A base was stolen last night in Game 1 of the World Series (yes, it seems that they do still bother to televise baseball after the Red Sox are eliminated,) meaning that everyone in America is eligible to receive a free taco. You have the Tampa Bay Rays and shortstop Jason Bartlett to thank this year. Be sure to send him a note.
Much to our delight, the Curiously Australian President of Taco Bell, Greg Creed, was on hand to make the announcement. We love Greg Creed. He’s so… curiously Australian.
To get your free beef crunch taco, go to any participating Taco Bell from 2pm to 6pm on October 28th. Oh, and if you were wondering (as we were) if the base had to be officially stolen in order to qualify for tacos — it did. There were to be no free tacos awarded for defensive indifference.
Steal A Base, Steal A Taco
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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And you can probably hit multiple Taco Bells throughout the day. It’s not like they will stamp your hand or anything. Although you gut and gas tank will most certainly suffer.
@ZenMasterKel: By “gas tank” I’ll assume you meant stomach.
Defensive indifference I hate that rule in baseball, a stolen base is a stolen base whether they try to get you out or not.
@FoxBearDog: No, it’s a very apt rule. There is no stealing involved when they are giving it to you.
@FoxBearDog:
Intentional walk versus earned walk.
A walk is a walk isn’t it?
@Corporate-Shill: Yep, a walk is a walk, whether you do it on purpose or not. But maybe I am old fashioned.
@Corporate-Shill: The difference between the two, is that in the stats an intentional walk counts as a walk, defensive indifference counts as nothing.
@proskills: @proskills:
Pitches in intentional walks don’t count against their pitch total. Hence a pitcher can come in, intentionally walk a batter and leave the game having a walk and 0 pitches thrown.
@TheoboldLumos: Although why any manager would use a pitcher in this way is beyond me.
woot. tacos for all.
Does anyone know why we have to wait until Oct 28th for our free taco?
@gaya2081: They probably wanted to do it all on one day, and decided to wait a few days into the World Series to make sure a base was stolen.
@gaya2081: My guess is that wanted to have time to deliver the necessary stock to support the promotion
@gaya2081: Tacos are a dish best served cold? Wait, that doesn’t sound right.
@gaya2081: Because without this post I would have never known about this free taco.
@gaya2081: Because if the free taco was today we’d all run out and get one. but if they do it on the 28th we’ll all forget about it and they won’t have to give away as many.
@gaya2081: They don’t want people making a run (strikethrough)on the bank(/strikethrough) for the border
Only 2p-6p?! Man, that doesn’t start until my lunch is over and it ends before I get off work. I want my free 89 cent taco for doing absolutely nothing!
@Cattivella: Where do you work? I’ll swing by and drop one off for you.
@Cattivella: Hey, if your boss won’t make an exception for this, you’re either a really popular radio DJ or they’ve got some MESSED UP priorities!
@Cattivella:
And you thought they were going to give away the free food during peak business hours?
I stopped watching after the phillies player fouled off a pitch when a double steal was attempted with 1 our and 1 strike. He should have just stood there, even if the catch had attempted a throw the other person would have stolen a base(unless this is considered a double steal?). If that guy wasn’t willing to sacrifice one strike for everyone in America to receive a taco I didn’t want to waist my time watching!! Luckily this morning I found out I will be getting my taco afterall pheewwww
@Cattivella: My boss will make an exception.
I can only imagine the 40 employees of the company going en-masse to the nearest Taco Bell…
@Ein2015: Get pictures
I am confused.. I thought baseball was done after sunday night.. is this a new post-post season exhibition series or something?
@Grabraham: Dominican Winter Development League
“We love Greg Creed. He’s so… curiously Australian.”
It’s better than a dirty bastard Australian like Faux News, er I mean False News, doh, Fox Noise, oh forget it, owner Rupert Murdoch.
(Cue Keith Olbermann impression of Murdoch)
“Arrrrgh! Obama colludes with terrorist! Arrrrgh! Regulation is bad! Arrrgh! MSNBC is the defacto Democrat station!* Arrrrgh! Fox News is all about fair, honest reporting! ARRRRRRGH!!!”
*The station with the highest-rated coverage of the REPUBLICAN national convention was MSNBC…
Yesterday was only Game 1. If there are more stolen bases do we get more than one taco?
@beboptheflop: Also we should be able to claim tacos for those unable to claim them for themselves.
@FoxBearDog: Exactly. I don’t eat beef. You can have mine!
@beboptheflop:
That’s what I was wondering. Maybe a World Series of Free Tacos next week if a base is stolen in each of the games?
@beboptheflop: I sent a mass email about this promotion yesterday:
If an eligible base was stolen during the Games, Taco Bell will make an announcement through selected media channels, including a press release and its Web site (www.tacobell.com), that eligible consumers can obtain their free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (if base is stolen in Games 1-4 on October 22, 23, 25 or 26), OR Monday, November 3, 2008 (if base is stolen in Games 5-7, October 27, 29 or 30), (“Redemption Date”) only. To obtain the Free Taco, consumers must visit any participating Taco Bell® restaurant in one of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (local time) on the Redemption Date only and request a Free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco.
[www.tacobell.com]
@shorty63136: But it’s not like I won’t show up on BOTH days. C’mon now. Taco Bells are everywhere. I could eat for free all day long. lol
@shorty63136: every town has to have at least 5 Taco Bells, right?
hmmmm,,,, tacos
Nov 1 headlines:
Thousands Die in Fast Food Frenzy
America Sets Diabetes Record
The Taco Now Extinct?
@chrisjames: Haha Taco Bell does not know what it has unleashed upon the world.
i said this last year, but i feel like it’s kind of fraudulent for them to say everybody in america wins a taco. OF COURSE not every living person in america is going to go claim their taco, but just for the sake of argument…
Taco bell’s website says they have “over 5800″ locations in the U.S. let’s call it an even 6000 locations. and let’s say the US has 300 million residents.
so, if 300 million people decided to get a taco in one 4-hour period, that would mean that each location would have to serve 50,000 tacos. They’d have to average 12,500 tacos per hour. If the average taco bell has six cashiers, they’d each have to serve 2,083 tacos per hour, or 34 tacos per minute, or, when you come right down to it, a taco about every two seconds.
writing this comment has made me hungry for a taco.
@Mr. Guy: But the rules say that if you are in line at 6 pm, you will still get your taco, so … theoretically possible if everyone is in line … it may just take months!
@Mr. Guy: At the location near me in Silver spring, MD- they serve you your food approximately every 20 minutes.
I’d better get in line now!
@Mr. Guy: I ordered 20 tacos once that were made and bagged before I got done paying and walking over to the other window. If every Taco Bell is that fast, then it is possible.
Did any of you read the terms and agreements? You can’t get a free taco if the manager believes you’ve done something fraudulent… like receiving a free taco.
Taco Bell restaurant manager reserves the right to deny Free Taco to any person he/she reasonably believes has already received a Free Taco or has engaged in any other fraudulent activity.
Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any Free Taco or any advertising, marketing, promotion or publicity materials in connection therewith, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs.
By accepting the free taco, you agree to these and other rules. Be aware of the rights you’re giving up accepting that taco. Do not commit taco fraud!
@narq:
So probably a good idea to be sure to wipe the taco and beef debris from around your mouth, thoroughly rinse your mouth with water, and perhaps chew a little gum prior to entering each taco bell for subsequent free tacos.
Meg, awesome picture.
“Taco”
“Shut up”
Sorry, I fell out of my chair laughing.
@ViperBorg: I agree, I hope we see more pictures like this during the series.
@ViperBorg:
That was pretty funny! I still have a smile on my face.
looks like i am going to be walking over to the mall for lunch on tuesday
They really need to co-ordinate better with the people at Dr Pepper, I’m going to have to wait til November to wash the Taco down with a frosty beverage while listening to Guns and Roses. Do you think the Taco will keep til then?
@sir_eccles: If you are listening to Guns & Roses, the taco won’t be the thing you will need help washing down. The local rock station here did a Hanson vs. G&R poll and Hanson got double the votes G&R did. Yes, some people were probably just being asses, but there were a few that really sounded serious about it.
So wait a minute, its just 1 free taco. If within the whole series if 30 bases are stolen, its still just 1 free taco. What a cheap gimmick. It would be worth my wild if it was free taco for every stolen base the day after the game. Heck if they said I had to buy a meal, I would have been game at least once during the week to munch on some taco.
@gonz: Worth your “while.” “Worth Your Wild in Tacos” will be an NHL season promotion, likely in Minnesota.
+1 for munching the taco, though.
I just picked up a free taco by mentioning this at the Taco Bell in Penn Station. I didn’t know it was only an Oct. 28th thing, but now I have a free taco and I feel a little conflicted about this.
@SedatedGodzilla: Just wait until the 28th to eat it. It probably has enough preservatives to still be good by then. Enjoy!
@SedatedGodzilla: You have committed taco fraud! Proceed to the nearest bell to be Taco’d to death.
Perfect! I’m actually free from 2pm to 5pm on Tuesday, October 28.
Think I might actually head down to the Taco Bell near Union Square then and redeem one.
wow, they are actually going to do this in NYC as well? Awesome.
I am now working on my plan to leave work early on Tuesday, and map out all the Taco Bells in my area so me and my kids can stuff ourselves with free tacos.
BRB.
Cue the stampede on Oct 28, with mile-long lines at Taco Bell for one free taco.
@gaya2081:
They are hoping people forget.
I’m just gonna go ahead and say…
LETS GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
would they be able to make it a bean taco?
not like I’ll be free at the time, anyway.
I’ll be stepping out temporarily of my self-imposed exile from Taco Bell so this better not be a joke.
Ah, the internet, where offers of a free taco are met with cries of “What, only one? You guys suck.”
Hey! If “Chinese Democracy” sees daylight by the end of the month, we can all wash our taco down with a Dr. Pepper. Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch?
Don’t forget FREE BURRITO day at Chipotle’s on Halloween. Wear anything at all resembling a burrito costume and get one free burrito – sure beats a free crunchy taco from Taco Bell.
I haven’t gotten an email about it yet, so I hope it hasn’t been a victim of the economic meltdown, if there is one thing we need in a collapsing economy, it’s a free lunch.