[KC_Conspirator]

Is there something wrong with me? I find this story absolutely hilarious and laugh everytime I see the videotape.

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[Xenalyte]

Yes, there is, and so do I. It cracks me up.

[bigfootbob]

What's wrong is all major male sports writers squat to pee. Why they are sports writers confuse me. Most should be working for the Lifetime or Oxygen Networks.

[Mr. Bird]

It is hilarious and I nearly cried laughing last night watching an ESPN feature on it. They turned it into a parody of a quasi-JFK assassination, with dotted lines to potential conspirators and somber music.

The sausage race has always been a source of comedy, and this incident elevated it to new heights...

[WhiteGuy]

There's nothing remotely funny about the abuse of sausage!

I'm a big fan of sausage............

In fact I LOVE SAUSAGE!

(maybe Simon had a bet down on the brat........)

[LBelle]

You are not the only one. My husband and I giggled all through the morning news. The girl in question is a good sport and has a good sense of humor about the whole thing.

[DonQ]

I don't think it's funny. This girl in the sausage costume wasn't prepared/trained to do a pratfall or any other slapstick. This player assaulted her. It wasn't very hard and didn't do her any lasting harm, but it was VERY unsporting. If he had used his bat against a cheerleader we wouldn't think it was funny.

[Grando Calrissian]

Just another example of how the media overreacts to the most mundane stories (preferably if they've been captured on tape). The funny part is that the girl didn't want charges and only wanted the bat he hit her with.

[ghost of nixon]

Simon's mom obviously never warned him about the dangers of whacking the sausage.

[N. Theknow]

Vienna world would someone show their wurst side using a baseball brat like that. I never sausage a despicable thing...whacking someone's sausage....in public. Frankly it disrupted the race so no clear weiner could be declared as two participants landed on their buns.

[HamiltonJay]

I actually saw the footage for the first time on TV today, looked to me like the italian sausage was tripping even before he hit her.... and I don't think based on what I saw that he intended to hit her hard or knock her down..

It was still a very immature and childish jerk thing to do... but after finally seeing the videotape on TV, can't find it to be any more than that.

Not that it matters really, the Frontier League's Washington Wild Things are where my baseball entertainment dollars are going! No spoiled brat players, affordable tickets and consessions, people playing out of love, and best of all not in any way associated with MLB!! The entire league is independent, not a minor league club!

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

I never sausage a thing in my life!

[HolgerDansk]

Having grown up in Milwaukee, all I can say is that Simon is lucky to be alive.

Now, if he'd hammered the bratwurst instead of the Italian sausage, there would have been a riot of biblical proportions. One does not assault brats and beer in Milwaukee!

Buuuuurp! Ya Der Hey!

[RogueIsland]

When the Italian sausage (19-year-old Mandy Block) passed Simon, he struck her with a bat, knocking her and the hot dog (a 19-year-old woman) down. The women suffered a few scrapes.

NY Post Headline: Simon Beats Meat

[dead]

It was hysterical!

Obviously, the guy was just trying to have a little bit of fun with the mascot. He did it in a stupid, but not malicious, way.

But sportswriters and sportscasters are the most sanctimonious blowhards this side of the NY Times editorial board. From their hysterics you would have swore he killed the girl's grandmother and raped her dog.

I swear, I could watch that video all day. The only thing missing is a couple of midgets.

[ReaganWarrior]

A fun story. And I bet the Brewer's front office is in heaven--they've never had so much publicity. For the next couple of months people will be cheering the sausage race, and tee shirts and fundraisers like "Hit the Sausage Girl with a whiffleball bat" will come early and often.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Simon's brat-like act against 'sausage' leaves a bad taste USA Today ^ | 7/10/03 | Rod Beaton

Of all the writers they could have assigned this story to...

[Ima Lurker]

I'll put my sense of humor up against anyones.....anytime, but I fail to see the humor in one person hitting another with a bat. Like everyone else I have seen it over and over again on TV and to me that was NOT a "love tap" as someone on another thread stated. If this had been an average citizens doing this he would be in jail.

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