This week marks the return of baseball to small town parks across the Southern U.S. While most of us will concentrate on the big leaguers, it’s the minor leagues that offer the value-laden consumer experience: cheap hot dogs, beer, t-shirt cannons and 7th inning concerts by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, and questionable editorial decisions by SIDs, like this in-house interview featured on the New Orleans Zephyrs website:

Zephyrsbaseball.com: Best thing about attending Xavier University?

Marc Allen, Director of Community Relations: “My Spanish teacher was A) extremely hot and B) Hank Aaron’s daughter.”