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13 years ago
It was pretty dumb of the Brewers to leave a bunch of Bernies laying around unsupervised and expect people to come along and pick up only 1. Especially when there were tickets and other gives attached to some of them. Many people would do the right thing but many others won't. Actually it takes only one jerk to ruin it for everyone in that area.

'Bernie Brewer' stunt turns chaotic 

"Bernie Brewer" is a popular guy -- so much so that there's just not enough of him to go around.

About 1,400 lawn ornament statues depicting the Brewers' affable, mustachioed mascot were hidden across Wisconsin early Tuesday for fans to find, some with tickets, prizes and player autographs attached.

But some cried foul when it appeared a number of fans had gotten a head start on the "Where's Bernie?" scavenger hunt-style promotion and ignored the catch limit of one lawn ornament per household.

It didn't take long before social networking websites were buzzing with complaints about some fans staking out workers who were stashing the statues well before sunrise, then snapping up armfuls of ornaments as soon as they were hidden.

Brewers spokesman Tyler Barnes said fan response to Tuesday morning's scavenger hunt-style promotion was "staggering," though team officials were disappointed that some fans didn't play by the rules.

"It's disappointing," Barnes said. "The intent of the promotion and the rules of the promotion were eminently clear -- it was one per household."

WISN-TV reported on its website that lawn ornaments distributed at Milwaukee's Lincoln Park were snapped up in minutes.

One Twitter user posted a photo of at least 10 Bernie Brewer statues stuffed in the trunk of a car, drawing the ire of fellow fans. The user later appeared to have deleted the Twitter account.

Several statues were also put up for sale on eBay, with bids topping $200.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, in one Twitter post directed at an alleged mascot hoarder, someone wrote: "U R the lowest common denominator. 30+ Bernie statues??? Your greed disgusts me more than your profile picture."

Barnes was at a Milwaukee-area park to help set up the promotion around 3 a.m. Tuesday, and said the 300-plus fans who showed up there later in the morning to search for statues generally observed the rules of the promotion.

"The goal is to get these (ornaments) into the hands of as many households as we could," Barnes said.

Barnes said the team was aware that things didn't go so smoothly everywhere, and will review its procedures for similar promotions in the future.

Not all the lawn ornaments are gone. Barnes told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the team store has them for sale for $48.


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longtimefan
13 years ago
Yup talk of Brewer people in golf carts dropping them off and people going right behind them picking them up

I would be okay with someone taking 2 or 3...but the handfuls that some took, then some putting on Ebay

Even tho it was their right to put on Ebay I complained to the ones that said RARE in the title as you could go buy them at Miller Park for $48

Cheesey
13 years ago
Just shows you....GREED conquers all.
It's sad that the Brewers tried to do something nice, and a few greedy people had to screw it up.
But that's the way it is in today's world.
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