The latest Dollar Dog Night took place last night at Citizens Bank Park as the Philadelphia Phillies opened up a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays. 

The Phillies, backed by a strong start from Aaron Nola and a two-run home run from Nick Castellanos, beat the Blue Jays 8-4 last night while Dollar Dogs were tossed in the air as ‘the wave’ made it’s rounds in the stands at Citizens Bank Park.

Phillies Fans Heroically Create ‘The Dollar Dog Wave’ during Dollar Dog Night

Dollar Dogs were flying all over CBP

Dollar Dogs + The Wave = Very Cool

Side Note: Imagine attending a Phillies game and then you decide to tag Boston Red Sox fan Jarred Carrabis in a tweet. Ooof.

Listen, while I absolutely love a packed night at The Bank and a convincing Phillies win, I have been on record multiple times about my disdain for the wave at baseball games.

The wave is pretty stupid and rarely “looks cool” when watching it circulate the seats at Citizens Bank Park. The whole ordeal is outdated and it’s not hard to assume the wave was started before there was anything else to do at the ballpark and games were 4.5+ hours long. Point being, it’s an outdated ballpark schtick that should be banned from ever happening. 

Everything changed last night with the creation of the Dollar Dog Wave

Given the fact that the wave is the worst thing to ever enter ballparks in America, adding the Dollar Hot Dog Toss into it has to be considered the last hope in saving one of America’s pastimes this summer.

Just the visuals alone make the wave look so much cooler than it does without hot dogs being tossed into the air. 

These aren’t even aggressive throws of hot dogs, these are celebratory tosses into the air. I’m sure there are a ton of old, miserable people that go to Phillies games and will hate it but still, maybe just don’t attend a Dollar Dog Night and find another game to go to this summer. 

Philadelphia Phillies fans are an innovative bunch and the Dollar Dog Wave is just the next great thing to hit Citizens Bank Park. 

Honestly, if I worked for a beer company, I would be on the horn with the Phillies immediately to try to mix in a nice beer toss (plastic cups of course) at some point over the summer.

That would REALLY make older people mad at the ballpark but with the proper “heads-up” to fans who are looking to buy tickets, if the MLB is looking for a way to grow the game and get younger butts in the seats then this is the direction they need to take the ballpark experience. 

Again, this isn’t something new. I have been ranting and raving about adding more to ballparks in America after seeing the videos from the World Baseball Classic where ballparks in Taiwan, China, Japan, and South Korea basically throw massive parties during baseball games. 

That’s what we need here in America and while it’s just a small step in the right direction, the Dollar Dog Wave Toss will open up unlimited possibilities in the future. 

Phillies are back in action this afternoon against the Blue Jays.

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