Baseball player Jim Walewander becomes fan

As the band toured extensively behind their records, they began to accrue increasing attention, which often came through unconventional routes. In 1987, Major League Baseball player Jim Walewander , a Detroit Tigers rookie, became a vocal fan of the band; this was noted on his baseball card (1988 Score, #571), which described the group as “an obscure punk-rock band”. Walewander invited the band to Tiger Stadium to see a game in which he hit his first and only major league home run.