Sportsmeat

My memory is hazy, but I believe there's a John Candy movie in which he succinctly explains the contents of a hot dog. Lips and something. I'll leave it to the rest of you to look that one up. Still, I eat them anyway, usually on the golf course, at BBQs, and especially at baseball games. I'm not alone. According to this bit of knowledge from the New York Times and my back-o-the-mustard-stained-napkin calculation, New York baseball fans alone consumed more than four million dogs last year, a number that would make Joey Chestnut's cheeks burst with pride. The details:

The Executive Pursuits column in Business Day on May 5, about selling hot dogs at Shea Stadium, misinterpreted a survey by the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council and referred incorrectly to hot dog sales at Shea. Although the stadium sells an average of just under 20,000 hot dogs a game, and ranks No. 1 among major league ballparks who responded to the questionnaire from the hot dog council, Shea does not lead all ballparks in sales. It trails Yankee Stadium, which sells about 30,000 a game but did not answer the survey. (A reader raised the issue after an article on May 11 about the introduction of Latin food at Yankee Stadium mentioned the higher figure for the Yankees. Unfortunately for the reader, who vowed not to “consume any dogs at either stadium until it has been settled,” this correction was delayed for research, but the Mets have a home game tomorrow night.)

This comes from Regret the Error's annual list of the best media errors and corrections. Click here to read the whole list.

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