If you attended the game on Saturday, August 1st you might have though you’d stumbled into a time machine and somehow ended up spending a hot summer day at the ballpark in 1939.

For the Albertsons 70th Birthday Bash, the Boise Hawks went all out with our 1939 promotion.  The team wore special 1939 throw-back Albertsons jerseys for the night, the front office dressed in 1939 costumes courtesy of the Costume Shop on Chinden, we gave away 1939 jersey t-shirts, and our typical mix of pop and country music was ousted by swing and big band a la “The Natural.”  Additionally, the bleacher seating was only 70 cents per ticket!!

Earlier that day, a couple of players–George Matheus, Eduardo Figueroa, Jon Nagel, Josh Whitlock and Hak-Ju Lee–made appearances at local Albertsons wearing their snazzy throw-backs.  They surprised early Saturday morning shoppers with friendly faces and autographs.  We came across several very excited kids; including one who shouted, “Mommy, I see the baseball players!” every time we passed. 

But the party really didn’t start until the staff showed up in their 1939’s garb…we had a little bit of every 1939 life-style imaginable, sailors, army officers, gangsters, cool cats and movie stars…

DON’T FORGET: You can bid on the Albertsons 1939 jerseys (just like the Main Street Mile jerseys) starting tomorrow.  Just go to www.milbauctions.com and search for your favorite Hawks player.