Ernie Harwell, the man who would not eat a hot dog
2006-08-28 19:38
by Bob Timmermann
In his Detroit Free Press column, Tigers announcer emeritus Ernie Harwell writes about the hot dog and how he's never ate one after he went into broadcasting.
As a kid, I loved hot dogs (in Georgia we called them weenies). Once I became a baseball announcer, and they were so available, I vowed not to eat them. If I started, I'd have no restraint and end up weighing 500 pounds. I made one exception. At Milwaukee's County Stadium, I allowed myself one bratwurst per game.
Supposedly Americans average eating 60 hot dogs a year. I feel that somewhere someone must be eating well over 60 to make up for me because I rarely have more than 3 or 4 a year for the same reason that Mr. Harwell eschews them.
Of course, there is a semantic argument about whether or not a bratwurst is a hot dog.
I really skew the Hawai'i Spam average downwards, though. I'll be we don't eat six cans a year (barring hurricanes, since it's in the emergency rations).
I really skew the Hawai'i Spam average downwards, though. I'll be we don't eat six cans a year (barring hurricanes, since it's in the emergency rations).
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