Baseball crowd completes emergency stadium hot-dog assembly
What happened
Kansas City Royals fans had 35 seconds to bounce a giant inflatable hot dog and giant inflatable bun through separate sections of Kauffman Stadium and unite them. They pulled it off, earning free hot dogs for the crowd.
Why it matters
The “Home Bun Race” happened during a Royals game against Toronto and became exactly the kind of low-stakes collective achievement the internet was built to preserve forever.
The Blappos angle
Thousands of people briefly achieved perfect coordination for the most American objective available: put the enormous meat tube in the enormous bread before time expires.
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