Don't buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Baseball team bans peanuts, Cracker Jack for allergy awareness night

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They're as American as apple pie -- but peanuts and Cracker Jack will not be welcome at the ballpark Wednesday night in Indianapolis. The minor league Indianapolis Indians baseball team is holding its first Peanut Allergy Awareness Night to bring attention to this increasingly common medical condition and make peanut-allergic fans feel welcome. For one night only, Victory Field will not sell peanuts or any products that containing them, including Cracker Jack, peanut M&Ms and ice cream toppings. The team partnered with a group called Indy PoCHA, or Parents of Children Having Allergies, to organize the event. The team says it "will make every reasonable effort to thoroughly clean the stadium, but cannot guarantee complete absence of peanut particles or residue," which could cause serious reactions in people with severe peanut allergies. More than 30,000 bags of peanuts are sold at Victory Field in a typical season, the Indianapolis Star reports. "We've received calls from fans over the years about not being able to come to the ballpark due to peanut allergy," Jon Glesing, Indians senior marketing and communications manager, told the paper. "Awareness for this is far from new in baseball, (but) we're finally at a point we can coordinate an awareness night." About 3 million Americans are allergic to peanuts or tree nuts, and according to Food Allergy & Research Education the number of children in the U.S. with a peanut allergy more than tripled between 1997 and 2008

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/baseball-team-bans-peanuts-cracker-jack-for-allergy-awareness-night/

[MFS62]

Banning peanuts and Cracker Jack?
I bet they like the DH, too, those un-American fuckers.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Does anyone actually like Crackerjacks? It seems like something you eat when you're bored or hungry and there are very few other options available.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Was my least favorite snack as a kid, but we still were suckers
for the prize and the almost always lack of peanuts in the box.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Does anyone actually like Crackerjacks? It seems like something you eat when you're bored or hungry and there are very few other options available.

popcorn, caramel, crunch, what's not to like?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Given a choice I'd remove the caramel & nuts and just have popcorn.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Also, Crackerjacks don't go well with beer (at least to me).

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: Also, Crackerjacks don't go well with beer (at least to me).

bet it'd pair well with a bitter IPA.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Given a choice I'd remove the caramel & nuts and just have popcorn.

Me, I'm a prize man.

[Ceetar]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Given a choice I'd remove the caramel & nuts and just have popcorn. Me, I'm a prize man.

a little chewy, but it'd do in a pinch.

[Zvon]

I love CrackerJacks. The prize was always like a new adventure. I loved it when you got stuff you had to put together. Or read. I absolutely hated the nuts tho. Could not eat those. They were uniquely awful.