Twinkie the Kid to Ride Again at California MiLB Stadium?

Minor league baseball teams have held a lot of wacky promotions over the years - including the Mahoning Valley Scrappers' liposuction giveaway and the brilliantly tasteless "Awful Night" that the Altoona Curve hosts every year. But the Inland Empire 66ers, a San Bernardino, Calif.-based Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, has come up with a truly sweet event to kick off the first home weekend of its 2013 schedule.

"Farewell to Twinkies Night" will take place Friday, April 5, and the first 999 fans in attendance at San Manuel Stadium will receive a free Twinkie - the world's most famous endangered snack item. (Irving, Texas-based Hostess Brands in November ceased production of Twinkies, which have been around since 1930, but at least three companies reportedly are among the leading candidates to acquire Hostess' snack-cake brands under the company's bankruptcy reorganization.)

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