It seems like the Hartford Yard Goats are becoming a little unorthodox with how they handle baseball traditions. The Hartford Yard Goats announced Wednesday that they would no longer sell peanuts, including Cracker Jacks, at Dunkin’ Donuts Park. Chaz and AJ were a bit fed up this morning with the stadium’s apparent intention to take the peanut fun away from all spectators.

Not only would this new change affect the concession stand, but it would also switch up the whole vibe of the 7th inning stretch. Chaz asked, “So are they going to replace the words to the 7th inning stretch at Dunkin’ Donuts Stadium?” Well, the Yard Goats are one step ahead of us. According to nbcnews.com, the Yard Goats is holding a contest for fans to replace the lyrics “buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack”. A listener called in and recommended AJ to partake in the contest using his parody writing skills. “I don’t think they’d take the colored language though.” AJ replied. Regardless, wouldn’t it be fun to sing AJ’s ridiculous lyrics at the game?

The show tossed around the idea of having partial bans, like a “peanut free” section, or a few home games scheduled as peanut-free like other stadiums do. The Hartford Courant reports that the Yard Goats hosted two peanut-free games last season, and the team wanted to go all in for 2019.

What seems to be the underlying issue for many fans is that the Yard Goats are forfeiting a true baseball tradition in order to accommodate for a small group of people. “Baseball is THE sport that is DRIPPING in tradition,” Said Chaz. Maybe it’s more so the novelty of the tradition they‘re worried about losing rather than the initial opportunity to eat them at a game. “Do people actually eat just peanuts at a game anymore?” Pam asked.

Comedian Jim Florentine does, in fact, love eating peanuts at baseball games. He showed up to hang out with the show and join the conversation. Whenever he goes to a baseball game, he will “always get the peanuts, always, you have to.” He’d choose not to budge from his seat if he’s caught eating peanuts near someone with the allergy. “If there’s someone in front of me that’s got a peanut allergy I’m like, ‘alright, well, I’m sorry [not sorry]’.”

Dunkin’ Donuts Park is presumably the first stadium in the country to completely ban peanut products. With everyone suffering allergies these days, this could be the start of a peanut-free revolution whether you like it or not.

Who do you believe to tell you the benefits of legalizing recreational marijuana? Dr. Kevin Sabet from Smart Approaches to Marijuana or Joe the local “weed guy”?

Chaz and AJ had Dr. Sabet in this morning to give his take on the debate.

“Today’s weed, it’s not the same weed from before. It’s not only producing paranoia and panic attacks, but acute and long-term psychosis,” Sabet said. “It’s 99 percent THC.” THC is the main ingredient of the cannabis plant that creates the high. The price for weed is going down, and would decrease even more once CT legalizes it, but Sabet claims that it’s not for our benefit. Cigarette companies, E-Cig companies, and even Wall Street are heavily investing in weed, and Sabet claims that this is dangerous.

“They’re genetically breeding it to get the THC much higher,” said Sabet, “They’re taking what might have been a benign plant in the 1960’s and making it super strength. That’s what’s being proposed in Connecticut.”

We all know that large cigarette companies like Philip Morris have been accused and later proven to add additives and chemicals to their cigarettes and other products that have taken thousands of people’s lives for decades. Sabet claims that Big Tobacco companies are planning to do the same thing with weed: monetize it using additives and GMOs, potentially making marijuana as life threatening, if not more, than cigarettes.

“I don’t think [Ned Lamont] has cynical reasons [for legalizing weed], he just doesn’t know,” Sabet says. Sabet’s goal is to educate states around the country on the risks of legalizing weed.

Sound convincing? Well, of course Joe LaChance the local “weed guy” called in.

“If he finds 90 percent weed, then please tell him to send it over to me,” Joe said, “There is no thing as 90 percent marijuana.” LaChance claims that there are many publicly funded health advocate groups like Smart Approaches to Marijuana and ties to “big-pharma” that are advocating against weed legalization.

“Legal weed would hurt their business, big time,” Joe said. He claims that medical groups want to invest in medical weed (legal in CT) instead and create their own product for profit. They want to invest “on the medical side, but the problem is that they want to control it.” And let’s face it; users pay enough for weed, medically and for recreational use, as it is.

LaChance believes that Sabet is a “shill for big pharma.” So, what does that make LaChance? That makes him “a shill for the people” that wants to see legalized weed in Connecticut.

For a typically stoned man, he makes a valid point. Who do you believe is more credible, the doctor or the experienced user, or a little bit of both?