I don't disagree that a baby is less work than a toddler, that's obvious, even though half of the babies there probably drank milk and took 2 shits during the 7th inning alone. However, ear protection is not dumb at all... it's well known high decibel sounds can cause permanent hearing damage to an innocent baby who doesn't need to be there to begin with. 5 years ago I took my oldest son who was 1 years old at the time to a playoff Barrie Colts game (stupid looking back) and left in the 1st period after the Colts scored because of the noise, he was holding ears and crying from being scared. He didn't need to be there, he wasn't going to remember that moment, and I didn't care about the $50 I spent. Sometimes common sense matters, this would be different in May with 16000 fans with the roof open.