Sausage race - wikipedia Sausage race The sausages near the finish line of the Sausage Race. The Sausage Race is a race of sausage mascots held before the bottom of the sixth inning at every home game of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Sausage Race is a promotion for the Klement 's Sausage Company, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whose sausages are served at Miller Park ( and previously at Milwaukee County Stadium ), the home of the Brewers. The mascots are officially known as Klement 's Racing Sausages. The race started in the early 1990s with just three sausages - the bratwurst, the Polish sausage ( kielbasa ), and the Italian sausage. Since then, two new sausages have joined the race - the hot dog, introduced in the mid-1990s, and the chorizo, which was unveiled and eventually joined the race in the mid-2000s. Contents 1 Klement 's Racing Sausages 2 History 2.1 Origins 2.2 Randall Simon incident 2.3 Parodies 2.4 The Chorizo joins the race 2.5 The Italian goes missing 2.6 20th anniversary celebration 3 Notable contestants 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Klement 's Racing sausages Brett Wurst, the bratwurst, at the grand opening of the West Milwaukee Pick ' n Save There are five Klement 's Racing Sausages. Their official names are given by the race 's sponsor : Brett Wurst is a bratwurst and wears green Austro - Bavarian lederhosen. Stosh Jonjak is a Polish sausage and wears dark sunglasses and a blue and red rugby shirt. Guido is an Italian sausage and wears a chef 's outfit. Frankie Furter is a hot dog and wears a baseball uniform. Cinco is a chorizo and wears a sombrero. Most fans refer to the sausages as `` Brat '', `` Polish '', `` Italian '', `` Hot Dog '' and `` Chorizo ''. Employees of the Milwaukee Brewers or Miller Park usually run the race. Donning over-sized foam sausage costumes that measure seven feet, three inches ( 2.21 meters ) from the top of the head to the knees of the runners, the contestants start their race between the dugout and the baseline around third base. They sprint down the warning track, around home plate and continue toward first base. On Sunday afternoon home games, the Sausages tag off to miniature versions of themselves, dubbed the Little Weenies, who finish the remainder of the race. The sausages appear at many local charity events, including an annual 5K run / walk in their honor, with proceeds going to Brewers Community Foundation, and are available for personal appearances on non-game days. They also have a twice yearly home - and - home relay race against their Pittsburgh Pirates counterparts, the Racing Pierogies. The sausages have starred in two SportsCenter spots for ESPN. The first, set at ESPN 's cafeteria, was shown at Miller Park on May 19, 2006. The second features them in a parody of the Running of the Bulls with ESPN employees. History The sausages prepare to race. Origins The Klement 's Famous Sausage Race began as a scoreboard animation in the early 1990s with just three characters -- The Bratwurst, The Polish and The Italian -- running toward Milwaukee County Stadium against a backdrop of the city of Milwaukee. In the fall of 1992, Milwaukee graphic designer Michael Dillon of McDill Design presented an idea to Gabe Paul who was the Vice President of Operations for the Brewers, to transform the race from the scoreboard to live action. On June 27, 1993, as the Sausages approached Milwaukee County Stadium on the scoreboard video, the left field doors swung open and -- much to the surprise of players and fans -- out came the larger - than - life mascots. The three made their way to home plate with The Bratwurst ( worn by Dillon ) winning the first - ever live race. For the remainder of the 1993 season, the Sausages raced live only at those games with particularly high attendance. In 1994, the live Sausage race resumed on Sunday, May 29 -- the day the Brewers retired Robin Yount 's number 19 jersey -- and became a fixture at every home game since. At the outset, the Sausage Race featured only 3 entrants : The bratwurst, the Polish sausage, and the Italian sausage. The Hot Dog joined the race in the middle - 1990s. In 2007, after a one - race tryout the previous year, The Chorizo rounded out the group of five Sausages fans see today. Randall Simon incident On July 9, 2003, Randall Simon, then the first baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit the head of a runner 's costume with a baseball bat. The tap did n't hit the actual head of Mandy Block, who was wearing the Italian sausage costume, but it did knock her over, and she took the hot dog down with her. The Polish sausage helped the Italian sausage up and all sausages finished the race. Simon was arrested, fined, and suspended by Major League Baseball for three games. He later apologized. Block asked only that the offending bat be autographed and given to her. Simon obliged. Later that year, Mandy Block received a complimentary trip to Curaçao, Simon 's home island, from the Curaçao Tourism Board. Since the incident, T - shirts and other memorabilia have been sold with the slogan `` Do n't whack our wiener ! '' Pittsburgh lost the game 2 - 1. Simon was traded to the Chicago Cubs later that season for reasons unrelated to the incident. He returned to Milwaukee with the Cubs for a series against the Brewers. During the first game, Simon 's teammates playfully held him back as the sausages raced past their dugout, and manager Dusty Baker guarded the bat rack. In that same game, Simon purchased Italian sausages for a randomly chosen section of the crowd. Parodies On October 1, 2008, the Brewers traveled to Philadelphia to play the Philadelphia Phillies in Milwaukee 's first post-season game since the 1982 World Series. In the middle of the 6th inning, three feebly dressed sausages appeared from the left field gate of Citizens Bank Park in what proved to be a mockery of the Miller Park tradition. The three sausages were then accosted by the Phillie Phanatic at home plate, to the delight of the Phillies fans. Simon, who played for the Phillies in 2006, was invited back and received loud cheers as he hit the fake sausages with a large plastic bat. Most fans understood the reference, and laughed that Simon was invited back for the gag. In Washington, DC, the Washington Nationals have made fun of them, calling them the `` un-Racing Sausages '' during Brewers visits to the nation 's capital in the Presidents Race, featuring runners dressed in oversized costumes representing the four Presidents on Mount Rushmore -- George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt -- which began when Ted Lerner took over ownership of the team in 2006 ; the live action version replacing a computerized animation version. This stems from a negative response by Brewers management after the Nats invited them for match races similar to those with Pittsburgh 's racing pierogies staged annually ; however, the Brewers refused to partake in these events. As a response, the Nationals made cardboard copies of the Brewers ' racers, naming them `` Un-talian sausage, '' `` No - Lish Sausage, '' `` Not - Dog, '' `` Not - Wurst, '' and `` Choriz - No. '' The Chorizo joins the race Five sausages racing in 2012 after addition of the Chorizo ( # 5, left ) The Chorizo was added for the 2006 season to commemorate Latino contributions to the game of baseball, as well as to acknowledge the Brewers ' growing Latino fanbase. It ran its first race ( and the only one of the 2006 season ) on Saturday, July 29 to celebrate Cerveceros Day ( cervecero translates to beer - maker or maker of beer, i.e., brewer, in Spanish ; the Brewers also wore Cerveceros jerseys on this day ). However, the Chorizo did not become a regular participant in the Sausage Race until the 2007 season because of an MLB rule stating that a team may not introduce a new mascot in the middle of a season. The Italian goes missing On February 27, 2013, news outlets reported that the Italian sausage costume was missing. According to police, eyewitnesses saw someone wearing the costume leaving the Milwaukee Curling Club in suburban Cedarburg the evening of February 16, proceeding to visit several bars in the area and pose for photographs with patrons before disappearing. Rewards offered for the costume 's safe return included year 's supplies of mustard and sauerkraut from local businesses, but these went unclaimed as the costume was ultimately dropped off in a hurry at a Cedarburg bar on February 28 by two unidentified men. 20th anniversary celebration On June 27, 2013, the Brewers and Klements sausage marked the 20th anniversary of the Sausage Race. The festivities, held during that day 's Brewers game against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park, featured pregame ceremonies honoring the Racing Sausages, a ceremonial first pitch by Michael Dillon ( winner of the first live - action race in 1993 ), and the regular Sausage Race in the middle of the 6th inning that featured only 3 competitors -- original entrants bratwurst, Polish sausage, and Italian sausage ( the hot dog and chorizo held the tape at the finish line ). Notable contestants The regular sausages tag the Little Weenies. They finish Sunday afternoon races for their Racing Sausage counterparts. Ball players Mark Grace, Pat Meares, Geoff Jenkins and Hideo Nomo have raced as sausages. A handful of sports journalists have also raced as well as former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Javon Walker, who participated in the race in 2004. Casey McGehee 's son Mack has raced as a Little Weenie. Dan Patrick and the `` Danettes '' of The Dan Patrick Show raced in the June 22, 2013 race with Andrew `` McLovin '' Perloff winning as the Hot Dog. Participation is not open to the general public. On February 24, 2014, a small stray dog wandered into the Brewers ' spring training camp. The team adopted him and named him Hank after Hank Aaron. He ran his first sausage race with the team on February 27, 2014. Despite losing the race, Hank is popular with the team and has his own Twitter account. See also Presidents Race Great Pierogi Race Mascot race References Jump up ^ How it All Started Jump up ^ `` Milwaukee Brewers Sausage 1 `` Brett Wurst '' Mascot Patch - MLB.com Shop ``. Shop.mlb.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012. Jump up ^ Rollie 's Follies : A Hall of Fame Revue of Lists and Lore, Stories and Stats from Baseball 's Most Famous Moustache - Chapter 38 : Sausages and Presidents. Clerisy Press. April 1, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Milwaukee Brewers Sausage 3 `` Guido '' Mascot Patch - MLB.com Shop ``. Shop.mlb.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Milwaukee Brewers Sausage 4 `` Frankie Furter '' Mascot Patch - MLB.com Shop ``. Shop.mlb.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Milwaukee Brewers Sausage 5 `` Cinco '' Mascot Patch - MLB.com Shop ``. Shop.mlb.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012. Jump up ^ Brewers / Klements Racing Sausages - A Historical Perspective Jump up ^ http://old.post-gazette.com/pirates/20030711simon0711p3.asp Jump up ^ http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/22719679/the-bobblehead-project-randall-simon-vs-racing-sausage Jump up ^ Presidents Mock Milwaukee With `` Un-Racing Sausages '', Let Teddy Win '' Blog, 25 August 2009 Jump up ^ Chorizo represents growing Latino population in Wisconsin Jump up ^ Brewers ' Italian Sausage is Missing Jump up ^ Report : Sausage costume returned Jump up ^ `` 20 years of racing -- sausages, that is, '' from Milwaukee Journal - Sentinel, 6 / 27 / 2013 Jump up ^ `` The Milwaukee Brewers Adopted Dog Is The Best Dog ''. Jump up ^ `` THIS JUST IN : Hammerin ' Hank ''. Jump up ^ Kathy Flanigan. `` Hank the Brewers dog gaining fans, traction on Twitter ''. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 28, 2014. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Klement 's Racing Sausages. 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Question: when do the brewers do the sausage race
Answer: before the bottom of the sixth inning at every home game