Thirteen teams have announced a startlingly unhealthy new baseball viewing option. In addition to the seat with a clear view of the game, they are offering an all you can eat buffet of gluttony.

Ticket prices range from anywhere between $30 to $200. They offer traditional ball park staples—hot dogs, nachos, peanuts, and soft drinks. They don’t, however, include beer, burgers, pizzas, or desserts.

My first complaint with this new option is this: Those are some expensive hot dogs. I’m sorry, but I would never spend $30 bucks, let alone $200 for all you can eat crap. I mean seriously, you could have all of your friends over for a rocking party with the exact same junk food for the exact same price. And I mean all of your friends.

My second problem is this: In a time when America seems to becoming aware of it’s obesity epidemic, this is offering a temptation to many food addicted individuals that could be too much to pass up, and could in fact threaten their lives. A nice buffet of organic options would be nice. Maybe a salad bar would be helpful.  But that would hardly be in the tradition of baseball which honors the hot dog as the true American staple.

But this attitude doesn’t make sense to me. Shouldn’t we be celebrating good health with professional athleticism?

For now you can buy your NY Yankee tickets in good conscious, knowing that they have yet to stoop to such lame stunts as this. Let’s hope it stays that way.

Tags: Ball Park, Concessions, Food, NY Yankees

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