Can’t Beat the Meat
Headlines that result after a Pittsburgh Pirate takes a bat to an
Italian sausage.
By
Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is AJR's assistant managing editor
Talk about a letdown. A Pittsburgh Pirate in July takes a bat to someone in a sausage suit during a game in Milwaukee. A giant sausage! Italian! This is almost a headline-writer's dream. But despite the tantalizing potential, few journalists stepped up to the plate--for either the baseball or the sausage. Here's a sampling, some still quite amusing, of what a few news outlets served up:
Pirate in trouble for sausage assault
MSNBC
'Sausage beater' booked for battery
ESPN.com
Ballplayer booked for belting costumed sausage
CNN.com
Police grill Pirates' Simon for hit on racing sausage
New York's Daily News
Pro Ballplayer In Sausage Beef
WCCO.com (Twin Cities)
Man Allegedly Attacks Sausage
CBSNEWS.com
Pirates First Baseman Attacks Italian Sausage
MilwaukeeChannel.com
Infield foul: Racing sausage hit with bat
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
What a weenie: Pirate strikes sausage
Contra Costa Times
Pirates' Simon Grilled for Clubbing Sausage
Reuters
Pirates' Simon swings, hits racing sausage
San Jose Mercury News
Pittsburgh player may be charged after sausage mascot chopped with bat
Toronto Sun
Was it a knockwurst?
Toronto's Globe and Mail
Player Charged in Sausage's Battery
KRON4.com, San Francisco
A Pirate food fight? Simon smacks sausage; Brewers win
Madison, Wisconsin's Capital Times
Player won't be charged in baseball sausage beating incident
WDRB, Louisville, Kentucky ###
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