The last time the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp got this much attention, they had just changed their name to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. 
 
 Jacksonville’s minor league baseball team is having its usual Thirsty Thursday promotion this week with discounted beer — 12 ounces for $1, 24 ounces for $2. But this Thursday there’s a second promotion: You Might Be the Father’s Day. 
 
 That’s right. In honor of Sunday being Father’s Day, the Jumbo Shrimp will distribute free pregnancy tests at Thursday’s game. 
 
 "So you’ll know if you need to return for Sunday’s Father’s Day game," the team’s website explains. "It will be an evening filled with suspense, intrigue and manila envelopes." 
 
 Suspense, intrigue and manila envelopes. 
 
 The promotion has already gotten its share of attention. The Washington Post, which tends to collect odd minor league promotions, quickly jumped on the story Monday, adding this promise General Manager Harold Craw made in March: 
 
 "Whether our guests are here for the first time or have supported the team for years, we seek to create entertainment and promotions that delight the whole family." 
 
 The Post also drew a cutting connection to Charleston (S.C.) RiverDogs’ famous yet ill-fated attempt at Vasectomy Night, when one lucky fan would get a free snipping. That, however, was cancelled after the mayor and a local bishop complained. 
 
 Craw said Monday the pregnancy test came up just like all the other ideas do. 
 
 "We were just sitting around at the promotion meeting, looking at our calendar," he said. "That’s something that plays to our Thirsty Thursday crowd, which tends to be young professionals and college students. They like to laugh and have a good time and would appreciate it being tongue-in-cheek." 
 
 Craw said he team has several hundred of the pregnancy tests ready to hand out. 
 
 "We’ll give it to them if they want one," he said. "But at that point, it’s completely up to them. They’re on their own." 
 
 Unusual promotions have long been a staple of minor league baseball, and team names have been increasingly following suit. The Jumbo Shrimp were hatched last November, the name replacing the Suns, which the team had held for most of the previous 54 years. 
 
 So far this season, Craw said, the team is averaging about 5,600 fans a game, an increase of 1,500 over last season. But despite the cheap beer, Thirsty Thursdays are only the third most popular day, behind Friday and Saturday. 
 
 By the way, the Jumbo Shrimp are playing the Pensacola Blue Wahoos on Thursday at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. The first pitch is scheduled at 7:05 p.m. 
 
 On Sunday, for those who do return for the Father’s Day game, the first pitch is at 3:05 p.m. Saturday, also by the way, is Girl Scout Night. 
 
 Roger Bull: (904) 359-4296 ||||| JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A minor league baseball team in Florida has planned an unusual Father's Day promotion. The team will give out pregnancy tests. 
 
 This week Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp have added a second promotion to the usual Thirsty Thursday celebration. They're calling it the "You Might Be a Father" promotion, which comes with a free pregnancy test. 
 
 The team's website explains it like this: The test will let men know if they should return to the Father's Day game on Sunday. 
 
 General Manager Harold Craw tells The Florida Times-Union (http://bit.ly/2rc5RVe ) the idea was pitched as a "tongue-in-cheek" promotion for the Thirsty Thursday crowd, which tends to be young professionals and college students. He says the tests are only handed to someone who wants one. 
 
 Minor league baseball teams have a long history of unusual promotions.
– A minor league baseball team in Florida has planned an unusual Father's Day promotion, the AP reports. This week Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp have added a second promotion to the usual Thirsty Thursday celebration. They're calling it the "You Might Be a Father" promotion, which comes with a free pregnancy test. The team's website explains it like this: The test will let men know if they should return to the Father's Day game on Sunday. General Manager Harold Craw tells the Florida Times-Union the idea was pitched as a "tongue-in-cheek" promotion for the Thirsty Thursday crowd, which tends to be young professionals and college students. He says the tests are only handed to someone who wants one. Minor league baseball teams have a long history of unusual promotions.