The Milwaukee Brewers just came to town and took a series from the Colorado Rockies. It’s only fair that they leave behind the inspiration for a new tradition.
The Brewers are home to the Famous Racing Sausages. During the middle of the sixth inning, five sausages (Bratwurst, Italian Sausage, Polish Sausage, Hot Dog, and Chorizo) race their way around the warning track at American Family Field.
Across the league, you have several other mascot showdowns including the Washington Nationals’ Presidents Race and Pittsburgh Pirates’ Pierogi Race, and the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Legends Race.
The New York Mets got the most hyper-local with it when they introduced their Five Borough Race last year. In the battle for NYC supremacy, “the pizza slice (Brooklyn), the skyscraper (Manhattan), the ferry (Staten Island), the giraffe (Bronx) and the subway (Queens)” race it out.
It’s been several years since the Rockies last held the Comfort Dental Tooth Trot, the longstanding competition between Toothy the tooth, Bristles the toothbrush, and Fresh the toothpaste.