10/18/2026
Now you know! It all started with a cheeky graphic designer.
"Racing Sausages fun facts and trivia:
🌭 They started as cartoons on the County Stadium scoreboard in the early 1990s.
🌭 Milwaukee graphic designer Michael Dillon suggested bringing them to life. He made the original costumes himself.
🌭 Their first live race was June 27, 1993. The scoreboard animation stopped, the left-field gates opened, and three giant sausages ran onto the field. Even the players and umpire hadn’t been warned.
🌭 The original lineup: Bratwurst, Polish and Italian. Hot Dog joined in the mid-1990s. Chorizo tried out in 2006 and became a regular in 2007.
🌭 Hideo Nomo, Pat Meares and Geoff Jenkins are some of the players to boast "Racing Sausage" among their personal accolades.
🌭 They have official bios, according to the Brewers: Bratwurst trained for the Olympics, Polish coached high school cross-country, Italian is the suave crowd favorite, Hot Dog finished three Boston Marathons, and Chorizo trained by running with the bulls in Spain.
🌭 Dillon wore the Bratwurst costume and won the first race. He deserved it."
For the FIRST TIME EVER, Milwaukee’s famous Racing Sausages will be part of the World Series!
They’ve been racing since 1993, but they’ve NEVER experienced a Brewers World Series… until NOW!
