Dogs, Yes; Peanuts, No
The Marlins return from their road trip Friday night to Dolphin Stadium, where they will host the San Diego Padres and the sixth annual “Bark at the Park” night.
Marlins fans are invited to bring their four-legged friends to the game for the special doggie night, where they can get photos taken by a professional pet photographer and be entertained by a pregame show featuring a frisbee dog squad called K-Nines in Flight. Fans and dogs are limited to sections 401 – 404 in the stadium's upper deck. Last year, 479 dogs attended.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for dogs. Proceeds benefit the Humane societies of Broward County and Greater Miami/Adopt-A-Pet.
PEANUT-FREE ZONE
Meanwhile, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Minnesota Twins have announced the Skybox section in rightfield at the Metrodome will be peanut-free at four games this season to accommodate fans with peanut allergies. The tickets cost $29 each.
"Peanuts are so symbolic, so connected to baseball," Twins vice president Patrick Klinger told the paper. "But if you're allergic to peanuts and you're trying to enjoy the game and the gentleman next to you is eating that bag of peanuts, it could be fatal. There are parents who are fearful of bringing their kids out to a stadium that is filled with peanuts."
CRAIG DAVIS In more than 33 years at the Sun Sentinel, Craig Davis has written about a wide variety of sports topics from baseball to yachting, fishing to triathlons, and also worked as a copy editor and page designer. Recently he reported on local sports, including running, swimming, cycling, equestrian and beach volleyball. He enjoys sports as a participant as well as a spectator, is active in the South Florida running scene plays in the curling club at Saveology Iceplex. This blog offers a glimpse at the business side of sports in the interest of enhancing enjoyment of the games and sporting options as a spectator as well as a participant.
