Fans vote to pig out on Bacos
Ask baseball fans what they want to eat, end up with a bacon taco shell.
The West Michigan Whitecaps are introducing the Baco, a taco with a specially made bacon shell, in Comstock Park because it was the top vote-getter in the fourth annual Whitecaps food contest, which determines Fifth Third Ballpark’s next artery-clogging delight.
The team narrowed to 10 a list of more than 150 fan-submitted menu ideas, then turned the contest over to the fans.
The Baco edged out The Bad Joke, a corn dog covered in cheese with two strips of duck bacon on a bun.
Previous winners of the food contest include Chicks with Sticks, surprisingly a healthy option made up of fresh sliced vegetables with a hummus (or optional ranch) dipping sauce, and the Declaration of Indigestion, a half-pound footlong hot dog covered in a Phillycheese steak and served on a sub roll. They’ve since been retired from the menu.
Slick move
A lot of college hockey players embrace the time-honored postseason tradition of growing beards.
The University of North Dakota men’s team is taking it a step further, holding off on haircutsuntil the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs conclude.
“It’s going to get greasy here,” senior defenseman Joe Gleason said.Blocked out
A couple of basketball blurbs from Brad Dickson of The Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald:
“In the house from which he was evicted, former Seattle SuperSonics center Robert Swift left behindtrash, bullet holes and stench. Or, as that’s called in the Big 12, ‘the visitor’s locker room.’ ”
“Michael Jordan applied for a wedding license in Palm Beach, Fla. Here’s the bizarre thing - there are better odds of Dennis Rodman being invited to attend the christening of the North Korean dictator’s baby than to the Jordan nuptials.”
Football and pope
It’s been a good week for the Catholic church, according to 11-year-old Caroline Pla.
Pla won her crusade to play football for a Catholic Youth Organization team, after Philadelphia’s archbishop reversed a boys-only rule.
She has played organized football since kindergarten, but was told last fall the no-girls rule would be enforced in her Bucks County league. She petitioned the archdiocese, leading to Thursday’s decision from Archbishop Charles J. Chaput.
“I didn’t even really think the rule was going to be changed because of all the things that they said,” said Caroline, who turns 12 Wednesday. “Today is like double [excitement] for Catholics because now girls can play football and there’s a new pope.”Quote of the day
“I love those fillies with
big, floppy ears. I always try to get horses with
floppy ears. Most good horses have big ears.” Phil Sims, trainer and co-owner of Don’t Tell Sophia, who has emerged as the dominant horse at Oaklawn Park this season
Sports, Pages 18 on 03/15/2013