"only the americans could be so damn clever....."
This is a fucking pisser, click on the link for the full story AND A PIC of this classic event in american sports.
This has got to be one of the most bizarre stories I have ever read:
"Simon interrogated after striking racing sausage with bat"
[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2003/07/09/sausage_assault_ap/?cnn=yes]
The highlights:
In an event that's a fan favorite at Miller Park, four people in sausage costumes race around the bases between the sixth and seventh innings at Milwaukee Brewers games.
Film of Wednesday night's race showed that when the group went past the Pirates' third-base dugout, Simon took a two-handed chop at the Italian sausage character -- portrayed by a 20-year-old South Milwaukee woman -- hitting her from behind and causing her to tumble to the ground.
As she fell, a nearby sausage -- the hot dog -- went down as well.
Pirates outfielder Reggie Sanders said he thought the weight of the head on the sausage costume contributed to the fall.
"It was very strange," he said.
Ryan Borghoff, 16, who wore the bratwurst costume in the race, called the episode "unbelievable."
Borghoff went on to win the race.
"Somebody had to, I guess," he said.
This has got to be one of the most bizarre stories I have ever read:
"Simon interrogated after striking racing sausage with bat"
[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2003/07/09/sausage_assault_ap/?cnn=yes]
The highlights:
In an event that's a fan favorite at Miller Park, four people in sausage costumes race around the bases between the sixth and seventh innings at Milwaukee Brewers games.
Film of Wednesday night's race showed that when the group went past the Pirates' third-base dugout, Simon took a two-handed chop at the Italian sausage character -- portrayed by a 20-year-old South Milwaukee woman -- hitting her from behind and causing her to tumble to the ground.
As she fell, a nearby sausage -- the hot dog -- went down as well.
Pirates outfielder Reggie Sanders said he thought the weight of the head on the sausage costume contributed to the fall.
"It was very strange," he said.
Ryan Borghoff, 16, who wore the bratwurst costume in the race, called the episode "unbelievable."
Borghoff went on to win the race.
"Somebody had to, I guess," he said.