Off The Field
Some popular Toros promotions included Turn Back the Clock Night, "bull bells" and a cow-milking contest on Arizona Dairy Night, and the annual Diamond Dig in the base paths. Huey Lewis once wrote and performed a theme song for the Tucson Toros (circa 1993). Ray Charles also appeared in concert after a Tucson Toros game in the early 1990s. Toros broadcasters Vince Cotroneo, Mario Impemba and Matt Vasgersian all went on to major league broadcast jobs.
The team mascot, Tuffy the Toro, also appeared intermittently with the Tucson Sidewinders.
A hapless team called the Tucson Toros was featured in an episode of Highway To Heaven, "Popcorn, Peanuts and Cracker Jacks." However, the episode was filmed in Los Angeles, not Tucson, and had little or no connection to the actual ballclub.
Major League, starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen and Wesley Snipes as Willie Mays Hayes was shot at Hi Corbett Field. The Cleveland Indians did have spring practice in Tucson from 1947 to 1992 so to add to the realistic feel of the movie it was shot at the same locations the Cleveland Indians really played at.
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