Baseball, Hot Dogs & Purging???

"Chestnut is tearing into it like Lindsey Lohan at a mini-bar"

I liked the color commentary. "The Field" appeared straight out of the Salvation Army.

As for the aftermath, I'm sure the competitors left it all on the field. "Everybody grab a hose!"

In "competitive eating" they call waht happens afterwards a "reversal of fortune"???

You think Hot Dogs are bad, can you imagine the contest where the winner eats 2lbs of mayonaise in 4 minutes?

THAT IS GROSS!

Until not long ago, there was a guy who did the "Cool Hand Luke" thing at state fairs -- tried to set world records for eating hard boiled eggs.

In his case, he was into the binging, but no purging.

His career ended with a stroke brought on by a sudden spike in cholesteral. Not joking.

How this qualifies as a sport, I'll never understand. You may as well sit on an overpass and wait in hopes of seeing a fatal car crash.

Though it does bring back memories of an old National Lampoon Radio Dinner album a friend used to have, featuring color commentary on a ... farting contest. In the bit, the favorite is disqualified when he passes, well, more than wind.

At least THEY understood it was a JOKE, not a sport!

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Not a sport?

Used to feel that way until I ran across the website of IFOCE (International Federation OF Competitive Eating) and MLE (Major League Eating)

http://www.ifoce.com/home.php

Hot dogs? Gross?...think about THESE selected MLE world records (PLEASE don't try these at home, leave this to the experts)....

Baked Beans
Six Pounds Baked Beans
One Minute, 48 Seconds

Buffet
5 1/2 pounds of buffet food
12 minutes
Crazy Legs Conti

Birthday Cake
Five Pounds/ TripRewards 1st Birthday
11 Minutes, 26 Seconds/ May 10, 2005

SPAM
6 pounds of SPAM from the can/ SPAMARAMA
12 minutes/ Apr. 3, 2004

Then there is cow brains, and cow tonge...Nahh...even I have my limits.

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