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Article: Americans Expected to Enjoy 26.1 Million Hot Dogs During 2002 Baseball Season; Laid End to End, Hot Dogs Would Stretch From Pittsburgh Pirates' PNC Park to Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium.
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- PR Newswire
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- April 1, 2002
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WASHINGTON -- Spring has sprung and with opening day of the 2002 Major League Baseball season Americans fancy returns to their love affair with baseball and hot dogs.
This season, the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council estimates that 26.1 million hot dogs will be enjoyed in major league stadiums this year -- the number one item on ballpark's menus. And despite a trend toward more diverse menus at ballparks, hot dogs and sausages remain the most popular items with baseball fans.
To put that in perspective, 26.1 million hot dogs would stretch from PNC Park at North Shore in Pittsburgh, PA, to Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium or would feed the state populations ...