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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: midnight Target on July 10, 2003, 08:48:55 AM
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So to speak......
Pittsburgh's Simon takes swing at racing sausage (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/135224924_nlbeat10.html)
Dipwad!
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Bastiges! Saw that live when it happened. They replayed it several times throughout the game.
Thats a Miller Park (County Stadium actually) classic tradition... and this turd has the gaul to whack our Italian Sausage.
ALL the radio morning shows are talking about it around here... they think it's hilarious. Leslie Nielson was a guest on one station and he couldn't help from cracking up :)
I wonder what the fans will do to Simon today... that is, if he even gets off the bench. :D
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worst part is he wacked a 19 yr old girl who was wearing the italian suasage oufit!
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Octavius, did he look like he whacked her with malice, or did he just really want the bratwurst to win, so he took out the italian sausage and by extension, the hot dog? ;)
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I want film! This has GOT to be funny to watch!
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Its outrageous, aggregious, and litigious!
===From news online=====
NL notebook: Pittsburgh's Simon takes swing at racing sausage
Pittsburgh first baseman Randall Simon was booked for misdemeanor battery for hitting one of the Milwaukee Brewers' popular racing sausages with a bat during last night's game.
Simon was released, said a spokeswoman for the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, who asked not to be identified. Simon will meet with the district attorney's office today, and it will be up to prosecutors to determine whether formal charges are filed.
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. This is hilarious! Almost makes me want to catch a Brewers home game some time, if its ever aired on national tv.
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 19-year-old identified only as Mandy — 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.
"This is one of the most outrageous things I've ever seen inside a ballpark or outside a ballpark," said Rick Schlesinger, Brewers executive vice president of business operations. "It sickened me to see it."
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Perk the Italian Sausage!!!!!
:D
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Well a friend of mine who was at the game just walked in the office. He says Simon didn't actually "whack with malice".
He described it as a "playful thwack" at the soft part of the costume near the "head" of the sausage. Those things are pretty damn tall... apparently he hit the soft part and did not or did not intend to hit the runner. I'm guessing the bat hit the soft part, the runner lost the center of grav, and fell over.
The paper claims they were treated for injuries... possibly from falling down and not from contact with the bat. They *did* get up and finish the race.
Either way, you dont hit sausages! IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT :D
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I can't find a film of it but it was all over the news this morning. CNN headline news is showing it every hour. :D
I agree that it doesn't look like he took a "whack of malice". It does look like he is aiming for the obviously empty top part of the very tall costume. But still, his swing wasn't a love tap.
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Originally posted by gofaster
As she fell, a nearby sausage — the hot dog — went down as well.
AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAA
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(http://www.foxnews.com/images/95648/2_21_071003_pirates_fnc.jpg)
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Why is there a French sausage?
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I'm trying to remember, but I think they were:
Italian sausage (which was tapped, sending it out of control)
Hot Dog (which was caught in the melee and went down)
Kielbasa sausage (which avoided the accident)
Frankfurter (which was on the inside lane and escaped the crash)
It looks like the Italian sausage was on the outside along the wall, leading by half a link with the hot dog drafting just inside and the Kielbasa alongside. When the Italian went down, the hot dog had nowhere to go and was caught in the crash.
I'm surprised a Canadian ham didn't come out to pace the group while the safety crews cleaned up. There should've at least been a local yellow!
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Why is there a French sausage?
Political correctness in action, they're trying to represent something the real French don't have... :D
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More on this story:
(Brewers spokesman Jon) Greenberg said the racing sausages were scheduled to compete against racing pierogies (dumplings) at a series with the Pirates in Pittsburgh Aug. 15-17 and then again during a series between the teams Aug. 22-24 at Milwaukee.
Gosh, I hope they don't cancel the races! Its about the only interesting thing going on in MLB right now.
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That's awesome! They ought to give the guy an award for injecting a little bit of life into a booooorrrring-assed sport.
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My favorite headline from this story....
Player Whacks Sausage... Girl Goes Down
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Anyone find the video on the internet yet?
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It was on Headline news every other freaking hour... even if ya missed it, here's a link :)
Sausage Assault (http://cbs2.com/apsports/BBN--SausageAssault-ss/resources_news_html)
Scroll down to the bottom and find the link.
[EDIT: LOL that sounds like a good title for a Porno!]
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That was fricking hillarious.
I heard on the radio this morning that the "injuries" were scraped knees. The girl that fell over said it was the weight of the costume that carried her over and she doesn't see why such a big deal is being made of it.
MiniD
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it sure pi**ed off alot of us Milwaukeans.
the sausage race is a LONG time tradition @ Brewers games. people even bet on who is going to win. ;)
for the record:
Frankie Furter.......Hot dog
Brett Wurst...........Bratwurst
Guido....................Ital ian Sausage
Stosh....................Poli sh Sausage
i know he "didn't mean anything bad" or whatever .... you just DON"t go hitting people with a friggin baseball bat. it's not funny. a foam bat maybe :D
Ps. i am chuckling myself about some of the local radio personalities talking about why he hit the "Italian" one with the Mob connections. LOL .... doesn't he watch the sopranos? :D
PPs. the online poll @ the Milwaukee journal has some punishments for him .... the leader is to make him run a sausage race in front of the brewers dugout LOL
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Who WON the dang race??? I had $$$ on that!! Where's my Attorney?
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But I can't help but think this is just another case of female penile envy blown way out of proportion.
:cool: