Toupees Fill Stands At 'Traficant Night'
Former Congressman Is In Prison
POSTED: Thursday, August 15, 2002
UPDATED: 8:34 am EDT August 15,
2002
Fans at an Ohio minor league baseball game ditched their gloves for toupees Wednesday for "James Traficant Night," according to a Local 6 News report.
Traficant impersonators wearing wigs and toupees filled the stands at Cafaro Field for the promotional event.The Mahoning Valley Scrappers minor league baseball game also featured an impersonator with a "Mini-Jim" who performed skits between innings.The night even consisted of a mock election in which the former Ohio congressman won with 63 percent of the votes. 
Traficant is in federal prison in Pennsylvania, serving time for bribery convictions.He was ousted from the House of Representatives by his fellow congressmen.Incidentally, Traficant is not allowed to wear his infamous toupee in federal prison.
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Traficant is in federal prison in Pennsylvania, serving time for bribery convictions.He was ousted from the House of Representatives by his fellow congressmen.Incidentally, Traficant is not allowed to wear his infamous toupee in federal prison.Copyright 2007 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
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