Is Beer Stand Trickery at Play in L.A.?

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Webster defines "dodger" as "one who uses tricky devices." Is beer stand trickery taking place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles?

One would think that buying beer in volume would give you the best value for your dollar. Not so, according to Katie Sweeney, editor of yumsugar.com. Sweeney bought small, regular and large beers at Dodger Stadium to see just how much of a difference size makes. With the cups offering no clues as to their volume other than they get progressively taller, Sweeney drank a regular-size beer first, then poured the small into the regular cup, nearly filling it. Topping the cups off with water at home confirmed that the small, priced at $6, held 18 ounces and that an extra two bucks bought her exactly two more ounces in the regular cup. The $10 large beer, which comes in a cup bearing the Dodgers logo, holds 26 ounces - still two ounces more than the average fan can metabolize in an hour. (A study released earlier this year claims that 8 percent of fans at professional baseball and football games are legally intoxicated.)

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