With a nod to Mexico, chorizo joins ballpark sausage race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

“If it is possible for a sausage to strut, this one was.

A 9-foot-high chorizo, with its goatee, sombrero and bandana, raised its arms in triumph Saturday night as it made its debut in the “Sausage Race,” a diversion during Milwaukee Brewers baseball games that features mascots of a hot dog, Polish sausage, bratwurst and Italian sausage.

From Section 204, dozens of Hispanic fans chanted: “Cho-ri-zo! Cho-ri-zo!” A few snapped photos on cell phones. Francisco Verduzco, wearing a straw sombrero and a green Mexican League baseball jersey to mark the team-sponsored Hispanic night, said he finally felt like a real Wisconsin resident.”

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