Give the fans cheap food, they said. It’ll be fine, they said. What could go wrong? As it turns out, quite a lot could go wrong.
Philadelphia Phillies fans took advantage of the abundance of cheap food on Tuesday’s $1 hot dog night and threw the weiners at each other.
Everyone’s throwing hot dogs. The “here come the pretzels” moment has come to life. pic.twitter.com/T5eLBGVnUF
— Sixto Lezcano (@mleif) April 12, 2023
In all, some 60,000 hot dogs were sold to fans on Tuesday night.
Lots of flying dogs pic.twitter.com/ZS41hfFvXq
— Hoagie The Dog (@Jrog1122) April 12, 2023
This is a disappointing comment from Howard Eskin, who has covered Philadelphia sports long enough to know that Philly fans are not “better than this.”
Hot dogs being flung across the stadium while getting blown out to the Marlins.
I’m disgusted to be a Phillies fan rn pic.twitter.com/dvanobG4rB
— Kenny (@kharry2415) April 12, 2023
But, in all honesty, what were the fans supposed to do? The team is losing. The season doesn’t matter yet. You’ve got 60,000 cheap frankfurters lying around. So why not have a little fun?
As for the game, the Phillies lost to the Marlins 8-4.