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- Mascot_race abstract "A mascot race is a promotional sports entertainment competition of runners dressed in costumes. It is often a between-innings entertainment at baseball games. Usually the racers are mascots related to local culture or the products of a sponsor. Some races are fixed, meaning they are for entertainment purposes only.The best known of this type of race is the Milwaukee Brewers' Sausage Race. Introduced in the early nineties, the race currently features bratwurst, Polish sausage, Italian sausage, hot dog, and chorizo characters. The race takes place before the sixth inning of every home game. Players have also been involved; during a 2003 race during a Brewers-Pittsburgh Pirates game, Pirates slugger Randall Simon hit one of the sausages with a baseball bat, causing the woman in the costume to require medical care. Milwaukee police fined Simon. The incident subsequently became known as "Sausagegate".The Sausage Race inspired the creation of the Great Pierogi Race in Pittsburgh. A rivalry has developed between the Sausages and the Pierogies, and the two groups compete twice yearly in relay races. Another well known mascot race is the Presidents Race of the Washington Nationals. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft mascots compete. As a running joke, Teddy Roosevelt did not win until the Nationals made the playoffs for the first time in 2012. Like the Milwaukee Sausages, the Presidents also have a rivalry with the Pierogies.Besides the Pittsburgh Pierogies and the Washington, DC, Presidents Race, other teams have their own versions. The Tampa Bay Rays have a race sponsored by PepsiCo, the owners of the naming rights to Tropicana Field. Their race is between large bottles of Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Aquafina, and Sierra Mist. Before 2007, these were computer-generated. As of 2010, the race is only computer-generated for certain games.The Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals have similar races involving hot dogs. The Royals' version features live runners dressed as Heinz condiments - ketchup, relish and mustard. The live racers made their first appearance during the 2007 season, with the race being limited to the video board prior to this. The Indians also started a live hot dog race in 2007 with the racers being mustard, onion, and ketchup (who wears thick glasses as a nod to Charlie Sheen's "Wild Thing" character from the movie Major League). In late 2007 the ketchup racer started cutting the corner at home plate to win the race, and this "cheating" has led to several stage skits by players, mascots, and the ground crew to slow or trip him up during the race. Texas Rangers games feature a live action version of the "Dot Race," in which three dots (Red, Green, and Blue) compete in the middle of the sixth inning. Each fan is given a coupon for Ozarka bottled water (the race sponsor) that has one of the three colors. A coupon with the "winning color" can be taken to a Texas store to purchase Ozarka (in actuality, the coupons do not feature the date they were presented, thus any coupon can be redeemed at any time prior to their expiration date). The "dots" were later joined by three action figures, all resembling legendary figures in Texas history (Davy Crockett with his long rifle, Jim Bowie with his legendary Bowie knife, and Sam Houston).The Atlanta Braves race involves (Atlanta-based) Home Depot's hammer, saw (later replaced by a bucket after suffering a serious injury), paint brush, and power drill racing against each other. Before the 2009 season, the race was seen only on the scoreboard, but it now features live runners dressed in costumed versions of these tools; the race takes place on the warning track and starts in right field and ends in front of the scoreboard.In 2009 the San Francisco Giants featured periodically a bobble head race with likenesses of announcers Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow, but they only occasionally raced in 2009. The Arizona Diamondbacks dress three kids up in hot dog suits. One representing ketchup, one representing mustard and one representing relish. The three kids run in place in front of the Diamondback's dugout while the scoreboard shows a race between the three hot dogs. The winner receives a prize for their victory.The Houston Astros' race involves Taco Bell Hot Sauce Packets named Fire, Hot, and Mild that race from the right field corner around the outfield and up to the visitor's dugout. This race started in 2010. Also in 2010, the Arizona Diamondbacks added a "Legends Race" with 10 feet (3.0 m) likenesses of Randy Johnson, Mark Grace, Luis Gonzalez and Matt Williams. The race debuted on July 2. The Diamondbacks previously had a race between live runners dressed as menu items from fast-food chain and sponsor Taco Bell, including a giant cup of Pepsi. The Mark Grace figure finally won his first race August 8, 2015, on the day Randy Johnson's number was retired, Randy let him pass him for the win.In 2012, the Minnesota Twins introduced “The Race at Target Field” mascot race—an evolution of their "Race to Target Field" animated video race which began in 2009 for the inaugural season of Target Field. The race features five Minnesota-inspired characters: Louie the loon, Wanda the walleye, Babe the blue ox, Skeeta the mosquito and Bullseye the dog (mascot of hometown company and sponsor, Target Corporation). Also in 2012, the Miami Marlins added the Great Sea race featuring Bob the Shark, Julio the Octopus, Angel the Stone Crab and Spike the Sea Dragon. The Oakland Athletics Class A Advance Affiliate the Stockton Ports has a race that (fittingly for the San Joaquin Valley region's agricultural heritage) involves three asparagus: green, fried, and chocolate. (The Stockton area produces the majority of the domestic asparagus consumed in the United States.)Triple A Dodgers affiliate the Albuquerque Isotopes feature a mascot race with New Mexican food items as the competitors. The racers are Red Chile, Green Chile, Taco, and Salsa. The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, another Triple-A team, features pork products: Ham, Bacon, and Hot Dog. The Triple-A Buffalo Bisons feature a food race involving Chicken Wing, Bleu Cheese and Celery. The Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League also have a race featuring hot dog, mustard and ketchup. The Lakewood BlueClaws have two races: the Pork Roll, Egg, and Cheese Race at the end of the second inning and the Eyeball Race in the middle of the sixth. The Columbus Clippers of the International League have a race featuring 3 hot dogs, Kenny Ketchup, Mickey Mustard, and Ricky Relish.".
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- Mascot_race hypernym Competition.
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- Mascot_race comment "A mascot race is a promotional sports entertainment competition of runners dressed in costumes. It is often a between-innings entertainment at baseball games. Usually the racers are mascots related to local culture or the products of a sponsor. Some races are fixed, meaning they are for entertainment purposes only.The best known of this type of race is the Milwaukee Brewers' Sausage Race.".
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