* (Locker room) food for thought

December 12, 2009

In this insightful piece from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, David Biderman takes a look at new trends in ballpark food. Not the kind for you and me — we can go to nutritional hell — but for the players.

Rather than unhealthy and heavy fried foods, players now have healthier options: fruits, low-sugar snacks, etc.

I got a kick out of San Diego Padres reliever Heath Bell’s comments.

[Bell] says he gets irritated on the road when teams set out buckets of cookies in the clubhouse while leaving the fruit and vegetables tucked away in refrigerators in side rooms. When teams do put fruit out, he says, they often don’t even bother to clean or cut it. “If the fruit is out and set up well, I’ll eat it,” Mr. Bell says. “But if the cookies are there, I’m taking them. That’s my downfall.”

He must fall down a lot.

When I was down at Yankees Fantasy Camp I was a bit disappointed that we missed out on one experience: no gum or sunflower seeds in the dugout. Guess it was a clean-up issue.

Anyway here are a couple of videos about what is considered the unhealthiest bit of ballpark food available, although they make it seem almost practical — for a family of four:

FYI, it “weighs in” at 4889 calories, 299 grams of fat (the rough equivalent of 10 Big Macs), and 10,887mg of sodium (454% of the daily recommend sodium intake).

Bon apetit.

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