MILWAUKEE - In yet another classic example of "You Can't Make This Shit Up", Wisconsin's most famous sausage has decided to retire, but she'll always relish the memories.
Mandy Block, the Italian sausage hit with a bat by Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Randall Simon last July, won't be in the Milwaukee Brewers' sausage races this summer.
She has decided to retire from competitive sausage racing at Miller Park to take psychology classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she can join the Collegiate Sausage Racing League.
"It's too bad," Block told The Spoof. "It kind of ended with a bang, though." She was then beaten some more for making corny-ass jokes.
Block received attention after Simon hit her over the head with his bat as she passed by the visitors' dugout. Veronica Chandler, the hot dog who tripped over Block's fallen sausage, never ran again.
Simon was handcuffed by Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies after the game, taken to a police station and fined $432 for sausage beating. Major League Baseball suspended him for three days for indecent exposure and beating his sausage.
Simon sent Block an autographed bat and apologized several times. When he returned to Miller Park later in the season, as a Chicago Cub, he bought a section of fans Italian sausages.
Block also was recognized by the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council with a certificate of bravery and promoted to the rank of Rear Sausage.
