Minor league baseball teams are notorious for having unique promotions. Usually they’re something silly and nostalgic, like when a team decides to pay homage to Full House. However, the Indianapolis Indians — the AAA affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates — decided to do something serious by banning peanuts from their park for Peanut Allergy Awareness Night.
This promotion means that plenty of ballpark staples like peanuts and Cracker Jacks will be banned from the stadium on Wednesday, when the Indians take on the Louisville Bats. According to Indians senior marketing and communications manager Jon Glesing, the team has received calls from fans saying that they can’t come to games due to peanut allergies, so the Indians want to raise awareness for the issue with a peanut allergy-friendly night.
Indianapolis isn’t the only baseball team doing something like this during the 2015 season. USA Today points out that a number of baseball teams are having peanut allergy-friendly games throughout the year, including the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
Still, we may need to rewrite Take Me Out To The Ball Game for Peanut Allergy Awareness Night. Instead of “buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks,” maybe the line should be “buy me a Heart Attack Burger and a helmet filled with ice cream.”
Source: For The Win
