| Most all baseball teams have mascots, but a few | | | | In the early 90's, after the retirement of mascot Bernie, |
| teams have very special ones. The Milwaukee | | | | the Brewers were looking for something to keep fans |
| Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington | | | | excited. What they came up with was a race of |
| Nationals have something that few teams in the major | | | | various styles of sausage held before the bottom of |
| leagues have: mascot races. Though these are the | | | | the sixth inning of each home game. Sponsored by a |
| three big racing teams, in recent years other teams | | | | local sausage company, a bratwurst (Brett Wurst), |
| have joined them: the Tampa Bay Rays have a Pepsi | | | | kielbasa (Stosh), Italian sausage (Guido), hot dog |
| Aquafina/Sierra Mist race, the Texas Rangers have a | | | | (Frankie Furter) and chorizo (Cinco) fly from third base |
| Dot Race, the Houston Astros have Hot Sauce | | | | around home towards first base on the warning track |
| Races, the Braves a Tool Race, and the Orioles, | | | | as the official Klement's Racing Sausages. Current |
| Indians and Royals all have hot dog races. The | | | | standings put Brett Wurst in the lead with 18 wins. |
| Cincinati Reds, who have three mascots, race each | | | | The Pittsburgh Pierogis were introduced a few years |
| other each game. | | | | later, in 1999. |