Not the first time this has happened in recent history. It bugs me. But, ah well.

Boston Archdiocese won’t drop abstinence rule for Good Friday Sox opener

Opening Day ticket holders at Boston’s Fenway Park this year who are Catholic face a dilemma: the Boston Archdiocese said since the afternoon game against the Toronto Blue Jays falls on Good Friday, they must refrain from eating meat, including hot dogs, sausages and pepperoni pizza.

“We’re already getting all kinds of requests for dispensation to eat meat,” said the Rev. Christopher J. Coyne, a spokesman for the archdiocese. However Coyne said that after a meeting to discuss the requests, Boston church leaders decided a baseball game was too weak an excuse to duck the no-meat rule.