Clearwater.patch.com has a preview of Thursday's Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship listing Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo and Michelle "Cardboard Shell" as expected entrants.

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  1. anonymous said

    July 19, 2013 @ 2:02 pm

    Top three right there!

  2. NEW RANKINGS said

    July 19, 2013 @ 2:19 pm

    Doesnt MLE usually update their rankings shortly after Nathans ?.. I would gues the top 15 would look something like this

    1. Joey , 2. Matt Stone , 3. Eater x, 4. Mikki 5. Sonya 6. B.O.B , 7. Adrian , 8. Juliett Lee, 9. Arron Ostoff . 10. Cardboard Shell , 11. Jeff ” The Beastman 12, Eric The Red 13. Flash Gordan. 14, Badlands 15. Wing Kong

  3. Groundhog Phyllis said

    July 19, 2013 @ 3:47 pm

    1. Joey
    2. Matt
    3. Miki
    4. X
    5. Sonya
    6. Bob
    7. Lee
    8. Adrian
    9. Aaron
    10. Jeff Butler

  4. Troll said

    July 19, 2013 @ 4:08 pm

    I wonder iff Sonyas gonna make the switch back fro warm watershed.

  5. Rankings said

    July 19, 2013 @ 4:50 pm

    Marcos Owens or Juan rodriguez may crack the top 15..Badlands has dropped way off and Wing Kong as well as Flash havent been inactive much

  6. NEW vs OLD said

    July 19, 2013 @ 6:49 pm

    Mikki Sudo , Jeff Butler , Pablo , Sebree > Bertoletti , Gravy Brown , Nate Biller, Ron Koch .. MLe has reloaded from the talent they lost last year.

  7. Ron Koch said

    July 19, 2013 @ 7:12 pm

    What?????? I chose to go independant after the Rib ( Sam Barlay )incident last year.

  8. Anonymous said

    July 19, 2013 @ 8:22 pm

    I hope the new people beat the fuck out of the same old faces. It’s time for joey, TBW, Bob, and X to fucking leave. Their not worth a shit anyway.

  9. anonymous said

    July 20, 2013 @ 1:13 am

    The new people.Blahhh.None of them can live up to the standards of the quote old faces. Sonya and Joey all american, cant say the same for Miki and who else?

  10. anonymous said

    July 20, 2013 @ 2:17 am

    You have a retired husband and wife team that can kick the s–t out of the new faces.

  11. anonymous said

    July 20, 2013 @ 2:21 am

    Miki should never be rated period” Whats the difference between Miki and the great Gavone?

  12. Anonymous said

    July 20, 2013 @ 8:27 am

    Ron, what was written was just that, you left. Some people applaud those who go independent and trash MLE, others do not. Too many comments like the last one are well, they are what they are. I guess it doesn’t matter really how you say things though I think it does. But if you wrote the same thing, let’s cheer for the new faces and hope they beat the same old faces, that would be better imo. Trashing is trashing. Ron’s comment is from him directly and of value for that alone.

  13. anonymous said

    July 20, 2013 @ 12:18 pm

    Ron Koch was a legend . Some of you might forget the incredible show he put on at the Alka Seltzer US open in 2005 when he buried some of the competition by consuming 8lbs of pasta which at that time was an IFOCE record

  14. anonymous said

    July 20, 2013 @ 4:54 pm

    1:13 your writing style is a dead giveaway.

  15. Ron Koch said

    July 20, 2013 @ 4:56 pm

    Anonymous 8:27am. I didn’t just leave.For whatever reason Sam chose not to let me compete in the Rib contest last year,OK fine, but then he did it again at this years hotdog contest at NYNY hotel. No explanation, no e-mail from him.I dont bash MLE.The Sheas are the best.As far as the new people go,the sky’s the limit. Joey is and will always be the best until he retires. As far as Miki goes she will be a great eater, and just maybe give Joey a little comp. As far as what Miki said well,when you get blind rage you say thing you dont mean.Just to let you guys know I lost 12 of my high school buddies at the Trade Center during 9/11. It still hurts.

  16. New vs Old said

    July 20, 2013 @ 5:18 pm

    Based on eating ability I would have to say the new crop this year has the potential to be as good or better than the group we lost in 2012 and also the sophmore eaters Have stepped it up this year as well. The sport in in good hands despite losing alot of talent last year. We anticipated Mikki Sudo to be an elite eater in IFOCE right away..Pablo had hardly any amateur record and Butler had amature victories over Tom ” The Goose ” Gilbert but not alot of eating history and I didnt even know who Sebree was .its good to see new eaters sign and become factors right away and to see alot of fresh faces at Nathans this year .

  17. Anonymous said

    July 20, 2013 @ 5:47 pm

    Ron, there must have been a chance to ask for a reason either from Sam or after all, he works for MLE. So how can you say the Sheas are great but it is Sam’s fault. Of course everyone has choices, and you made yours based upon your own reasons. But what you are writing doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. It seems that there is more to the story.

  18. anonymous said

    July 20, 2013 @ 8:42 pm

    Ron does it matter? Like Don Lerman still bitching about 3rd place finish he should have got in 2001 Nathans finals

  19. Ummm... said

    July 20, 2013 @ 8:43 pm

    Ron it sounds exactly like you left. Are you trying to say you were pushed aside? Fine. YOU still left.

  20. Ron Koch said

    July 20, 2013 @ 11:04 pm

    I dont beg anyone Ever. For whatever reason there is I never got an e-mail or telephone call from anyone..I would have liked ending my career as part of MLE. Anonymous 547 there is more to the story but “

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