The facebook for Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan reports that unnamed Major League Eaters will appear in an eating contest on August 7.

August 3, 2012 at 9:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan | Permalink * Comments (46)

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  1. Anonymous said

    August 3, 2012 @ 10:26 am

    Eater X, Clegs,& ?

  2. PR gal said

    August 3, 2012 @ 11:50 am

    And afterwards the MLE eater will get a work visa to compete in Japan, create a phony diversion by claiming the Japanese won’t let him eat in competitions, disrupt one of their holidays by getting arrested for resisting police when storming the stage of the annual event, screw over former sponsors, hold set up competitions by choosing competitors and judges, and ultimately rip off every other Japanese competitive eater and fans of competitive eating. Sounds like a pretty good plan. I wonder if it’s been tried before?

  3. anonymous said

    August 3, 2012 @ 12:11 pm

    Seiken better be one of them

  4. anonymous said

    August 3, 2012 @ 1:08 pm

    another fake Bob Hope good will mission

  5. Anonymous said

    August 3, 2012 @ 3:41 pm

    This is one activity for which loyalty and ability to present oneself well counts most. It isn’t about eating ability per se. It is about engaging men and women and their families in fun activities while they serve this country. Seiken’s people skills as well as his loyalty would work against him to be considered. It never hurts to ask though. If you do not ask, the answer is always no.

  6. Anonymous said

    August 3, 2012 @ 9:44 pm

    What is fake about eaters entertaining troops? Sounds like sheer jealousy to me. That is really unfortunate.This is a very good thing that eaters do.

  7. anonymous said

    August 3, 2012 @ 11:51 pm

    Probably Janus & Legs ass-kissin lackey Pete Davekos

  8. Always hope. said

    August 4, 2012 @ 12:59 am

    When you’re a delusional, unappreciated, under-ranked ” journalistic” phenom, it’s amazing that someone doesn’t jump all over this opportunity. Maybe your wildly talented (LOL) guy pal can help you out, since all the rest of the top eaters seem to be busy at the moment. This is a marriage made in heaven. Then both can look back a decade or more and blame everyone else for being mediocre or less. But we’ll still have a toilet seat, so thanks for the past and future memories.

  9. The List said

    August 4, 2012 @ 7:00 am

    Isn’t it about time for Seiken to get his invite? The troops would love Stick to Bloggin.

  10. anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 8:00 am

    While Janus & Davekos make perfect PR/Ambassador sense at any impressionable event, their are just a few eaters professional enough to send on these heart felt missions.

  11. anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 8:16 am

    Of the Top 25…below are the best Ambassadors with both Fans & Sponsors. Professional, intelligent, witty, & charming-
    Bertoletti (No thong)
    Janus
    Thomas
    Morgan
    Oshtoff
    Collins
    Davekos
    Booker
    Conti
    Livingston

  12. Anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 8:43 am

    Disagree. Here’s my list:

    Lee
    Seiken
    Morgan
    Collins
    Larell Marie

  13. Anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 8:45 am

    Competitive eating declined in Japan long ago. It is no longer popular at all and there are few opportunities for anyone to do it there except for local events for Japanese like the soba contest.

  14. anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 1:42 pm

    At least Seiken can sing. If they dont like stick to bloggin he can do Elvis. What can the rest of them do for entertainment besides standing there and looking gorgeous?

  15. Anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 2:58 pm

    1:42, would you send a complainer, a constant complainer to represent MLE? He is dying to be offered almost anything but shoots himself in the foot every time by being a royal pain. The eaters engage the troops in contests but that is only part of the whole event which includes lots of bands, real talented ones as well as dancers etc. Honestly, Seiken needs to really get in touch with reality. His over-inflated opinion of himself and what he has and does contribute to competitive eating is just a pipe dream. Almost every eater suggested has the qualities necessary to represent MLE. Additionally, drunken behavior is not appropriate, all eaters have to act maturely. Draw your own conclusions about who should and should not go. Anyway, some of those eaters are already busy with contests. It would be great to send some of the lower ranking eaters, and MLE has done that. Who can and cannot go also depends upon people’s availability. Maturity above all and willingness to work, because actually it is work without much time to explore.

  16. anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 6:25 pm

    258 scared to leave your real name pussy? I guess so cause at one time you were one of seiken backstabbing buddies

  17. Anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 8:36 pm

    Seiken and Lee should be the ones to represent Major League Eating in Japan. Those two are the best ambassadors of good will.

  18. Anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 9:45 pm

    No offense to the lower-ranked eaters, but why would you send the lower-ranked eaters? Don’t you think the troops would much prefer to see the really good eaters, the guys who are the best in the world, the ones they recognize? When i was a kid, my high school would hold a charity basketball game each year, and sometimes a member of the pro football team in my area would show up. But always it was some shitty benchwarmer or a special teams player. And you know what? It sucked. My friends and I wanted to see a superstar. So send the people you think the troops want to see: the superstars, because they probably don’t recognize anyone else. That’s not meant to sound cold. It’s just the cold, hard truth.

  19. Anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 10:37 pm

    It’s not about whom the fans want to see, It’s about treating everyone equal. Talent should not be a consideration. Let’s spread the wealth.

  20. Anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 10:43 pm

    Seiken is the superstar. He is a world wide phenomenon. No name is more recognized in competitive eating. He paved the way for all followers. Seiken is the Babe Ruth of competitive eating.

  21. Anonymous said

    August 4, 2012 @ 10:45 pm

    In reality, no one knows Joey, Bertoletti, Janus, or Crazy Legs. But they do know Seiken, Badlands, and Lerman.

  22. Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)

    August 5, 2012 @ 2:07 am

    Anon 843 – hey, Thx! Lol I WISH!. I’d be there in a heartbeat 🙂

  23. anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 2:43 am

    Joey they know Badlands they know Lerman they know Seiken they know. Bertoletti and Janus nobody heard of . Not household names and never will be

  24. Anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 8:48 am

    9:45 Your right I also say send Kobi who is the only real superstar in CE.

  25. Anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 10:07 am

    9:45 pm tells it like it is with a few exceptions. I think Larell would be terrific and adding women into the mix would also be great. Sonya is busy and likely cannot take off from work and has traveled and competed in Asia extensively, Juliet less so but some. Larell has the great personality to represent MLE and her enthusiasm is terrific. And she is no pushover as we have seen. She also continues to improve. It takes a good group of eaters who get along and are responsible to make a good showing and give to the troops. All the trash talk is simply that, trash, irrelevant. If it makes someone feel good, fine. It’s a free country. 10:45 pm this is you, 10:43 too, likely that is……..well never mind. There are many broken records on here. Larell should ask directly and not wait to be asked. And keep things private. That is how you get things in MLE, not from posting on here.

  26. Anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 11:41 am

    I agree about not sending lower ranked eaters. It would be quite embarrasing to send eaters that can’t eat more than those whom they are supposed to entertain.

  27. Anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 3:13 pm

    Realistically there are about nine active MLE eaters who through longevity, accomplishments, appearance, and force of personality have any chance of being recognized by the general public: Chestnut, Bertoletti, Janus, Thomas, Shoudt, Denmark, Brown, Booker and Conti.

  28. anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 4:17 pm

    10:43 this is you 10:45 this is you well never mind. Shutup and get to the point ok? Its not Seiken who you seem to blame time and time again for these stupid comments

  29. anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 4:23 pm

    Regardless of whether or not the comments about Seiken are sarcastic or not, he is not invited anywhere and never will be. MLE does not like him or he would have been flown to Hawaii , appeared on numerous talk shows like Jimmy Kimmell . He wasnt even invited to Alka Seltzer US open or turkey invitational so what does that tell you ?

  30. Who? said

    August 5, 2012 @ 5:06 pm

    Actually, most people are not familiar with any eater. Maybe one out of 100 might be familiar with Joey, only because of winning on July 4 six times in a row. All others are complete unknowns.

  31. Anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 6:26 pm

    Chestnut may be recognized. Bertoletti may be more recognizable, because of mohawk, unusual personas. Nobody would recognize Janus without the make-up. Tell someone thats the Black widow over there & show them any thin asian woman, and they’ll buy it. Shoudt can be any middle aged, larger sized man. Denmark, are you freaking kidding? I actually had to look up who Brown is. Booker & Conti are the most recognizable. Booker because he is an extra large person & is one of the few quality eaters of color. Conti looks like a moderately attractive, well spoken bum.

  32. anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 7:34 pm

    Booker is probably the only recognizable figure in the sport because he has appeared on television numerous times and his presence was quite visible during the Nathans finals on ESPN from 04-07. I could see someone stopping him on the street . Hey you are Badlands Booker right? Same with Conti. He is also recognizable because of the dreads and his visibility in the media As far as the rest of the bunch , if a Joey Berti Shoudt Sonya Denmark etc, were a new employee at your workplace none of your co workers would recognize any of them unless they were die hard fans of the sport. You would need to inform them “Did you know this guy is Pat B or this gal is the great Sonya Thomas , then maybe the response would be “Wow thats cool i saw her or him on tv” To recognize them right off the bat? I highly doubt it

  33. anonymous said

    August 5, 2012 @ 7:39 pm

    Beast claims he is recognized in every airport but that only cause he wears LA Beast shirt which attracts attention. Otherwise i doubt anyone knows who he is

  34. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    August 6, 2012 @ 9:33 am

    Janus in make up is recognizeable also. I was dropping Booker off at the Airport in Birmingham one day and before we could get his bag out of the car this lady came running up and knew who he was.

  35. Pollster said

    August 6, 2012 @ 1:54 pm

    I just did a completely unscientific measurement of the most recognizable MLE eater. Doing a Google web search of the top five eaters with their names in quotations and without using their nicknames: Sonya Thomas gets 1,100,000 hits, Joey Chestnut gets 801,000 hits, Tim Janus gets 37,000 hits, Pat Bertoletti gets 29,000 hits, and Bob Shoudt gets 22,000 hits. I don’t know what that means regarding name or face recognition but in terms of web traffic there you go. Now those numbers probably change daily depending on what contest just occurred, who won, and what kind of coverage the event got.

  36. Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)

    August 6, 2012 @ 6:54 pm

    Anon 10:07 Thx!! I’d drop everything lol for a chance to compete overseas. Hmmm lol perhaps I’ll take ur advice 🙂

  37. Anonymous said

    August 6, 2012 @ 7:03 pm

    Very interesting idea. Doing the same thing using their nicknames would not be scientific either but might be interesting. Time for the Master of numbers to do a chart perhaps though OJ might not like this since there are many variables.

  38. anonymous said

    August 6, 2012 @ 7:33 pm

    Seiken easily gets 2 million if that the case

  39. Anonymous said

    August 6, 2012 @ 8:05 pm

    Unscientific measurement of the most recognizable “competitive eater”. Just the facts please.

    Kobayashi = Google About 32,800,000 results (0.15 seconds)

    That was easy. Thank you

  40. Common Eater said

    August 6, 2012 @ 8:32 pm

    It is all about who has the most popular name. An eater named Tom Smith or Linda Jones would return the most hits with a Google search.

  41. Anonymous said

    August 6, 2012 @ 8:45 pm

    In the world of comp. eating, unless your name is Kobi, Conti, Booker, Torres, LA Beast or Furious Pete, no one really knows who you are.

  42. anonymous said

    August 6, 2012 @ 9:42 pm

    I think we should all lobby for MLE to send Larell and hubby to Japan just so she could prove to him in case he had any doubts, that getting involved in comp eating was worth it after all . What do you think Larel?

  43. Anonymous said

    August 6, 2012 @ 10:02 pm

    Eaters going to entertain troops are working and have very spartan accommodations, no spouses or girlfriends or boyfriends allowed. It isn’t a vacation. Nice idea though.

  44. Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)

    August 7, 2012 @ 12:01 am

    Anon 942 LOL sounds like a plan…though he never doubts me 🙂

  45. anonymous said

    August 7, 2012 @ 12:08 am

    8:45 you must be joking right?. After the first name or maybe 3rd i never heard of the rest

  46. anonymous said

    August 7, 2012 @ 12:10 am

    In the world of competitive eating unless your name is Todd Yeates no one really knows who you are. After he ate a whopping 7 hot dogs and buns at a qualifier he retired a winner

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