Fan starts petition to bring back Phillies 'Dollar Dog Night'

fans are getting Frank about the Philly's decision to end dollar Dog Nights we're bringing in town to make sure we have a discussion about this and whether it's going to cut the mustard what are they going to do without the fanatic out there throwing hot dogs around everybody with their dollars crowds relished the occasion it was a staple that attracted big numbers to the ballpark early in the season but one dirty dog incident may have spoiled it for the rest of us this was the scene in the stands you see all the dogs flying last year when a food fight broke out and they were just dogs everywhere yeah what does the internet say about this this is why we can't have nice things action new reporter Cory Davis is live in South Philadelphia with reaction and details on the promotion that will replace the fan favorite Cory Madden Tam good morning and people feel strongly about this uh $1 dog night going away they say they were able to buy the kids you know food for cheap enjoyed the tradition of baseball as well so with this new uh deal is called the BOGO hot dog night you will pay full price for one hot dog which is $5 and then you will get another one free so a hot dog for $5 and then one for free this all came to an end after uh really that deciding factor was the massive food fight last last season were during a dollar Dog Night people were just launching hot dogs several fans were thrown out of the game for it longtime Phillies fan Christian mcgoverin started a change.org petition online to bring back dollar dog kns know 3,500 people have already signed it since yesterday's announcement McGovern's argument is that their tradition was not only affordable but also a symbol of community Spirit he was there that night during that now Infamous food fight but his mind still hasn't been changed if they enforce to buy one get one I will be outside of the stadium in a hot dog suit with a sign protesting for do dogs it's a tradition I mean I love it I I look forward to do dog night all year round you know when the schedule comes out that first Tuesday in April I know it's do dog night and we see who they're playing we buy tickets right away people really loved it the Phillies organization says the food fight left a major mess to clean up and that fans who took a survey did not find the $1 Dog Night enjoyable in part due to long lines as people went back time after time for multiple hot dogs despite the difficulties fans we spoke with say still say dollar Dog Nights served as a highlight for the season it is an amazing tradition and I'm very sad about it last year I will say it was pretty difficult to get a hot dog I literally went in line got four hot dogs um and then was neighbor never able to get one again they're expensive and you know it's not they don't have that many days of the dollar do dogs why you know get rid of them people enjoy it but I know it did get Rowdy so there's reasons on both sides but I wish they would just keep it yeah so the Phillies organization is saying that they will be adding more carts in The Concourse area where they'll be serving those hot dogs to try to cut down on those long lines they they also say that they'll be adding security because those food fights like that one last season just can't happen in the meantime though the New Deal the BOGO deal for the hot dogs $5 for one get another free that will start on Tuesday April 2nd and also on Tuesday April 16th reporting live here in South Philadelphia Cory Davis Channel 6 Action News so we only have ourselves to blame thank you Corey we want you to weigh in should the Phillies bring back dollar dog night or was it time for a change Tam this is our 6abc.com poll and right now it is blazing you know my mother used to say and you did it to yourself uh it looks like 70% of people want to keep the ballpark tradition only 30% you know said no it's getting out of control we will see you can understand the lawyer is going that's it that's it with the hot dogs but we'll see Matt maybe we can demonstrate Tam dollar dog keep in hand don't throw things will go better next time they can they can show the Philly The Fanatic just eating his dog not throwing it that's right he would or gritty could do it too