Indiana Pork partners with Fort Wayne TinCaps for “One Last Bite”

FORT WAYNE – Park­view Field will host the final edi­tion of the Hoo­sier State Ten­der­loins Series presen­ted by Indi­ana Pork from Thursday, June 12, through Sat­urday, June 14, as the Fort Wayne Tin­Caps take on the South Bend Cubs (Chicago Cubs affil­i­ate) in Minor League Base­ball action.

The Tin­Caps (High-A, Mid­w­est League affil­i­ate of the San Diego Padres) will play as the Hoo­sier State Ten­der­loins, wear­ing spe­cially designed uni­forms. The team’s Tenderloin identity jerseys are red, white, and blue, fea­tur­ing the Hoo­sier State Ten­der­loins logo on the chest. 

Sim­il­arly, the caps have a red bill and but­ton on top. Broad red and white stripes run down the sides. The logo–a too-big-for-the-bun ten­der­loin sand­wich, over­flow­ing with lettuce and may­on­naise, that has a tooth­pick pro­trud­ing out adorned with Indi­ana’s state flag–is the center­piece.

This will be the last year of the three-year run for the Hoo­sier State Ten­der­loins as an alternate identity of the TinCaps. In cel­eb­ra­tion of the yearly tra­di­tion, the final series is set to be under the “One Last Bite” man­tra. Dur­ing those three games, deli­cious ten­der­loin sand­wiches will be on the menu at Park­view Field. In part­ner­ship with Indi­ana Pork, a meal of ground pork will be donated to Com­munity Har­vest Food Bank for each ten­der­loin sand­wich sold at Park­view Field dur­ing the series.  The partnership, now in its 3rd year, has already donated nearly 5,000 ground pork meals to the Fort Wayne community.

“The Hoo­sier State Ten­der­loins iden­tity has been so well received,” said Michael Lim­mer, Tin­Caps Vice Pres­id­ent of Mar­ket­ing and Pro­mo­tions. “It’s been a fun three-year ride with the name and everything that comes with it, but it’s time for one last bite with the Ten­der­loins before the name is retired.”

“The partnership has been a great promotion for Indiana pig farmers,” said Jeanette Merritt, Indiana Pork Director of Communications. “We know Hoosiers love a breaded pork tenderloin sandwich, and our 2,800 pig farmers love being able to help feed our neighbors through this fun promotion.”

The ground pork donation will be made in the early fall.

Indiana Pork represents Indiana’s nearly 2,800 pig farmers.

For more information about Indiana Pork and its initiatives, visit www.IndianaPork.org.