{"id":355,"date":"2020-07-24T22:04:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T22:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=355"},"modified":"2020-11-20T14:43:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T14:43:55","slug":"tom-hanks-takes-on-new-role-as-hot-dog-vendor-at-athletics-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks takes on new role as hot dog vendor at Athletics games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tom Hanks has gone back to his hot dog-selling roots to make Oakland Athletics players feel at home in an empty baseball park. <\/p>\n

The A League of Their Own star has added his voice to the atmospheric noise that will be played at A’s games as their delayed season begins on Friday. <\/p>\n

Hanks will be heard offering up ballpark food and other concessions during games to make it sound as if people are in the stands. <\/p>\n

His offerings will include “Hot dogs here! Colossal hot dogs!” and “It’s not a ballgame without a hot dog! Who wants a hot dog?” <\/p>\n

Hanks, who sold peanuts at A’s games in his youth, will also be heard selling programmes and drinks during Oakland Coliseum games. <\/p>\n

Although baseball is back with a reduced 60-game season, the fans aren’t, due to coronavirus concerns. Instead cardboard cut-outs of devotees will fill the seats. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom Hanks has gone back to his hot dog-selling roots to make Oakland Athletics players feel at home in an empty baseball park. <\/p>\n

The A League of Their Own star has added his voice to the atmospheric noise that will be played at A\u2019s games as their delayed season begins on Friday. <\/p>\n

Hanks will be heard offering up ballpark food and other concessions during games to make it sound as if people are in the stands. <\/p>\n

His offerings will include \u201cHot dogs here! Colossal hot dogs!\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s not a ballgame without a hot dog! Who wants a hot dog?\u201d <\/p>\n

Hanks, who sold peanuts at A\u2019s games in his youth, will also be heard selling programmes and drinks during Oakland Coliseum games. <\/p>\n

Although baseball is back with a reduced 60-game season, the fans aren\u2019t, due to coronavirus concerns. Instead cardboard cut-outs of devotees will fill the seats.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}