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You could eat the Indians’ candied apple short rib sandwich, but you shouldn’t

The Indians’ newest concession item is a crime against cuisine. 

Dan Gartland

You could eat the Indians’ candied apple short rib sandwich, but you shouldn’t
You could eat the Indians’ candied apple short rib sandwich, but you shouldn’t /

Nothing says October like apples and playoff baseball, so combining them seems like a great idea. Not like this, though. 

When the Indians open the ALCS on Friday in Cleveland they will be selling a new apple-based concession item. Just looking at it makes me physically ill. 

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That’s an apple stuffed with beef, doused in a cider glaze and covered with peanuts and “fall herbs.”

It almost has an air of haute-cuisine. If you read in Bon Appetit that some inventive new chef in Portland had created this, you’d probably pretend it sounded it good. Coming from the stadium that offers a Froot Loop hot dog, though? No thank you. 

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Dan Gartland
DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).

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