The Krispy Kreme promotion in Kansas City is no more, and it may be a good thing:

First off, the bad, sad news from this afternoon’s 15th Annual Baseball Forecast Luncheon: Krispy Kreme’s 12-hits-gets-you-a-dozen-dough nuts promotion is no more, says Royals president Dan Glass.
He said the dough-nut maker’s corporate philosophy had changed and the company no longer wanted to continue the promotion. But Glass quipped the good news is, “We will all lose a lot of weight.” And he joked Krispy Kreme execs were so startled by the team’s improvements in the second half of last season that they were worried about the frequency of this year’s giveway if the hit total wasn’t raised to 24 for a dozen.
(Catcher John Buck talked about the pressure put on a player coming up to bat when the Royals had 11 hits and the score of up 10 runs or down 10 runs didn’t matter, it changed the feel of the whole at-bat.)

It must be tough having all that sugary goodness riding on your shoulders. 🙂