Take your costumed mascot.
Arm him with an air powered gun.
Wrap hot dogs in tight foil wrappers.
Load hot dogs into said air powered gun.
Let him stand on the dugout and fire the tubed meat into the crowd.
Sluggerrr, the crown-wearing, lion mascot of the Kansas City Royals (MLB) apparently had some aiming issues last fall at a Royals game and mistakenly hit a fan in the eye with a hot dog during this promotion. According to that fan, the hot dog caused a detached retina and he is suing the team for $25,000 for negligence and battery.
Not that I am condoning such lawsuits, but someone had to see this coming. Well, someone other than the guy who took the wiener to the eye. I've been to many games where they do this promotion at a break in the action. Below is a picture of Captain Jolly Roger doing this at a Pirates game last July and he was getting them into the upper deck! I'm all for free handouts and getting food to people as quickly as possible but this never seemed like it was going to end well. Now if they offer to wash it down with a beer hose after the next half inning, maybe then we'll talk.
Oh, and just so you know, it officially seems like a bad idea at the words "arm him."
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