Hey Shredder Say Hello To Gravy

With his 26 HDBs at the Manhattan Mall yesterday, Allen the Shredder Goldstein won the 2007 Nathan's Famous Wild Card.

Gravy Brown, the most promising eater Chicago's produced since the great Bertoletti, will also compete.

Much buzz has surrounded the Wild Card win of Shredder since he would have won the Civil Service qualifier outright had Rios Grande not competed. Investigative reports have suggested that Rios is not a civil servant and neither is Goldstein.

Major League Eating officials refused to be interviewed on the matter. In an email, however, Richard Shea wrote: "Gravy's the deal, he's going to Coney."