Fans go nuts for peanut-free Mariners section

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Nina Selipsky

Nina Selipsky Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Fans go nuts for peanut-free Mariners section</h1>
                <h2><p>Thanks to the peanut-free section offered four times a year, all Mariners fans can enjoy the game sans allergic reaction. The team began offering the peanut-free sections a few years ago after a heart-wrenching plea from a Tacoma dad desperate to take his son to a game, according to MyNorthwest.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/nina-selipsky-crosscut-com/">Nina Selipsky</a></p> 
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            <p>Thanks to the peanut-free section offered four times a year, all Mariners fans can enjoy the game sans allergic reaction. The team began offering the peanut-free sections a few years ago after a heart-wrenching plea from a Tacoma dad desperate to take his son to a game, according to <a href="http://mynorthwest.com/11/2778390/Mariners-go-peanutfree-to-give-allergic-kids-shot-at-Safeco-Field?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">MyNorthwest</a>. Before each peanut-free game, the section in the upper deck in the right field corner is made squeaky-clean as crews pressure-wash and scour every surface with towels. Friday, July 10 and Tuesday, August 11 mark the last two peanut-free games of the season.</p>
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Thanks to the peanut-free section offered four times a year, all Mariners fans can enjoy the game sans allergic reaction. The team began offering the peanut-free sections a few years ago after a heart-wrenching plea from a Tacoma dad desperate to take his son to a game, according to MyNorthwest. Before each peanut-free game, the section in the upper deck in the right field corner is made squeaky-clean as crews pressure-wash and scour every surface with towels. Friday, July 10 and Tuesday, August 11 mark the last two peanut-free games of the season.

By Nina Selipsky

Nina Selipsky is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She is a senior at Lakeside School in Seattle, where she is an editor and writer for the school newspaper. Nina spent last summer working with a non-p