“The greatest moment in American sports history”…Really?
I woke up this wonderful 4th of July, and although I had to wait a few hours to watch a tape delayed Wimbledon, I was able to watch another early July "Sporting" event. Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest. For those of you that aren’t framiliar with the event, it’s the super bowl of competetive eating, and people see how many hot dogs and buns they can eat in 12 minutes. The event has really changed in the past six years as Takeru Kobayashi showed that being lean actually helps you fit more hot dogs into your stomach. Well Kobayashi has won the previous six Nathan’s events heading into today.
That changed when Joey Chestnut ate 66(!!!) hot dogs in 12 minutes today to outdo Kobayashi’s 63 (The previous Nathan’s record was 54). Since the event is on the Fourth of July many American’s have been upset about a Japanese contestant dominating the American’s and were very happy to see Joey Chestnut bring back the "Mustard Belt" to America.
The announcers today were taking themselves a little to serious though, here were a few of the quotes that had me wondering why I was watching this event.
"This could be what this country needs to get back on the right track: the mustard belt coming home to America."
"Google the word "hero" tomorrow and you’ll get Abe Lincoln and Joey Chestnut."
"This could be the greatest moment in American Sports history."
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wow! the quotes are pretty surreal…Shades of the movie Idiocracy! It’s really happening!