Say it ain’t so, Joe!
The widely attributed plaintive plea directed at Shoeless Joe Jackson by a dirty-faced kid likely never happened but a similar plea should be directed at meatless Joey Chestnut. Joey Chestnut has been a staple at Coney Island’s Fourth of July hotdog eating contest since 2016. But Joey has switched teams. In a betrayal rivaling Benedict Arnold turning his coat, Joey swapped allegiance from Nathan’s meat hotdog to meatless dogs.
The New York Post is reporting the sad news.
A rep for Major League Eating (MLE), which Nathan’s sanctions to run the event, said the organizers bent over backwards to meet Chestnut’s various other demands. They even agreed to let him participate in a rival Labor Day dog-eating fest to be taped by Netflix as long as no hot dog brand was mentioned.
But they said they drew the line on letting Chestnut pitch for a different dog.
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