in article , Brent97G at
wrote on 10/23/04 7:16 AM:

>> From: Sheryl Rosen
>> Date: 10/23/04 12:19 AM Central
>
>>
>> -Grilled Hot dogs on New England style, split-top buns with all the
>
> Oh great! The hot dog was popularized at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Now
> you have surely cursed the Red Sox! ;>

Oh puleeze.

They've been serving sausages in buns in Coney Island (Brooklyn) New York
since 1867. And German immigrants sold them in the Bowery (Lower East Side
of Manhattan) since before that.

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Histo...og/HDIndex.htm

True, it was in St. Louis that someone thought to serve them at a baseball
game, but hell...what's that got to do with anything?

I swear, why some people have to be so MEAN about the Boston Red Sox--it's
inexplicable.