Ballpark Buds Club is an award created by Nick Wiger during Episode 55. It recognizes any chain where the fork ratings are all within one fork of each other. This award was created to soothe the Spoonman after he complained that Baja Fresh was not going to become a member of the Hand-holding Club.
In later episodes, Nick frequently mislabels chains as being in the Ballpark Buds Club, even if the scores are too disparate to meet the original criteria. In episode 89, Nick and Mitch decided the Ballpark Buds Club was unnecessary and eliminated the distinction.