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A few years ago, Travel + Leisure ran a story about the culinary renaissanceunderway in ball parks across North America. It raved about the fresh Dungeness crabsandwich at San Francisco’s AT&T Park, which, according to the magazine, wasbest washed down with “a glass of Brassfield Estate High Serenity Ranch -- a blendof Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio and Gewürztraminer grapes from nearby estatevineyards.” The “ichiroll” in Seattle -- a spicy tuna roll named afterJapanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki -- was best paired with a glass of sake, hot or cold.Owners were becoming more aware of our growing food obsession and realized that frozenpizza and limp hot dogs just wouldn’t cut it anymore. Today, theconcession competition is almost as fierce as the action on the field, with teams tryinganything to gain an edge. The reigning AL Champion Texas Rangers recently announced theaddition of “The Champion Dog” to their stadium carte, a two-foot long, $26dollar hot dog, which should get even non-baseball fans in the seats, if just so they cansee the damned thing. In honor of this elongated tube of meat and the upcoming baseballseason, we count down the 10 most outrageous ball park foods available today. Continue Reading
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