Open Thread: Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
by Dex on Jul 4, 2009 11:22 AM EDT
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The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is a beautiful tradition and one of the most elegant and perennial of uncommon sports. As evidenced by this site's logo, it is the inspiration for athletic achievement beyond the norm. Beyond the "common". It is a perfect blend of strategy, athleticism and beef product.
Joey Chestnut is the odds on favorite this year as the immortal Kateru Kobayashi appears to be in the twilight of his career. Will there be another challenger to usurp the favorites? Will there be a gag reflex to usurp the partially digested hot dogs? Only time will tell.
The winner of the event will win $10,000. More importantly, he or she will go down in history as one of the greatest eaters of all time.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, EVERAHBODY!!!
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This must be like Super Bowl Sunday for the Uncommon Sportman
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jul 4, 2009 12:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It's the ultimate example of American sports
Getting this excited over something so exciting.
by Dex on Jul 4, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure if I mentioned this
But I met Joey Chestnut in Vegas a couple months ago. He was walking around the floor of Hooters casino, alone, sipping on a bottle of Bud Light. I talked to him about Hooters wings, since I’d eaten a bunch earlier in the day and wasn’t feeling too well. His advice? To keep drinking!
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
by matthewverygood on Jul 4, 2009 12:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
did it work?
I’m trying to think of what I would have Joey Chestnut autograph if I ever met him myself.
by Dex on Jul 4, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, I kept drinking
And uh, did some other stuff too. I guess it worked.
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
by matthewverygood on Jul 4, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The announcer is awful
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
by matthewverygood on Jul 4, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's for breakfast?
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
by matthewverygood on Jul 4, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is like fighting through the pain
When you hit the wall, you need to go right through that wall. No time to think. Just go through the wall and eat the wall.
by Dex on Jul 4, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
chestnut is opening up a lead
I don’t think kobayashi can make the two up in the stretch. Joey’s a finisher.
by Dex on Jul 4, 2009 12:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
joey's technique is really violent
it’s like he’s forcing his head into the crushed hot dogs.
by Dex on Jul 4, 2009 12:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
woah bertoletti is killing it
hitting 50 is crazy… how’d he make up that pace?
by Dex on Jul 4, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
wait that bertoletti number changed. 47 from 50
was there a reversal???
by Dex on Jul 4, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2 minute warning!
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
by matthewverygood on Jul 4, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hooray for gluttony!
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
by matthewverygood on Jul 4, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah!
"What excites me the most is when a coach calls a timeout and chews out his forward because I just dunked on his head."
--Karl Malone
by spurscitizen on Jul 7, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's go Joey
USA USA USA!
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
by matthewverygood on Jul 4, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m glad Joey won. I keep on thinking that Kobayashi will make a comback and beat him since two years ago.
"What excites me the most is when a coach calls a timeout and chews out his forward because I just dunked on his head."
--Karl Malone
by spurscitizen on Jul 7, 2009 1:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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