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  • Los Angeles Dodgers Win Two Game Sweep in Season Opener Versus Arizona Diamondbacks in Australia

    The Los Angeles Dodgers victoriously completed their second game season opener today in Australia, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks seven to five. The Sports X-Change reported 38,079 people gathered in the Sydney Cricket Ground. Players Dee Gordon and Yasiel Puig together scored six hits the Dodgers, three runs and three RBIs.

    Yesterday, the Dodgers defeated the Diamondbacks in the opening game, scoring three runs to one. “We’d like to score more runs, and I think offensively we’re a much better club than we’ve shown here,” Kirk Gibson, the Manager of the Diamondbacks, told the Associated Press, “We have 161 games left, so you try and learn some things and learn what they’re trying to do against us and hopefully we’ll do better.”

    According to the Associated Press, the last time a season opener played outside the United States was Tokyo in 2012. The last time baseball was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground was 100 years ago in an exhibition game played by the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig was unsure of the next time baseball would travel overseas but did say “It won’t be 100 years until we’re back here, I can promise you that.”

    As they departed Australia to return to the United States, both teams tweeted messages of thanks. First from the Sydney Cricket Ground itself:

    Then from the Los Angeles Dodgers:

    And finally from the Arizona Diamondbacks:

    Further games in the upcoming season are set to begin on Sunday.

    Image via Destination NSW, YouTube

  • $25 Corn Dog: The Most Outrageous Stadium Food?

    Today, the Arizona Diamondbacks unveiled their newest culinary creation for the 2014-15 baseball season: The D-Bat Dog.

    This 18 inch long monster of a corn dog will be stuffed with cheddar cheese, jalapeno, and bacon and will come with a side of fries. All for the friendly price of $25…

    What was the motivation behind such a decision, you ask? For Diamondbacks president and CEO Derrick Hall, it’s all about family and choice: “This is really about providing our fans with new options each year, and in the case of some of our larger items, it’s really about sharing with the family. We don’t have any expectations for the D-Bat, but we’ll look forward to seeing if it becomes popular with our fans. Every night for us is a successful night because we offer the most affordable food prices in all of baseball.”

    The new D-Bat Dog would seemingly contradict Hall’s last statement, coming in at $1.39 per inch of corn dog.

    That being said, the D-Bat Dog is not the most expensive dog in all of baseball, so it has that going for it. The Texas Rangers offer a hot dog called “The Boomstick” – a 2-foot-long hot dog smothered in nacho cheese, chili, jalapenos, and caramelized onions. One can order such a dog for $26, which turns out to be a $0.31 per inch better value than the D-Bat Dog.

    With all of this stadium food talk, one has to wonder which stadiums offer the best (or most expensive) foods. Well, here is a convenient top-5 list to feed that curiosity:

    5) Dodger Stadium’s “Victory Knot” – No stadium would be complete without a soft pretzel, and Dodger Stadium offers potentially the best pretzel available. Weighing in at 2 pounds and contained within a full-sized pizza box, this behemoth of a pretzel also comes with three dipping sauces: chipotle honey mustard, sweet cinnamon crème, and beer cheese.

    4) CenturyLink Field “S’pacific Salmon BLT” – Seattle lives up to its Pacific-Northwest roots with this culinary creation of Executive Chef Jon Severson which features four ounces of wild sockeye salmon, a slice of beefsteak tomato, lettuce, bacon, and a dijonnaise sauce.

    3) Turner Field’s “The Hammer” – Named after Braves’s great Hank Aaron, this sandwich is comprised of fried chicken, applewood smoked bacon, pepperjack cheese, and pecan-maple mayonnaise.

    2) Toyota Center’s “Surf N’ Turf Nachos” – The Houston Rockets attempted to ascend to a new class of concession dining with this $48 creation featuring lobster, ribeye chili, homemade seafood bisque cheese sauce, sour cream, cilantro crème and green onions.

    1) Missoula Osprey’s “Bats and Balls” – While this food item may derive from the minor leagues, it is definitely a major league concession item. The “bat” part of the name refers to the fries while the “balls” aspect refers to Rocky Mountain Oysters, otherwise known as calf testicles.

    Image via Twitter

  • $25 Corn Dog: New Diamondback Ballpark Snack

    I’m sorry, but this just looks nasty.

    It’s nothing new that some of the worst types of foods are found at a ballpark at extraordinary prices, but this one takes the cake.

    Big Dawgs at the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Chase Field have introduced a new ginournous corn dog that will not only satisfy any hunger needs of fans, but will also empty their wallets as well.

    They are calling the new snack the D-bat Dog and it’s 18 inches of corn dog stuffed with cheese and bacon, according to ESPN Sports Business Reporter Darren Rovell.

    Not to worry, it comes with fries. No word on whether a drink is included.

    Apparently, the Diamondbacks are also offering the $10 Venom dog — a foot-long habanero sausage with beans, guacamole and sour cream.

    Tweets have started to filter in with opinions on the new Big Dawg fare.

    Image via Twitter, Darren Rovell