Home Run Triggers Expensive Flooring Promotion

Arlington, TX, Sept. 16, 2011 — A home run by Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers ended up crashing the website of a Dallas carpet company as the company began to hear from winners of an expensive promotion.

CC Carpet was offering free flooring and countertops to customers in September if the Rangers outfielder hit a grand slam.

CC Carpet president Steve Fitzgerald says the promotion will cost his company about $500,000 but it’s covered by insurance.