Is Baseball In The US A Good Watch Live ?

[cityhammer]

I watch 10 min highlights on You Tube (almost) every day…..got a “free bet” on the Mets to win the World Series …Go Mets !

If I was a betting man, my money would be on a Yankees v Dodgers World Series.

[G rangetown Blue]

If I was a betting man, my money would be on a Yankees v Dodgers World Series.

Yeah, that’s probably favourite…although the Mets did ‘sweep’ the Yankees recently

[G rangetown Blue]

I’ve been lucky enough to visit several MLB stadiums, and a little tip is to buy the cheapest ticket you can, as the stadiums are rarely full, and you can just walk around the promenade and watch the game, and very often sit where you want after a few innings.

[StraightOuttaCanton]

There is a regular season game being played in August on the actual site where the film was made. They did it for the first time last season and it was a great watch for any fans of the film

They did the whole thing exceptionally well. Loved the fact that the players entered the field of play by coming out of the surrounding corn field

[NYCBlue]

They did the whole thing exceptionally well. Loved the fact that the players entered the field of play by coming out of the surrounding corn field

Face value for tickets was around $400, but apparently, the average paid by those in attendance was closer to $1500!

[Grangenders]

Spent a year in New Jersey and my American mates were big Yankees fans so went to quite a few games with them. Loved the match day experience, drinking beers in the sun. At first my knowledge of the game was zero so didn’t quite enjoy the action but after a few games I got into more and more. What changed for me was when the play offs began - it was like a different sport. Unlike the regular season (180+ games?) where a defeat isn’t the end of the world as you play again the next day, the play offs game were tense and exciting where every pitch was scrutinised. Best of 7 games in the “semi final” and “final” meant huge and constant coverage as the week went on.

[NYCBlue]

Spent a year in New Jersey and my American mates were big Yankees fans so went to quite a few games with them. Loved the match day experience, drinking beers in the sun. At first my knowledge of the game was zero so didn’t quite enjoy the action but after a few games I got into more and more. What changed for me was when the play offs began - it was like a different sport. Unlike the regular season (180+ games?) where a defeat isn’t the end of the world as you play again the next day, the play offs game were tense and exciting where every pitch was scrutinised. Best of 7 games in the “semi final” and “final” meant huge and constant coverage as the week went on.

Agreed. Playoff baseball is a whole different animal. Losing in the regular season, especially before September is very much a case, "oh well, try again tomorrow". The excitement in postseason games is palpable.

[Harry Lime]

The Dodgers' last game in Brooklyn was in 1957. The Mets started playing in 1962 and had their own brand new stadium by 1964. That was the main reason the Dodgers left Brooklyn, which is the most common reason for any sports franchise in the US relocating: they wanted a new stadium.

Yep sorry I was listening to a podcast the other day about the 1969 'miracle Mets' the date stuck in my head