[sports-rings]

I was planning on posting this story and asking the members here if they thought this was a bad idea - for quite a few reasons including the jinx factor.

Now I see either the Astros, or their minor league affiliate, who concocted this giveaway, cancelled the promotion.

The story reported in the media was that the Fresno Grizzlies seemed to have a lot of confidence in their MLB affiliate, the Houston Astros, to win the 2017 World Series.

They supposedly felt so strongly about it, they created an entire promotional campaign around it, including 2017 World Series championship rings to hand out to fans.

This was part of a "Back to the Future" -themed promotion, which included hideous DeLorean-inspired jerseys, complete with the famous flux capacitor on the jersey.

Any thoughts on the ring, cancelling the promotion or the Jersey?