Hot dog! Joey Chestnut headed to Memphis
Defending champ Takeru Kobayashi, left, of Nagano, Japan, and World Hot Dog Eating Champion, Joey Chesnut, right, of San Jose, Calif., battle head to head during the 91st Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, Wednesday July, 4, 2007, in the Brooklyn Borough of New York. Chestnut broke his own world record by eating 66 hot dogs and dethroned Kobayashi who finished second with 63 hot dogs eaten. (Shoun A. Hill/AP File)
Joey Chestnut is coming to AutoZone Park when the Redbirds play the Iowa Cubs, top farm club of Chicago Cubs, on July 18.
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Memphis Redbirds Joey Chestnut minor-league baseballTim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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