# @apnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db9FGMAk4XF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69004632-apnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-12T21:01:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Associated Press (@AP) — https://gondola.cc/AP

## Caption

It started as a limited promotion for a specialty theme night. Then the Chicago White Sox heard from their fans.

Everyone wanted a pope-themed hat.

Fun is the overarching theme when it comes to stadium giveaways, and business has been good at major league ballparks this year.

An array of creative promotions — everything from the New York Mets handing out fake glasses and mustaches for a Bobby Valentine Disguise Night to the Texas Rangers giving away a Nolan Ryan bloody lip jersey — has played at least a small role in an MLB-wide average attendance of 29,618 through Tuesday’s games, the highest such number for a full season since 2017.

Read more at the link in bio. 

#APPhotos by Melissa Tamez, LM Otero, Terrance Williams and Mark J. Terrill

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