What the Hell is this and how did it ever get in the news!!! (675 hits)
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Submitted by Posthumous Laughter (View user info) at 2004-05-10 18:14:36 EDT
If you can read this and not say for gods sake man, then please tell me what this means and why. I cannot believe that the first sentence of this story is "Wisconsin's most famous sausage has decided to retire, but she'll always relish the memories". Oh, god, we are all done for.
From Yahoo News
Sports
Woman Hit by Bat in Sausage Race Retiring
Mon May 10, 7:22 AM ET
MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin's most famous sausage has decided to retire, but she'll always relish the memories. Mandy Block, the woman in the Italian sausage costume hit with a bat by Pittsburgh Pirates (news) first baseman Randall Simon last July, won't be in the Milwaukee Brewers (news)' sausage races this summer.
She has decided to retire from competitive sausage racing at Miller Park to take psychology classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"It's too bad," Block told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "It kind of ended with a bang, though."
Block received attention after Simon hit her over the head with his bat as she passed by the visitors' dugout. Veronica Chandler, the hot dog who tripped over Block's fallen sausage, never ran again.
The whacking was broadcast worldwide, but Block brushed aside the controversy, accepting Simon's apology and declaring herself "just a sausage."
Simon was handcuffed by Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies after the game, taken to a police station and fined $432 for disorderly conduct. Major League Baseball suspended him for three days.
Simon sent Block an autographed bat and apologized several times. When he returned to Miller Park later in the season, as a Chicago Cub, he bought a section of fans Italian sausages.
The Curacao Tourism Board offered its own apology, an all expenses-paid trip for Block and Chandler. Simon is from the small Caribbean island.
Block also was recognized by the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council with a certificate of bravery.
"I'm proud of it," Block said. "I didn't even know there was a hot dog council."
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Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2004-05-11 07:25:40 EDT (#)
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Woman Hit by Bat in Sausage Race Retiring
Only in America this makes sense
Submitted by Fixer (user info) at 2004-05-11 05:01:47 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Spiral_Abraxis (user info) at 2004-05-10 22:18:16 EDT (#)
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.....
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2004-05-10 22:09:00 EDT (#)
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The first line was stupid as fuck, but I got it. 'Relish'. Haha, get it? Sausage? Relish? Too bad the other sausage was able to KETCHUP!! AAAAHAHAHA!! HEEHEEHEEHOOOHOO!!
..........Fucking hell, I'm getting dumber...........
There're better writers on this site than the paid writers in Milwaukee. Fucking Milwaukee..... I hope it sinks.
Submitted by Shirkinparkin (user info) at 2004-05-10 21:55:41 EDT (#)
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Yeah, this is old. I thought this would be good. Too bad.
Submitted by otizzlebizzle (user info) at 2004-05-10 19:43:00 EDT (#)
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Last summer called ...
... they want their story back.
Submitted by Yes (user info) at 2004-05-10 18:48:50 EDT (#)
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wft?
i concur.
Submitted by Missty (user info) at 2004-05-10 18:37:39 EDT (#)
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cute but not great
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-05-10 18:29:07 EDT (#)
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Heh. But this was all over sportscenter.
Submitted by DamienX (user info) at 2004-05-10 18:28:17 EDT (#)
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+1 just for bringing "competitive sausage racing" to my attention. I wonder how one goes about training for a sausage marathon, though I think I've been doing it since I was about 12.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-05-10 18:22:26 EDT (#)
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you still fucking suck, you homophobe.
Submitted by Zod (user info) at 2004-05-10 18:18:17 EDT (#)
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Sorry, but, "Block also was recognized by the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council with a certificate of bravery" got me.
Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2004-05-10 18:17:08 EDT (#)
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Proceed immediatley to the gas chamber on my right.
Submitted by facts (user info) at 2004-05-10 18:16:25 EDT (#)
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And you're posting on it, die.