A reporter having way too much fun:

From the AP: (excerpts, emp add)

Brewers add chorizo to sausage race
By EMILY FREDRIX, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 27, 8:08 PM ET

MILWAUKEE - It could have been wurst. On his first outing as the newest sausage at Miller Park, Chorizo didn't fall on his buns. Wearing an oversized brown sombrero and a bright yellow shirt emblazoned with the number five, Chorizo became the fifth pork product to run the famed sausage race at the home of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Chorizo, who is also known as "El Picante" and "Cinco," will race for the first time during a game on Saturday. But that'll be the only time this year he runs in the Klement's Sausage races because of Major League rules regarding the introduction of mascots, said Rick Schlesinger, the team's executive vice president of business operations.

Chorizo will be put through the grind in the minor league, so he can get some extra seasoning before rejoining the other sausages next season, Melvin said.

The addition of Chorizo comes after several years of receiving letters and e-mails asking for more sausages, especially some with a Latino flavor, Schlesinger said.

"Then it really, to use a food analogy, mushroomed to something much larger where we started to take it seriously," he said.Chorizo said in a statement read in both English and Spanish, that his dream has come true.

"I am very humbled to be in the presence of so many world-class wieners, but hopefully I can bring a little something new to the table, and Brewers fans will welcome me into their hearts and grills," he said.

posted by Quiddity at 7/28/2006 04:23:00 AM