Mascot Mayhem: Don't Take Yourself to Seriously

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How Milwaukee’s silly sausages became one of the most beloved spectacles in baseball

The Milwaukee Brewers are deadly serious about their baseball this season.

Finishing with the best record in MLB, they’re hoping that this will be the year they can finally win a World Series as their playoff campaign begins on Saturday. But this is a franchise that doesn’t always take itself too seriously, and a run to the Fall Classic would help showcase one of the most wonderfully ridiculous servings in sport: The slapstick sixth-inning sausage race.

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[Turbine]

Need "something innocent, a little silly, whimsical, but, you know, quintessentially" Louisiana.

[CajunNation]

Need "something innocent, a little silly, whimsical, but, you know, quintessentially" Louisiana.

I don't know what that mascot looks like, but it should definitely be named Coullion.

[CajunVic]

I don't know what that mascot looks like, but it should definitely be named Coullion.

Coullion the Cocodrie

[OldBullDog]

Sixth inning race
Blanc Boudin
Noir Boudin
Crawfish Boudin
Gator Boudin
Boudin Ball

[MarlinMan3]

Could have had more peppers in addition to cayenne and they coukd have raced. Why coukdnt there have been a tabasco and have it sponsored by .....tabasco....(with an additional donation) or are they "neutral" when it comes to supporting state schools?

[MarlinMan3]

Sixth inning race
Blanc Boudin
Noir Boudin
Crawfish Boudin
Gator Boudin
Boudin Ball

Wouldnt the boudin ball roll and knock everyone down, every single time