If crazy jerseys won’t draw you to the ballpark, maybe this food will

A couple of days ago I wrote two articles on weird promotions / silly jerseys. Minor League clubs do everything possible to make the fans come to their stadium. But if these promotions and jerseys won’t draw fans, maybe this food will.

At the time of writing, it is around dinner time in the Netherlands; perhaps the perfect time to write a blog post about ballpark food. My big example when it comes to blogging, Benjamin Hill, wrote about it already.

Next to the jersey craze, extreme food seems to become a big hit in (minor league) ballparks.

What about this bacon taco? You can find it at the concession stands of the West Michigan White Caps, A Full Season Midwest League affiliate of tigers) For this bacon taco or baco for short, the bacon is used as shell. It will “only” cost you $6.25.

If this baco is not enough the White Caps serve a 5/3rds of a pound burger called the Fifth Third burger, named after the ballpark of the White Caps. It will only cost you $22.00. If you have some trouble with using your imagination, this is what it looks like.

The Kane County Cougars (also Midwest League) must have been inspired by the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. They will put the Heart Attack Burger on the menu in 2015: a half-pound beef patty is topped with grilled onions, a fried egg, slice of melted cheddar cheese, chipotle bacon mayo, two strips of bacon and a pair of grilled cheese sandwiches serving as its bun. The burger will be available for $12.00.

The Akron RubberDucks introduce three extreme food items this season: The Grand Slam Walk-Off Wedge, the Not Your Routine Poutine and the Don Corleone Sub. The first food item is a full head of iceberg lettuce chopped up, served in a full-size baseball helmet and topped with homemade pretzel croutons, cherry tomatoes, crumbled blue cheese, sunflower seeds, and served with a honey mustard dressing. The second food item, the poutine (shown just above) is a stacked 12-ounce pile of french fries topped with gravy, cheese curds, BBQ pulled pork, bacon bits and green onion. The third, The sub is an 8-inch-long, and nearly 6-inch-wide sub  with ham, salami, pepperoni, provolone cheese, lettuce and tomato layered on it. This sub is then finished off with balsamic onions and pepper relish.

A bit more than a month ago, the Wisconsin TimberRattlers presented the Big Mother Funnel Burger (shown below), a bacon cheeseburger enveloped within a funnel cake. Especially with the sugar on top It seems to be a weird combination.
The TimberRattlers will also sell a Grilled Cheese Bacon Cheeseburger. This is a combination of four grilled cheese bacon sandwhiches with two slices of hamburgers in between.

I love food and all this extreme food sounds and looks mouthwatering. But isn’t it a bit too much? What is wrong with the ordinary hamburger or hot dog?

Just my two cents.