Editing Erie SeaWolves (section)

====Alternative Facts Night====
On March 10, 2017, the Erie SeaWolves made national headlines for their "Alternative Facts Night" promotion on Friday, August 25, 2017. Their opponent was the [[Akron RubberDucks]], whose alternative name was the "Akron Yellow Bath Toys" for the game. The promotion was a reference to a news story in which [[Kellyanne Conway]], [[Counselor to the President|counselor to U.S. president]], [[Donald Trump]], coined the phrase "[[alternative facts]]" to bolster a disputed claim that more people attended [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|Trump's presidential inauguration]] on January 20, 2017 than the [[first inauguration of Barack Obama]] on January 20, 2009. The SeaWolves hosted Alternative Facts Night to "celebrate facts that the team knows to be true—even if some media outlets may dispute them." As part of the promotion, the first 1,000 fans received a 2016 SeaWolves Eastern League Championship ring, although the RubberDucks earned the title. The club notionally expected to have 1.2 million fans attend the game between Erie and Akron, even though UPMC Park only has a seating capacity of 6,000. The proceeds for Alternative Facts Night went to the [[Erie City School District]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SeaWolves To Host #AlternativeFacts Night at UPMC Park|date=March 10, 2017|work=[[Minor League Baseball]]|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-218762502|access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Dan|title=Tigers’ Minor League Team Will Host #AlternativeFacts Night, Celebrating A Championship It Didn’t Win|date=March 10, 2017|work=CBS Broadcasting, Inc|url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/03/10/tigers-minor-league-team-will-host-alternativefacts-night-celebrating-a-championship-it-didnt-win/|access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Townsend|first=Mark|title=Minor league team encourages hyperbole with 'Alternative Facts Night'|date=March 11, 2017|work=Yahoo Sports|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/minor-league-team-encourages-hyperbole-with-alternative-facts-night-180945086.html|access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref>

In anticipation of "Alternative Facts Night," Fernando Aguirre published a message on [[Twitter]] that read, "This is huge! #AlternativeFactsNight. We will build a [right field] wall, and Akron will pay for it. I promise."<ref>{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Benjamin|title=The Week That Was: The Truth Resides in Erie|date=March 17, 2017|work=MLBlogs.com|url=https://bensbiz.mlblogs.com/the-week-that-was-the-truth-resides-in-erie-9c7bbfe17efe#.f9nv21e1m|access-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref> This was a parody of Donald Trump's political campaign, in which he stated, "I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I'll build them very inexpensively—I will build a great, great wall on our [[Mexico–United States border|southern border]]. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words."<ref>{{cite web|last=Drew|first=Kate|title=This is what Trump's border wall could cost|date=January 26, 2017|work=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/09/this-is-what-trumps-border-wall-could-cost-us.html|access-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref>