"MLB" news and stories

You can run from Guy Fieri, Rachel Ray, and the rest of the Food Network gang, but you can't hide -- not even at the ballpark. The network is launching Food Network branded sandwiches at eight baseball stadiums this season, complete with the networks perky red logo, according to CNBC. The highlighted offering is the Red, White & Blue Steak Sandwich with Maytag blue cheese and sweet and spicy Peppadew-pepper mayonnaise on a French demi baguette, but word is they'll also be serving up steak sandwiches topped with local ingredients. (The Milwaukee "sammie," as Rachel Ray would call it, will have beer cheese over the steak, while Baltimore's version will get a dose of Old Bay-spiced steak sauce.) Happily, no talk yet of branded peanuts or Cracker Jack.

Read the whole story at CNBC.

It's baseball season, and we're a little obsessed 'round these parts. The MLB kicked the season off on Sunday when the Braves beat the Phillies, but for us Slashfoodies baseball is as much about beers and brats as it is about worrying how our teams will fare.

With that in mind, this week's Slashfood Ate (8) is dedicated to recent brew-related stadium stories.

1. Philadelphia Daily News' Joe Sixpack hints at some of the new draft beers at the Phillies stadium.
   
2. D.C. Sports Bog brags about the beers at Nats Park this year. And rightfully so. Do any other ballparks offer up Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA?
   
3. Not too far up the road in Bal'more, Kasper on Tap reflects on what Camden Yards is serving.
4. CNBC breaks the story on which stadiums boast cheapest beer prices in the league (the Pirates) and which are the most pricey (thanks a lot, Red Sox Nation).
5. Raucous Yankees fans can once again purchase beer in the bleachers. ...
6. ... But in a sign that the new Yanks stadium is still out of touch with the times, 24-ounce cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon will retail for an absurd $9.
7. The New York Mets turn up their noses at such piracy, lowering beer prices at their new stadium, Citi Field.
8. Sports fans, keep your boozin' in line or all of the above will be a moot point: Alcohol sales were banned for game two of the Tigers-Blue Jays series after drunken revelers ruined a rowdy opener.
   

Seen any interesting new suds offerings as your local ballpark? Can you even afford MLB beer prices in this economy?