Professional baseball games... how do we make this experience as safe as possible??

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Tue, 06/22/2004 - 13:24
AnnieM
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My pa son went a game last year when our team wasn't doing so well so there weren't many people there, but this year the team is doing very well so there would be a lot of people. He really enjoyed it and has been asking to go again this year since he has just started playing T-ball and just loves it! How do we make this a safe experience for him? He has only had 2 reactions and they were after biting a pbj sandwich at age 2. The allergist says he is extremely allergic to both peanuts and tree nuts as he rated very high on the blood test for both, but we have no idea if he is just contact or also inhalation!

Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!

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Tue, 06/22/2004 - 13:29
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Hi,

We go to several games per season - I'm sure we'd go to more if they weren't so expensive. We've never had a problem, although I should mention that ours is not a domed stadium; it is open air.

Bring some wipes to wipe down the seats, and if there are shells in your area tell the ushers of your concern. They may seat you elsewhere, or clean the area for you (they always appreciate a tip!). The only time anyone ate peanuts in our vicinity, I had my son move further away from the man who was eating them. When he heard our conversation, he immediately threw the peanuts out and told us that his nephew is PA too, so he understood completely.

Have a great time. I just hope your team isn't whooping our team! [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/wink.gif[/img]

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Tue, 06/22/2004 - 16:25
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There are several suggestion in this old thread:
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Many felt more comfortable sitting in disabled seating.

Don't wear shorts or sandals! We've brought plastic bags to ask our neighbors to discard their shells in them to keep them from blowing our direction. It's been our experience that there are more peanut eaters who bring in big warehouse size bags of peanuts in the "cheap seats" than in the pricey seats (where they dine on a variety of snacks or at least buy the ballparks expensive and much smaller bag of peanuts [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/biggrin.gif[/img] ).

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Tue, 06/22/2004 - 17:23
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We need to advocate for accomodations at baseball stadiums. Just check out this link:
[url="http://www.rockcats.com/press/0404foodallergy.html"]http://www.rockcats.com/press/0404foodallergy.html[/url]

This New Britain (CT) Rock Cats has been a supporter of the needs of food allergic baseball fans for some time now.

I think we should all make a point of suggesting that our local baseball stadiums follow the Rock Cats' lead!

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