Peanuts at the Ballpark: Enjoying Baseball and Football With a Peanut Allergy

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Some of my favorite childhood memories are at the ballpark — the crack of the bat, the roar when the home team scored, a paper cup of lemonade sweating in my hand. I loved everything about game day. What I didn’t fully clock as a kid, until I was older and paying attention, was that I was sitting in the middle of a peanut minefield: shells crunching underfoot, vendors flinging bags down the row, the person beside me cracking peanuts over the armrest we shared. For a fan with a peanut allergy, “take me out to the ball game” comes with an asterisk. Here’s how I still go — safely.

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Peanuts at the Ballpark: Enjoying Baseball and Football With a Peanut Allergy