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Butter up! Syracuse pays homage to State Fair, dairy farmers

Butter up! Syracuse pays homage to State Fair, dairy farmers

Playing as the Butter Sculptures, the Triple-A affiliate of the Mets embraced not only their home region, but the spirit of the New York State Fair. Ben Hill was on hand as fans enjoyed corn dogs, fried dough and more.

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😍 #baseballsky pic.twitter.com/hTMycESc0C
— Salt Lake Bees (@SaltLakeBees) July 18, 2019
Meanwhile at the Sod Poodles game...the famous Chicken is wrecking havoc over HODGETOWN! pic.twitter.com/XsrTMyoPxH
— Amarillo Sod Poodles (Blue Checkmark) (@sodpoodles) July 18, 2019
With 10,225 fans in attendance - 35,174 hot dogs were eaten tonight at Isotopes Park on 50¢ Hot Dog Night!

If one were to line up that many hot dogs end to end, that's:

211,044 inches
17,587 feet
3.3 miles
49 trips around the bases
~10 laps around the concourse of Isotopes Park pic.twitter.com/P0QgdQ7eN1
— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) July 18, 2019
🗣 History has been made tonight!

Congrats to Autumn Sharp, one of our Business Development Representatives, on becoming the first female PA announcer in Dash history! pic.twitter.com/NhxKeinfSm
— Winston-Salem Dash (@WSDashBaseball) July 18, 2019
On #NationalHotDogDay, a look at the @sodpoodles unique frankfurter options.

Designated eater @ballhawkdawg presiding. https://t.co/QHD0Klz6DH pic.twitter.com/lY0pCshIKx
— Benjamin Hill (@bensbiz) July 17, 2019
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