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Chorizo joins the races!

Published Monday, August 14, 2006 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

You won't hear about this on the monthly jobs report, but Milwaukee added a new full-time job opening -- well, maybe part-time summer work. It's "Mr. Picante," the chorizo, who'll get a slot in the Milwaukee Brewers game-day sausage races.

For the history on the racing sausages, click here. The one thing I didn't quite understand, but saw on the Adfreak blog, was that actual fans get to put on the sausage unis and race around the field. Or do they? The link to Wikipedia says that it's normally Miller Park/Brewers employees underneath the giant sausage outfits, though sometimes celebs get to race. One odd thing I learned in most news reports on this subject -- Major League Baseball won't approve a new mascot mid-season, so the chorizo will have to wait until 2007.

Some people don't even know what a chorizo is. I can say I've known for years, as a fan of Midnight Run..."Chorizo and eggs!"