New York City wiener war recalls glory days when Big Apple battles ruled baseball

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New York City's boroughs once battled for World Series wins and baseball bragging rights. 

The Yankees from the Bronx, the Dodgers from Brooklyn and the Giants from Manhattan won eight straight World Series in Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1956.

Those "diamond daze" of the 1950s are long gone.

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Now, delicious barrels of beef franks hitting home runs of happiness and gastronomic grand slams fuel the inter-borough animosity.

Hot-dog hawker Sabrett represents Manhattan. Nathan's Famous flies the banner of Brooklyn.

The obvious differences between a Sabrett hot dog, left, and a Nathan's Famous hot dog, right, have fueled generations of inter-borough animosity in New York City. Sabrett hot dogs rule the Manhattan street-cart tubed meat scene. Nathan's Famous lords over Brooklyn from its sun-soaked perch on Coney Island. (Kerry J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)

It's the Great Weiner War of Gotham.

"New Yorkers eat more hot dogs than any other group in the country," says the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council.

"From downtown Manhattan to Coney Island, when you buy your hot dog in the Big Apple, it will come served with steamed onions and a pale, deli-style yellow mustard."

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Sabrett food carts, with their signature blue and yellow umbrellas, are ubiquitous on almost every Manhattan street corner. 

Nathan's Famous lords over Brooklyn from its seaside landmark location on Coney Island. 

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