Teenagers, from left, Spencer Butler, of Kansas City, Mo., Cody Robinson, of Quad City, Mo., and Morgan Butler and Josh True, of Kansas City, Mo., cuddle up to watch Wednesday's game.

Kansas City, Kan. ? Tom Ericksen and Jason Snodell entered CommunityAmerica Ballpark on Wednesday under different circumstances.

Ericksen, a Kansas City T-Bones season-ticket holder, walked in with his scorebook, said hello to many staff members he knows and prepared himself to watch one of the nearly 50 home games he’ll watch this season.

Snodell isn’t a season-ticket holder. He doesn’t know most of the staff members at CommunityAmerica Ballpark. He doesn’t have a scorebook, and he won’t see all the T-Bones’ home games. Snodell scored a couple of free tickets from a friend and walked into the ballpark Wednesday for his first T-Bones game.

But somehow they both made it on the field. They both became part of the T-Bones’ show.

“We’re going to give them a full-package experience,” Promotions Director Colin Aldrich said. “Yeah, it’s for the baseball. We have a great minor-league baseball team, but it’s also about the entertainment. We’re trying to get the fans involved and participating and excited.”

Ericksen and Snodell got involved by taking part in two of the T-Bones’ mid-inning promotions. These promotions give fans a level of involvement that major league clubs can’t provide because of time restraints and pressing security issues, Aldrich said. Some of the more popular events include sumo-wrestling, and Bungee tug-of-war, both done by fans. Ericksen participated in the lottery game, a game similar to the kid’s game “Memory.” Snodell played the dummy catch game in which he attempted to use a net to catch a dummy shot from a cannon.

“That’s what makes it fun,” Ericksen said of the promotional events. “Out at the other teams it’s kind of sterile. Once and a while (major league teams will) learn from the minor leagues and maybe raffle a car off or something, but for the most part this is fun.”

Different activities are a staple of the T-Bones experience, but they also hold different promotional nights. Wednesday, the team invited in animal orgainizations for Animal Awareness Night. The groups put on a dog parade before the game, and to go along with mid-inning events like fan karaoke, the team brought in a dog show.

The T-Bones also raised money for different animal organizations in attendence. Throughout the year, they donate to more than 100 different organizations.

Behind the scenes of the promotional nights and between-innings events, Aldrich and the T-Bones’ staff attempt to create a family atmosphere that helps the fans laugh while cheering on their team.

“Part of my position is to think up new stuff,” Aldrich said. “What can we do to get people to have fun? What can we do to get people to laugh and have a good time that’s new and fresh and that nobody’s ever done before.”

Snodell said those ideas created a good time for him at his first T-Bones game, even if he couldn’t pull out a win. The T-Bones lost during Snodell’s first trip to CommunityAmerica Ballpark, 2-0.

“You just get a good experience with a bunch of good people,” Snodell said. “It’s a little bit smaller venue so you have a little more space to move around and do what you want.”

The T-Bones experience continues during their next home stand starting June 3.