In Chicago, Savannah Eadens notes the Cubs on April 14 "will host a peanut allergy-friendly game" at Wrigley Field. During Angels-Cubs, two enclosed suites -- seating about 50 people -- will be "offered in a new premiere level" of the ballpark for "families with peanut allergies." This is a "pilot program," and there are "no current plans for peanut-free zones throughout the season" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 4/2).
SPEAKING OUT: In Cleveland, Mark Naymik notes Native Americans and others "demonstrated against" the Indians outside Progressive Field during yesterday's home opener against the White Sox, and the Chief Wahoo logo was "not the focus of the protest." The demonstrators "mainly chanted slogans and waved signs against the team’s name and the larger issue of the misuse of Native American iconography." About a "dozen people participated" (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 4/2).
GONE FISHING: In Denver, Mark Kiszla wrote Marlins Park "must qualify as the saddest place in baseball." The Rockies won three of four games in their season-opening series in Miami, and the venue was a "ghost stadium, often eerily quiet when the public-address announcer isn’t shouting at empty seats" (DENVER POST, 3/31).
