If you happen to like our videos and have →→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: Who Invented the Sporting "Mexican" Wave? https://youtu.be/pbxeAUFMYmY In this video: The date was April 3, 1919. The location was the South Side Pavilion in sunny Jacksonville, Florida. The occasion was a much-hyped competition of gastronomical strength between Ping Bodie, the five foot eight and 190 pound New York Yankee outfielder, versus the “world’s greatest eater,” an ostrich named Percy. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/new-york-yankee-beat-ostrich-spaghetti-eating-contest/ Sources: http://books.google.com/books?id=dE-jzHlSXY4C&pg=PT65&lpg=PT65&dq=Ping+Bodie+Ostrich+spaghetti&source=bl&ots=10mNXub4Nz&sig=QC3bYbsxIRCNG0jdLnfZtNmivFQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Hi0-U9jkIoTe2QWstoGABg&ved=0CHYQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=Ping%20Bodie%20Ostrich%20spaghetti&f=false http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1820052,00.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Bodie http://bayareasportspage.com/2011/06/28/remebering-ping-bodie/ http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/712236b9 http://books.google.com/books?id=fxRqdZqi1aQC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=ping+bodie+ostrich+true?&source=bl&ots=VYCrfsd8kx&sig=xyKxhGoLRr5H_Em6viEC4AqVr5g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oR1FU8GQF8egyAG7qICgCg&ved=0CGMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=ping%20bodie%20ostrich%20true%3F&f=false http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Know_Me_Al http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1917/VOL_69_NO_03/SL6903006.pdf http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1915/VOL_64_NO_23/SL6423005.pdf http://www.bodie.com/ http://www.floridagrapefruitleague.com/home/history/ http://www.livescience.com/27433-ostriches.html