Toronto Blue Jays fans break Loonie Dogs record after hitting massive milestone

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At least one Schneider is firmly in the good graces of Toronto Blue Jays fans.

Davis Schneider had an alright best season for the Jays, hitting 21 home runs in his first full year with the team.

Manager John Schneider will face an off-season of uncertainty after leading his lineup to a disappointing year and finishing last in the AL East.

Schneiders hot dogs, however, can brag about a record-setting campaign.

For many fans at the Rogers Centre on Tuesday night, there was only one scoreboard that mattered — and it wasn’t the one that ended up reading Boston 6, Toronto 5.

Nope, it was the one that announced that Blue Jays fans had purchased more than 700,000 Loonie Dogs for the season, soaring past the record set last year.

While the official season-long tally has yet to be announced, by hitting the 700,000 milestone, Jays fans beat the 2023 mark of 693,865.

Tuesday’s home game against the Red Sox marked the last “Loonie Dogs” night of the year. Throughout the season, there were 12 “Loonie Dogs” games, with the biggest night for sales coming on Aug. 6 when the Baltimore Orioles were at Rogers Centre.

That night, 71,391 Loonie Dogs were sold, which fell short of the all-time single-game record of 76,627, set on Aug. 29, 2023, when the Washington Nationals were in town.

Heading into Tuesday’s game, the Jays had sold 678,488 Loonie Dogs, roughly 15,000 short of the record.

The Blue Jays said the average number of hot dogs consumed a game this season was 56,541 before Tuesday.

An even more impressive fact about the feat is that this year, Blue Jays fans were limited to four Loonie Dogs per transaction. It certainly didn’t slow them down.