Anyone expecting to eat healthy food at a ballpark is probably a bit of a dreamer -- although I'm sure there are some vaguely decent options if you really look. But, it'd be nice to think that a stadium that has a kids-focused food counter -- and clearly caters to families -- would offer a few decent things for the kiddies.

At the game recently we set off in search of something for the lad and ended up at a concession named for the venerable old Borchert Field and opted for the kids' meal, which the Miller Park Web site describes as "Hot Dog, Chips, Kid's Soda, and a Surprise!" Maybe your 2-year-old drinks soda and eats chips, but mine doesn't.

Perhaps the fact that the surprise was two Topps baseball cards (Jenkins and Loretta) -- from 2002!! -- really hammers home the idea that kids food is something of an afterthought at the park.

I've been to a number of stadia, so I know that Miller Park isn't alone in this. However, it's the park I visit most. So, it's most noticeable here.

If that wasn't enough, having an employee there tell us how disappointing it is to her that there's really nothing of value for kids to eat certainly did the trick.

Having said all that, I ordered and ate nachos grande and a High Life, so, really, who am I to talk?