WHne I played ball we lived on Mac & cheese mixed with tuna.
Hey Onlyme, do you mean playing minor league ball, and trying to eat on what little meal money you got. I remember reading a biography of Hank Aaron, telling how they went hungry sometimes, as due to lack of money. He said he felt like a king when about 4 players would pool their money and buy a loaf of bread, a couple of pounds of bologna or a jar of peanut butter and a jar of jelly. This was the only way they could afford to really get full. In Yogi Berra's biography, he said he almost quit the minors because he was so malnurished from not being able to afford food. one day he refused to play, so the owner of the team bought him some hot dogs from the concessions, since he was the best hitter on the team. When the team was at home games, Yogi wrote how on Sundays an old Italian lady would bring him large homemade sub sandwiches, with plenty of meat and cheese. That's the only way he could survive.
Back in 1977, I would assume that no one but the major leaguers got after game spreads of food provided to them. And their food money on the road was probably more per day then you got for a week.
Oh, and you said you love cornchips and peanut butter sandwiches. Corn chips are great with tuna salad. I used to put Fritos on my tuna subs from Subway, backwhen I used to eat there.
