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Whether you like great baseball, great music or free stuff, you’ll get it all on Saturday nights this summer at Commerce Bank Park! The Harrisburg Senators announced their Saturday promotional schedule today featuring giveaways every Saturday, the Corona Saturday Night Concert Series and the Subway Field of Dreams.

Eight bands are on tap for the Corona Saturday Night Concert Series. The featured band will take the Corona Stage at Commerce Bank Park just as gates open at 4:30 PM. The Jazz Me Band; Smokin Gunnz; The Tamboureens; The Steven Courtney Band; The Don Johnson Project; Unsettled; Fink’s Constant; and Jeffrey J. Walker are the bands scheduled to perform on various Saturdays during the season.

Kids aged 12 and under should wear their running shoes to the ballpark! Following every Saturday game, youngsters get the chance to run the bases just like the Senators during the Subway Field of Dreams.

A ticket to a Saturday game gets you more than just a game and a concert. Senators fans receive a giveaway item at every Saturday game this season! Early-season giveaways outfit fans in caps, jerseys and T-shirts. You’ll be able to say “you knew them when…” if you get to the park on Baseball Card Sheet night April 19.

Some high school football coaches deserve to have statues erected in the town square. The Senators will do it one better with bobbleheads featuring local high school coaching legends! On July 26, Steel-High head coach Rob Deibler’s bobblehead will be distributed to the first 1,000 adults aged 13 and older. Two weeks later on August 9, Hershey coach Bob “Gump” May will be featured on a bobblehead of his own.

The full schedule of giveaways and sponsors is as follows (all Saturday games start at 6:05 PM):

• April 5 vs. Akron Aeros (Cleveland Indians) - Youth Caps (1,000 kids 12 & under) – Pepsi
• April 19 vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays) - Baseball Card Sheets (1,000 kids 12 & under)
• May 3 vs. Reading Phillies (Philadelphia Phillies) - Youth Jerseys (1,000 kids 12 & under) – Faulkner Honda, abc27, BOB 94.9 & The River 97.3
• May 17 vs. Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) - Adult Caps (1,000 adults) – Waste Management & 93.5 WTPA
• June 7 vs. Bowie Baysox (Baltimore Orioles) - T-Shirts (1,000 adults) – Kessler’s Foods & 93.5 WTPA
• June 21 vs. Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers) - Bats (1,000 kids 12 & under) – Commerce Bank, abc27, BOB 94.9 & The River 97.3
• July 12 vs. Bowie Baysox (Baltimore Orioles) - Reversible Floppy Caps (2,000 adults) – Members 1st Credit Union
• July 26 vs. Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) - Bobblehead of Coach Rob Deibler (1,000 adults) – Capital Blue Cross & abc27
• August 9 vs. Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) - Bobblehead of Coach Bob “Gump” May (1,000 adults) – Commerce Bank, ABC 27, BOB 94.9 & The River 97.3
• August 23 vs. Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) - Youth T-Shirts (1,500 kids 12 & under) – M & M’s Chocolate Candies
• August 30 vs. Bowie Baysox (Baltimore Orioles) - Back Packs (1,000 kids 12 & under) – CBS 21

In addition, Scout Sleepover Night is set for May 17. Any scout troop interested in attending should call Brian Egli at (717) 231-4444.

The “Foul is Fair” for Children’s Miracle Network finale comes to Commerce Bank Park on August 30. The event is sponsored by PSECU.

The 2008 season begins on Thursday, April 3rd at Commerce Bank Park when the Senators host the Cleveland Indians’ Eastern League affiliate Akron Aeros. The 2008 season marks the 22nd season for the Senators since baseball returned to City Island in 1987. For more information about the 2008 season, please check out the Senators website at www.senatorsbaseball.com.