As the pennant race heats up, I recently had the opportunity to take a break from the craziness and go to a minor league baseball game. It was actually the last minor league game of the season. I enjoy minor league games for a number of reasons.
First off, often times you get the feeling that the players are trying harder, really pushing, to do well. Especially since it was the last game of the season, I am sure some wanted to finish with certain number for either a call up still this year or a chance to get a look in spring training.
It is also a relief to see the prices. Okay, some are ridiculous. A bottle of water and a slice of cheese pizza ran me six dollars. I think that is overdone. Still, it is probably less than you pay in a major league stadium these days. More than that, the ticket prices were much more reasonable. Four of us went to the game and the tickets ran a total of $34. I don’t even know if that will get you one ticket at a major league game anymore. Certainly the days of paying a buck (literally $1) for an upper deck seat are gone.
The game itself was good and enjoyable. I like the fact that at a major league game I cheer for everyone on both sides. I do not need to take it as seriously as a major league game. I even got to see an unusual play. On a groundball to second, with the bases loaded, the runner from first stopped running and the second baseman instead of tossing to the shortstop and then to first for a 4-6-3 double play, ran the base runner back to first. With the base runner almost all the way back at first, the second baseman threw to first for the force and then the first baseman tagged the runner who had come back to first out for the double play to end the inning. The problem was, since they got the batter out first, the remaining plays were no longer force plays and thus the run scored and counted.
It was fun catching the game and now it is back to the excitement of a major league pennant race.
Let’s Go Mets!
First off, often times you get the feeling that the players are trying harder, really pushing, to do well. Especially since it was the last game of the season, I am sure some wanted to finish with certain number for either a call up still this year or a chance to get a look in spring training.
It is also a relief to see the prices. Okay, some are ridiculous. A bottle of water and a slice of cheese pizza ran me six dollars. I think that is overdone. Still, it is probably less than you pay in a major league stadium these days. More than that, the ticket prices were much more reasonable. Four of us went to the game and the tickets ran a total of $34. I don’t even know if that will get you one ticket at a major league game anymore. Certainly the days of paying a buck (literally $1) for an upper deck seat are gone.
The game itself was good and enjoyable. I like the fact that at a major league game I cheer for everyone on both sides. I do not need to take it as seriously as a major league game. I even got to see an unusual play. On a groundball to second, with the bases loaded, the runner from first stopped running and the second baseman instead of tossing to the shortstop and then to first for a 4-6-3 double play, ran the base runner back to first. With the base runner almost all the way back at first, the second baseman threw to first for the force and then the first baseman tagged the runner who had come back to first out for the double play to end the inning. The problem was, since they got the batter out first, the remaining plays were no longer force plays and thus the run scored and counted.
It was fun catching the game and now it is back to the excitement of a major league pennant race.
Let’s Go Mets!
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