There are some people for whom an allergy to peanuts is so severe that they can’t be in the same room with them, much less eat them.
↵This, as you can imagine, prevents kids with peanut allergies from going to most baseball games, as peanuts are a traditional baseball snack and the shells and dust are everywhere at ballparks.
↵Next week, the Cubs will be doing something for some peanut-allergic kids, hosting them in the CF Batter’s Eye suite for the Monday's game against the Pirates:
↵↵↵Club officials announced that for Monday’s 7:05 p.m. game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the centerfield Batter’s Eye skybox will be a peanut-free zone reserved for those with allergies.
↵“It’s a school night, it’s a night game and we don’t care. We’re going to be there,” said Joyce Davis. “For her to go and not worry, it’ll be a tremendous relief.”
↵John Rudnicki and his mother, Kelly, can’t wait to go either.
↵“It’s our birthday present to him,” said Kelly Rudnicki, a blogger and author on food allergies who has written two books, including The Food Allergy Mama’s Baking Book.
↵Rudnicki, a mother of five, sees the game as a chance for her oldest son to not only safely enjoy one of his passions, but as a way for him to spend time around other young people dealing with the same allergy.
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Good for the Cubs; hopefully, other teams will help out young baseball fans with peanut allergies, so they can cheer on their favorite team in person.