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Touch 'Em All: Just in case you don't go fishing

Ever since ballparks became food courts with dugouts, teams seemingly have competed to sell the grossest items their caterers can concoct.

Giants pitcher Brian Wilson will likely need surgery due to structural damage to his right elbow. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
Giants pitcher Brian Wilson will likely need surgery due to structural damage to his right elbow. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)Read more

Ever since ballparks became food courts with dugouts, teams seemingly have competed to sell the grossest items their caterers can concoct.

This one might be it.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League are selling a gigantic fish sandwich they call the "Moby Dick."

The 4,000-calorie beast consists of five quarter-pound fish fillets, eight slices of cheese, six ounces of clam strips, a third of a pound of French fries, a cup of coleslaw, plus lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and tartar sauce.

The Moby is served on a 15-inch hoagie roll, weighs more than three pounds, and includes 200 grams of fat.

All for just $20.

Touch 'em All is suitably disgusted.

Wilson faces surgery

Giants closer Brian Wilson is likely headed for surgery on his right elbow after an MRI exam revealed structural damage and an issue with the ligament, and his season could be in jeopardy, manager Bruce Bochy and athletic trainer Dave Groeschner said Saturday.

Wearing No. 42

Sunday is the 65th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first major- league game. On April 15, 1947, Robinson played first base and batted second for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves' Johnny Sain at Ebbets Field.

The Dodgers won, 5-3, and although Robinson failed to get a hit, history had been changed.

Them again?

The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics held an opening day in Tokyo on March 28, another in Oakland on April 6, and one more - just for old time's sake - in Seattle on Friday.

"I'm a little tired of seeing them," Seattle ace Felix Hernandez told reporters.

Truly amazing, Part I

Only twice in the past 49 years has a major- leaguer produced a game-ending RBI in the 13th inning on Friday the 13th.

Jayson Werth's bases-loaded single in the 13th gave Washington a 2-1 victory over Cincinnati on Friday.

The last time that was done was in 1963, when Pittsburgh beat San Francisco, 5-4, on Willie Stargell's triple driving in Dick Schofield - who happens to be Werth's grandfather.

"It's freaky, a little. It's cool," Werth said. "I like stuff like that - the unexplainable."

Truly amazing, Part II

Onetime Phillies whipping boy Jonathan Broxton, now Kansas City's closer, lost a game last week by hitting consecutive Oakland batters to force in a run in the bottom of the 12th.

According to The Baseball Reference Play Index, the last time a game ended with two straight hit batters was Sept. 2, 1966. Baltimore's Stu Miller hit Chicago's Al Weis and Tommie Agee to hand the White Sox a win.