Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here , and subscribe to his newsletter here .

Escape the pervasive cold and darkness of our present December moment by traveling back in time to a Charleston RiverDogs game on a late spring evening. It's an idyllic scene. The players cavort on the field and the fans cheer in the stands as hundreds of rolls of toilet paper stream through the night like shooting stars.

Welcome to Toilet Paper Night, in which the RiverDogs encourage fans to make a gigantic mess at the ballpark. Two thousand rolls are distributed

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