Think twice before you order that next hot dog at Angel Stadium

[Batman]

http://www.ocregister.com/news/stadium-food-vermin-1797567-violations-health

The OC health department found 118 vermin violations at Angel Stadium. Ick. Just ... ick.

 

[boots]

I think you might make this case for every MLB stadium. Especially those in the minors. In some places, the color of those dogs freighten me.

 

[Batman]

That was my first thought, too. Big open areas, lots of trash that doesn't get picked up for a few hours, at least. A lot of them by rivers. It seems like having rats around would be unavoidable. Hell, at Veterans Stadium they were almost like pets.
But the article compared Angel Stadium to Dodger Stadium and Petco, and the vermin violations at those places was A LOT lower than 118. More like a couple.

 

[Football_Bat]

Duh! Because it's so close to this critter's home:

 

[Ace]

Vermin Violation would be a good name for a band or a fantasy team.

And the fact that rats are running around the stadium has nothing to do with the hot dogs, which are filled with much worse things at the factory.

 

[alleyallen]

Not to threadjack, but there's a local guy named Marvin Zindler (he was the real person who got the real Chicken Ranch shut down, ala Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), who did/does weekly reports on restaurants and supermarkets which fail health reports. He's famous for his song "Slime in the Ice Machine."

The only problem is, I used to dread finding out a place where I'd just eaten would be on his list.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Not to threadjack, but there's a local guy named Marvin Zindler (he was the real person who got the real Chicken Ranch shut down, ala Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), who did/does weekly reports on restaurants and supermarkets which fail health reports. He's famous for his song "Slime in the Ice Machine."

The only problem is, I used to dread finding out a place where I'd just eaten would be on his list.

Marvin just died like a week ago. I loved the "SLIME IN THE ICEBOX" rants he had during his restaurant reports.

 

[alleyallen]

Not to threadjack, but there's a local guy named Marvin Zindler (he was the real person who got the real Chicken Ranch shut down, ala Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), who did/does weekly reports on restaurants and supermarkets which fail health reports. He's famous for his song "Slime in the Ice Machine."

The only problem is, I used to dread finding out a place where I'd just eaten would be on his list.

Marvin just died like a week ago. I loved the "SLIME IN THE ICEBOX" rants he had during his restaurant reports.

It made for good TV, to be sure. But I can't forgive him for shutting down the Chicken Ranch.

 

[Ace]

Marvin died? That's too bad. One of a kind, that guy.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

I knew a guy named Vincent Ludwig who ordered a hot dog at an Angels game and almost bit into a finger in a bun.

 

[statrat]

color=blue]I knew a guy named Vincent Ludwig who ordered a hot dog at an Angels game and almost bit into a finger in a bun.[[/color]

Dammit! Beat me to the Naked Gun reference!

 

[Jake_Taylor]

I thought that's what the thread would be about when I clicked on it.

 

[BigRed]

Not to threadjack, but there's a local guy named Marvin Zindler (he was the real person who got the real Chicken Ranch shut down, ala Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), who did/does weekly reports on restaurants and supermarkets which fail health reports. He's famous for his song "Slime in the Ice Machine."

The only problem is, I used to dread finding out a place where I'd just eaten would be on his list.

Marvin just died like a week ago. I loved the "SLIME IN THE ICEBOX" rants he had during his restaurant reports.

No more "SLIME IN THE ICEBOX?" Wow. That sucks. I spent a weekend in College Station a couple years ago and caught that - one of the funniest things I've ever seen on local TV.

 

[colonelmustard]

Marvin died? That's too bad. One of a kind, that guy.

dammit. I grew up watching Marvin and loved his Slime In the Ice Machine reports. RIP.

although I always thought he looked like a 127-year old guy. and this was back in 1986.

 

[Birdscribe]

Headed there tonight for Angels-Sox... which explains why we're eating at the Carl's Jr. outside Angels Stadium.

Actually, my wife -- who grew up five minutes from Angels Stadium -- brought up an interesting point why Angels Stadium has 116 violations and the two other SoCal parks have about 9 between them. The Santa Ana River (which, in reality, is a dry creek bed in most parts) runs right past the park.

Having walked parts of it, I can tell you it's the home of many critters. Now, how they get from there to your Aramark stand along the first-base line, I have no idea.

But it's a reason to consider.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

Marvin died? That's too bad. One of a kind, that guy.

When I moved to Houston in '80, I thought he was doing some kind of parody. Like Saturday Night Live. He closed each report with, "MARVIN ZINDLER, EEEEEYEEEWITTTTNESSSSS NEWSSSS!" Then they'd go back to the stiffs on the set.

"Thank you Marvin."

 

[Moderator1]

I think you might make this case for every MLB stadium. Especially those in the minors. In some places, the color of those dogs freighten me.

They probably arrive by "fright" train, so no telling what gets into them.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

True story:

I'm in eighth Grade and at one of my first ball games at Tiger Stadium. My dad gives me some money for a hotdog from the vendor who roams the stands.

This is almost 20 years ago, now. It's when the vendors sold the dogs and buns out of the steel steamers; hotdogs on one side, buns on the other and he puts the dog in the bun in front of the customer.

So, I ask for one dog. He puts it in the bun, I let it roll out onto the step. He grabs another from the steamer with his tongs. Puts it in my bun. And then, HE THROWS THE ONE FROM THE GROUND BACK INTO THE STEAMER!! Obviously, he sold it to someone else.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Finding out about things like "slime in the ice machine" is why this site must never die.