sweet vegetable, with a Chipotle Tailgating party, with Roasted Chili Corn Salsa as the guest of honor. Rumor has it Chipotle’s parent company, McDonald’s, was originally slated for this promotion, but the Saints thought slaughtering a cow near the end of the season might not go over so well. Whatever. {HT: Lion in Oil.}

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