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Ballpark Bacon Brouhaha

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Dan Meyers, For The Inquirer

ALLENTOWN - Matt Caton maneuvered around the wood skewer, impaling a thick slice of maple-coated bacon. He took a bite.

"Awesome," he said, chewing happily Sunday on the newest offering at the Lehigh Valley IronPigs' stadium.

Caton knows that a health-focused organization tried to get the team, the Phillies' triple-A affiliate, to ban bacon last year. He didn't know that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is back again this season.

"Stop complaining and enjoy it with a baseball game," Caton said as the IronPigs battled the Pawtucket Red Sox.