... I used to really enjoy watching baseball. I was a bleacher bum... the bleachers was $1. My gf had a dream of seeing a game in every park... She gave up on baseball entirely...
Same here to all the above
... I have been a guest at several Astros games, mainly playoff games. But I never have sat in at a world’s series game. I tried to buy tickets in 2016 but there wasn’t enough money in my name to snag a seat.
I managed to get tix to nearly every A's and Giants playoff and World Series home game from the 80s and 90s until the strike year, when I stopped watching baseball completely (more A's than Giants postseason games, obviously). A mix of getting lucky with tickets when they went on sale, or buying extras from people or scalpers right before the game. (Sharks too, all through the 90s).
(Due to a certain level of expertise buying and selling concert tickets when I was young and broke - so I could afford to go - paying off. I still rarely if ever buy concert tickets from the box office, unless it's day of at a small venue)
... In 1981 I really went overboard riding the crap out of Bobby Bonds who was trying to hang around baseball. His kid wasn’t playing yet. He played for the Wichita Aeros in between stints with the Cubs. I had him pretty riled up. Glad I didn’t run into him after the game. Kinda still feel bad about that night
Bobby was a great player, but a cancer in the clubhouse. That's why he kept getting traded and played on so many teams.
His buddy Willie Mays and his kid were also jerks, especially Barry of course, but the better one plays the more it's tolerated.
... When I was stationed in Omaha in 79-82, I used to get general admission tickets to the entire college World Series games for a total of about $25-$30. You can’t get into a single game at the new Rosenblatt stadium for that now... Used to watch a bunch of AAA baseball there too with the Omaha Royals...
I loved baseball as a kid. In our town men's fast-pitch softball and the American Legion baseball team were what we had. I'd spend all weekend watching the softball tournaments when they came (that was free), and watched baseball to a lesser extent. (Frankly, for me fast pitch softball was and is a better game than baseball).
When I moved here I probably went to between 20 and 40 Giants games a year, depending on whether they were contenders. Sometimes I'd buy an extra box-seat ticket for a few bucks from someone outside the stadium on game day, but usually I'd buy a bleacher seat and either sneak into the box seats or stay out there and chill with the real fans. I liked Candlestick, the new park is a bit much.
Even though I lived closer to the A's stadium, and they were usually better teams, I'd probably only go to a couple of their games a year. Boo to the DH.
The only games I've been to since the 1993 strike were free tickets from vendors. Haven't watched any of it on TV, but do still follow the local teams for some reason.
I'm glad, the games are longer, everything is super expensive, the game is beyond boring the way it's played now - bleep it.
