ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's
Pizza, the recognized world leader in pizza delivery,
again will be celebrating one of the most exciting moments in
America's favorite pastime by giving away one of America's favorite
foods: pizza. 40,000 of them, to be exact.
All registered MLB.com users will be eligible to receive a free
pizza. Domino's will give away 20,000 pizzas after each of the
first two no-hitters – which is double the amount given away in the
2013 season. Spurred by furious social media activity and fan
excitement, last year's first two no-hitters, which took place less
than two weeks apart in July, saw the entire allotment of pizzas
claimed in under two hours.
"Domino's is thrilled to recognize and celebrate one of the
great achievements in sports – the no-hitter – by continuing this
very cool partnership with MLB.com," said Chris Brandon, Domino's Pizza spokesperson.
"This is now bigger and better as we prepare to give away 40,000
pizzas both seasons, and make it easier for all baseball fans to
get in on the excitement."
The first 20,000 baseball fans who visit and log in to
MLB.com/dominos after a no-hitter is thrown will receive a code for
a free, two-topping medium Handmade Pan Pizza (carryout only) when
they order online from dominos.com. The DomiNoNo offer is available
until 20,000 codes are given away, or for five days starting at
3 p.m. EDT on the business day
following the no-hitter. The promotion is valid after each of the
first two no-hitters of the 2014 and 2015 MLB seasons.
To further spur baseball fans' enthusiasm when a no-hitter is in
progress, the promotion will again leverage multiple digital
platforms. When a no-hitter is in progress through the sixth inning
of any game, fans will be encouraged to follow #DomiNoNo and
@MLB on Twitter for up-to-the-moment game alerts or watch live
video on MLB.com or the award-winning MLB.com At Bat mobile
app.
Other diamond facts:
- Since 1901, there have been 234 no-hitters thrown, which is, on
average, just more than two per season.
- In 2013, three no-hitters were thrown – the first two both
taking place in July.
- The earliest no-hitter ever thrown was April 4, 2001, in the second game of that
season.
- The last season without a no-hitter was 2005.
- It would take 308 pizzas lined up to cover the distance around
the bases of a Major League Baseball diamond, while the distance
between the pitcher's mound and home plate is 52 pizzas.
- There's a Domino's Pizza within 4.5 miles of every Major League
Baseball stadium, and more than half of those stores are within 1.5
miles.
- Domino's delivery experts drive about 1.4 million miles a day –
that's more than 19 million trips around the base paths.
About Domino's Pizza®
Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the recognized world leader
in pizza delivery, with a significant business in carryout pizza.
It ranks among the world's top public restaurant brands with its
global enterprise of more than 10,800 stores in over 70
international markets. Domino's had global retail sales of over
$8.0 billion in 2013, comprised of
nearly $3.8 billion in the U.S. and
over $4.2 billion internationally. In
the fourth quarter of 2013, Domino's had global retail sales of
over $2.5 billion, comprised of over
$1.1 billion in the U.S. and nearly
$1.4 billion internationally. Its
system is made up of franchise owner-operators who accounted for
over 96% of the Domino's Pizza stores as of the fourth quarter of
2013. The emphasis on technology innovation has helped Domino's
reach an estimated $3 billion
annually in global digital sales. Domino's generated
approximately 40% of sales in the U.S. from its digital channels in
2013, helped by the introduction of ordering apps for
iPhone®, Android™, Windows Phone
8® and Kindle Fire™. Domino's ordering apps
now cover nearly 95% of the U.S. smartphone market. Continuing its
focus on menu enhancement, Domino's established itself as a player
in the pan pizza market with the launch of its Handmade Pan Pizza,
featuring fresh, never-frozen dough, in October 2012.
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About MLBAM
Established in June 2000 following
a unanimous vote by the 30 Major League Baseball club owners to
centralize all of Baseballís Internet operations, MLB Advanced
Media LP (MLBAM) is the interactive media and internet company of
Major League Baseball. MLBAM manages the official league site,
www.MLB.com,and each of the 30 individual Club sites to create the
most comprehensive Major League Baseball resource on the Internet.
MLB.com offers fans the most complete baseball information and
interactivity on the web, including up-to-date statistics, game
previews and summaries, extensive historical information, online
ticket sales, baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and
collectibles, fantasy games, live full-game video streaming and
in-progress and on-demand highlights, live and archived audio
broadcasts of every game, Gameday pitch-by-pitch application,
around-the-clock hosted and specialty video programming, complete
blogging capabilities and the award-winning suite of At Bat mobile
applications. MLBAM powers more live events on the Internet than
any other website in the world.
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