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1 Dog, 2 Beers, Hold the Rats
Published 5/12/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Ren McCormack) at Hugging Harold Reynolds
Conde Nast Portfolio asks, "Do richer Major League Baseball teams play in cleaner stadiums?" From Portfolio.com: We surveyed health-code violations at 11 stadiums to find out. It turns out that two of baseball’s richest teams, the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, and a team near the bottom of the revenue pile, the Kansas City Royals, play in stadiums with some of the best inspection records. But the big middle contains several ballparks where you might want to skip the hot dogs. Two West Coast teams, the Los Angeles Angels and the ...

ANGEL STADIUM STILL SUCKS
Published 5/12/2008 at With Leather
... when it was revealed that the facility left rotting garbage in the stands overnight after games, leading to 118 vermin violations over the span of two years.  Right on the heels of this investigation (nine months later), Condé Nast Portfolio looked at health violations in 11 major league stadiums -- all 32 would have been, like, three times as much effort -- and surprise: Angels Stadium is indeed the grossest, with 732 health care violations in the year 2007. ...

Hot Foot PSA: Shea Not That Deadly
Published 5/12/2008 by Dan Lerner at Hot Foot
... In a recent study of Ballparks and Food Safety, Shea Stadium did surprisingly well. While evidence of mice was found, there were only a mere 58 violations, nothing compared to the almost 800 of Dodger Stadium. Information courtesy of Conde Naste Portfolio. ...

Of Mice And Men [Stay Hungry]
Published 5/13/2008 by Rick at Deadspin
... That's right, it's Angel Stadium in Los Angeles, home of 732 health code violations. McAfee was second with 493, and AT&T; Park had 88. By comparison, the Mets and Yankees were hardly trying with 58 and 45, respectively. Although inspectors did report seeing "mice, rats and flying insects in food areas" at Shea Stadium, which is almost as impressive as that Indians' triple play. ...

Score Not Settled On Bosox Buried Stadia Remains
Published 5/20/2008 by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
If current rumors are true, the entire new Yankee Stadium foundation has been constructed from Red Sox memorabilia, mostly edible hot dogs , and hundred dollar bills from New York City taxpayers. So far, though, only the latter can be proven and is still the most damaging to the city. Still, guess which one we’re excited about today? (No, not the hot dogs, funny clown.) ...