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IronPigs to offer broccoli bites - filled with bacon

Last updated: Friday, April 17, 2015, 1:57 PM

Coming soon to a minor-league ballgame near you:

Broccoli.

Days after a national physicians group renewed its push to get the Phillies' triple-A affiliate, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, to include vegetables on its pork-laden stadium menu, the team has agreed to add the green stalk.

But there's a catch. Bacon is involved, and, it turns out, some national publicity as well for the IronPigs' response.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a nonprofit based in Washington, asked the team on Monday to go easy on the bacon and other processed meat, which the group said is unhealthy, and get some vegetables on fans' plates.