This Keeps Coming Up on the Baseball Internet

Is this freaking adorable or what?

It's unbelievable how many people are, and continue to be, wrong on this topic: hot dogs are sandwiches. A sandwich is a food item composed of edible stuff placed in bread, in such a way that it can be eaten by hand.

By "placed in bread" I mean the bread has to already be bread when the items are placed in it (not dough). It may be cooked again after assembly. Therefore:

• Paninis are sandwiches
• Calzones are NOT sandwiches
• Pigs in a blanket are NOT sandwiches
• Beef Wellington is by no means a sandwich 

By "bread" I mean actual bread. Not some vaguely bread-ish starch/grain/corn product. As such:

• Corn shells are not bread so tacos are not sandwiches
• Tortillas are not bread so burritos are not sandwiches 
• Lettuce wraps are wraps, not sandwiches

The bread can be in any configuration that allows eating by hand. QED:

• Subs in a cut open loaf of bread (à la Subway) are sandwiches
• Your prototypical "ham and cheese between two slices of bread" (à la Panera) are sandwiches
• Shaved or pulled meats on a bun (à la Arby's) are sandwiches 
• Open faced sandwiches are sandwiches in the same way prairie dogs are dogs; we give them the name by resemblance but we do not fool ourselves that they are the same thing

Hot dogs fit this definition and are sandwiches. Gyros fit this definition and are sandwiches. Hamburgers fit this definition and are sandwiches.

Don't be dumb, be smart.