By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
A number of St. Joseph Mustangs fans will attend Tuesday's makeup game against Jefferson City.
An anonymous donor purchased 1,000 free tickets to be given away by the St. Joseph Mustangs.
Mustangs Owner Ky Turner says he was taken aback by the large donation.
"It was a nice surprise and that's just why I tell people all the time St. Joe is such a great community and people have just got to sometimes look around and see some of the nice things that we have here, the great people that make up this community," Turner tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "And so, it was a pleasant surprise and I think it's just reflective of where we're at here."
The game Tuesday is a makeup of the Mustangs June 11th contest against the Renegades which got rained out. First pitch is at 7pm and gates open at 5:30.
Turner says he always tells people that on the other side of the rain, there's a little bit of a rainbow.
"Someone just saw an opportunity and wanted to do something nice in general and they identified that date," Turner explains.
Turner says it's funny sometimes how things work out.
"That's what has happened tomorrow night, originally we weren't supposed to be playing tomorrow night and this worked out perfect with the anonymous donor and it's just something that's part of the St. Joe community and the Mustangs experience."
The tickets got claimed quickly after the Mustangs announced they were available last week, which Turner says blew him away.
"Yeah, I mean it went fast the response was insane," Turner says. "I was taken aback by the initial donation but then for it to be claimed as quick as it was it speaks to how special of a community this is on the fact that A someone wanted to do that and then B the response like that was just, it was great."
Turner says the front office also kicked in some free tickets, so more than a thousand were given away.
The Mustangs are 15-8 on the season as of Monday and host Clarinda on Monday night at 7 p.m.