Half of baseball buys into veggie dogs - Los Angeles Times

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 Half of baseball buys into veggie dogs - Los Angeles Times
SAN FRANCISCO -- Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers is being introduced before last Friday night's game against the San Francisco Giants, and Johanna McCloy, otherwise preoccupied at AT Park, lets out a yelp. "Yes," she cries. "Vegetarian." The Berkeley-based McCloy, a self-appointed advocate for meat-eschewing baseball fans, has crossed the San Francisco Bay to promote her dreamer's ... [link]

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Hot Dogs Are as American as Heart Attacks
Published 7/22/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... And now you're too good for this? You must be. Only a nation happily hammering away at the very foundations it stands on would accept a vegetarian substitute for hot dogs at baseball games, and then dare to call it American. ...

One Rare Category Where The Dodgers Are Ahead of the Angels
Published 7/22/2008 by Steve Sax (noreply@blogger.com) at Sons of Steve Garvey
... Wow, the LA Times is a goldmine for Dodgers information today, which is surprising given the diminishing volume of the sports page and record of fleeing columnists and sportswriters. Jerry Crowe writes about veggie dogs: Dodger Stadium's got 'em; Angel Stadium doesn't. ...

Get your veggie hot dog
Published 7/22/2008 by PostmanR at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... Tired of traditional hot dogs made from beef or pork? Want something new, interesting, totally tubular to the MAXXXX? Well if you frequent the veggie dog serving half of MLB ballparks, you can taste one of these veggie dogs made from meat analogue. YES! ...

Pushing Ballparks For Veggie Dogs
Published 7/23/2008 by Robbie Gillies at RealClearSports - Blog
Johanna McCloy is an advocate for vegetarian alternatives in mainstream venues like major league ballparks. She was recently interviewed by the Los Angeles Times and I was shocked to find out that only half of all major league ballparks offer veggie dogs. McCloy is pushing for all MLB stadiums to offer the meatless alternative. ...

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