Baseball stadiums have a lot of time to fill between innings, and one of the best ways to fill that time is with mascot races.
The Milwaukee Brewers have their sausage race, the Pittsburgh Pirates' race features running pierogies, and the Washington Nationals have racing presidents. The Cleveland Indians have the Sugardale Hot Dog Race, and on Wednesday, it got a little out of hand.
The race itself features hot dogs dressed up as each of the three major hot dog condiments: ketchup, mustard and onions. In Wednesday's race, ketchup (donning glasses like Wild Thing from the movie Major League) took a huge lead, and it looked like he was going to win with no problem.
But ketchup couldn't resist hotdogging a little bit, and he turned to point at cheering fans in the stands. He didn't see Cleveland second baseman Jason Kipnis standing in his path, getting ready to start the next inning. Ketchup turned around, but not in time to avoid crashing directly into Kipnis.
The collision didn't affect Kipnis (other than making him laugh), but ketchup tumbled to the ground. For a split second, it seemed like the end of the race for ketchup, but he popped right back up and kept running for the finish where he triumphed over mustard.
Kipnis' Instagram post after the game? "#comestrongordontcomeatall."
Just a little warning for all other mascots and life-size condiments.
Who you gonna call?
While everyone has been wondering whether there really will be a Space Jam sequel, recently retired Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant has made the move from the basketball court to the big screen.
Bryant, who retired from the NBA after 20 seasons, made a cameo appearance in a promo for the new Ghostbusters movie.
Ghostbusters is set to be released July 15, but Bryant will not appear in it. The promo covered that acting venture.
Testy, testy
After watching Golden State allow Cleveland to go on a run in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, Warriors Coach Steve Kerr was frustrated.
So frustrated he smashed his clipboard.
Kerr called a timeout with 8:03 left in the third quarter with the Warriors holding a 56-52 lead. They had led 56-45 less than two minutes prior.
All it took was one clean shot, and the clipboard shattered.
"Destruction tends to ease some of the anger," Kerr quipped. "So I try to take it out on a clipboard instead of a player. So it's better that way. Better not to break your players."
Hitting on Doris
According to Doris Burke, Canadian rapper Drake tried to woo the ESPN sideline reporter during Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference final.
In an interview with Rembert Browne of New York Magazine, Burke, 50, revealed that Drake gave her a heart sign as the Toronto Raptors tried to stave off elimination at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers on May 27.
"Can I tell you something ... ? I just could not believe this happened. Drake turned around -- my seat at Game 6 was right behind him -- makes a heart shape [with his hands] and points at me. I'm looking around behind me to see who's there, turn back to him, and then he points and he does it again. I texted my daughter and said, "You need to know Drake just did this to me."
Sports on 06/04/2016