The Hartford Yard Goats are changing their name to the Steamed Cheeseburgers for a game
Because Connecticut.
In the roughly two years of their existence, the Hartford Yard Goats have made quite a name for themselves. And now they’re bestowing themselves another.
In honor of its home state, the Minor League Baseball team is renaming themselves after an obscure local delicacy for one game this summer. That’s right. Coming on August 12, meet (meat? No, sorry) the Hartford Steamed Cheeseburgers.
For those unfamiliar with the finer points of the Nutmeg State’s culinary history, the steamed cheeseburger is one of Connecticut’s most iconic, if maligned, contributions to the American menu, aside from hot lobster rolls with butter. It traces its origins back to Ted’s Restaurant in Meriden and is exactly as it sounds: a cheeseburger, in which the burger is streamed rather than grilled. Some people like it. Also, the burger is rectangular.
Anyway, back to the Yard Goats.
The Colorado Rockies Double-A affiliate announced the news last week. According to the team’s promotional schedule, the players will wear specially designed Steamed Cheeseburger jerseys and hats in their August 12 game against the inexplicably named Bowie Baysox. Ted’s Restaurant will even take over a vendor cart at Dunkin’ Donuts Park to sell its burgers.
On Wednesday, the Yards Goats released their new on-field Steamed Cheeseburger hats, available for pre-order. The beige-and-brown hats, which won’t ship until June, can be purchased for the price of roughly five actual steamed cheeseburgers at Ted’s.
#BREAKING Hartford Steamed Cheeseburger caps now available for pre-order. Get ’em while they’re (steaming) hot https://t.co/7ta8wB0rmm pic.twitter.com/wG1t93WVpp
— Hartford Yard Goats (@GoYardGoats) February 14, 2018
Hopefully, at some point in the future, the people in charge of Minor League Baseball can organize a delicious series between the Steamed Cheeseburgers and their West Coast rivals, the Fresno Tacos.
