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Mar 08 2020
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Baseball, food

HOT DOG BLOG II: Goodwin Field Cal State Fullerton

HOT DOG 2 – Road trip 2 on the season and excitement is high! Expectations: same! The main event: USF v. Cal State. Great series, great fans, great kid. The hot dog? Another disappointment. 😩 Bland at best. These dogs looked to be on a roller. We’re finessing this system as we go – future dogs will be limited to onions, mustard, onions and relish – but this dog cried out for some oomph – so we did add jalapenos – but even then – blah. We found the sun in SoCal but nothing heartwarming about the Titan dog.

The park is Goodwin Field, home of the Cal State Fullerton Titans.

Wiener rating: 🌭

Price: $6

Color: decent

Taste: bland

Texture: mushy

Snap: lame

Bun: ends stale – inconsistent

Boring, boring boring. This dog also seemed too small for the bun, but here at the Hot Dog Blog we insist size doesn’t matter. See you at the next stop baseball fans…Oxford, Ohio.

Feb 29 2020
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Baseball, college baseball, Fan fun, food

The Hot Dog Blog 1: Olsen Field at Bluebell Park

Welcome to the hot dog blog 🌭!  A new feature here at Tales From The Bleachers because (obvious alert) no visit to a baseball park, stadium or field would be complete without a hot dog am I right? So as we travel the 2020 college baseball circuit following the #Miamiredhawks and #SanFranciscoDons this season, we’ll also be putting the dogs to the test. I won’t take this space to suggest HOW you should eat your dog (no ketchup!) but rather provide a public service should you find yourself at any of the friendly confines we have the privilege of visiting this season. Our opinion is really all that matters, because it’s our hot dog blog – but we’d love to hear from you if you have a winner, a can’t miss combo of condiments, a ball field dog that is not to be missed.

We have parameters – I mean we’re not out here winging it – here they are:

  • Price
  • Color
  • Taste
  • Texture
  • Snap
  • Bun quality

Outstanding experiences awarded weiner rating from 1-5 with five suggesting it’s worth a visit 🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭. If our experience is pure sadness, one dog: 🌭. Hold on to your buns, here we go…

HOT DOG 1

The park is Olsen Field at Bluebell Park. Home of the Texas A&M Aggies, College Station Texas.

Wiener rating: 🌭

 

 

Price: $7

Color: brownish

Taste: old

Texture: dry

Snap: result of oldness

Bun: stale

Comments: The Aggies are really phoning this in. This dog seemed to be brought out from the (very late) night before. I mean is this what passes for a hot dog in the pork-loving, bbq-bragging lone star state? You should be ashamed of yourselves. Suggestion: spend as much time on your hot dogs as your fans spend prepping to  heckle the visiting team.

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