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There isn’t a negative to a Game 1. In 2018 when I was able to get tickets through the presale because of our 10 pack, I got tickets for Game 1 of the DS and Games 1 and 7 of the CS. I did the same thing in 2011. But the tickets cost a fraction of what these WS tickets are. I was able to get the guaranteed game and the possibility of a deciding Game 7. I’m not willing to do the same thing when the tickets will be $4000 a game if one on my daughters wants to go. At least this is one of the times that I’m glad my wife doesn’t like to go to sporting events anymore. She was there for all 6 games in 82.

7 PM instead of 8 PM CT. The change was made after the start time for the ALCS game was moved up an hour because of concerns about inclement weather in Cleveland.

I’m pondering the same thing about focusing on game one or game six. Of course, my maternal grandmother would be telling me that just by thinking about this, we are guaranteeing that the Brewers will lose the series to the Dodgers.

My greatest generation mother will be rolling over in her grave if I pay these prices. When we went to Braves games in the 1950’s we got hot dogs for 20 cents. When the price was increased to 25 cents we brought sandwiches from home and didn’t have hot dogs anymore. It’s that upbringing that makes me hesitate to buy some things that I can afford.

Tickets were a lot more affordable in those days. There’s a lot more than just inflation at work.

I saw that too. One thing to keep in mind is that the old stadium had a capacity of about 55,000 so there were a lot of lousy seats available.

For that kind of obstructed view I would rather pay more on the secondary market and actually be able to see. I’ve been saying for years that if the Brewers ever make it to another World Series, I would go to a game regardless of price. The current situation might force me to reconsider that commitment. Our 12 pack seats are in section 424 row one. My target for tickets is something in that area. I don’t need to be in the lowest levels, but I need to be close enough to the home plate area for my old eyes to see the game I expected about $1000 per seat, not significantly more than that for worse seats. In my case. It isn’t a matter of what I can afford but only what I am willing to pay for an experience. And I resent someone telling me that I’m not enough of a fan if I decide that I’d rather spend $1500 on something else. Also, I was fortunate enough to attend game two of the NLDS so I got a pretty good taste of the playoff atmosphere along with one of the most amazing endings to a sporting event that I have ever attended. I might decide that that satisfies my appetite and that if the Brewers do win the World Series, I’ll go to the parade or whatever other community celebration. It would also not literally be a “once in a lifetime“ experience for me because I attended all six playoff games in 1982. That year I bought four strips for the entire playoff run and took some relatives and friends to the games as Christmas gifts. I don’t remember the exact price then but it couldn’t have been too high because I did not have that much money in those days. Maybe I could dig up those ticket stubs to see what they cost. The seats were in the upper deck and pretty far down the right field line. I would not see the game that well from seats like that in my old age. In the meantime, I will be watching the secondary market and would probably just get a single ticket because my adult daughters might not care enough to have me spend that kind of money for them. They would rather spend it toward a trip to Europe or something like that because I usually cover expenses for those trips We’ll see how it plays out. If the Brewers do end up losing to the Dodgers, maybe I’ll just look at it as saving me money as a slight hedge against what would be a huge disappointment.

I did not get an email message this morning about a World Series ticket pre-sale. I wonder what the eligibilityfor that was. We have a 12 pack and I know that that does not guarantee pre-sale availability for World Series tickets, only for the earlier rounds. Based on what was available in the pre-sales for the other rounds, I wouldn’t have expected much availability.

It wouldn’t have been this high, but I think the Brewers were the betting favorite to win the World Series in 2011 after winning the first game of the NLCS against the Cardinals. That year there was no overwhelming favorite like the Dodgers this year, so the Brewers going one game up put them ahead of the Cardinals, Rangers, and Tigers. That status was short lived as they lost games 2 and 3 of the NLCS.

I read the reference as any best of 7 series.

That’s LCS only. There have been several other instances in the World Series, including 1958 when the Braves, defending their title, led 2-0 and 3-1 over the Yankees, but lost the series. The Cubs won their World Series after trailing 2-0 and 3-1. I wouldn’t call losing a 2-0 series lead “choking”. I would call it playoff baseball.

During that AB by Bauers I was reminded of the game we attended against the Braves in August. in the first editing, he fell behind Martin Perez, 0-2 and worked him for an 11 pitch walk. Then, in his next at bat he made Pérez throw 12 more pitches and capped it off with a long HR. As he kept fouling off those pictures today, I was picturing him finishing it up with a tater. But, softening Yamamoto up for Yelich to deliver the knockout blow was just as impressive.

Great to see the offense come alive, knocking out Yamamoto early and tacking on runs against the bullpen. Almost everyone contributed and having hot Contreras and Turang would be huge. My approach to this is to savor the 2-0 lead for 2 days and then worry about playing in LA. Teams coming back from 2-0 deficits to win 7 game series is common enough that there’s no point in counting chicken eggs. The Dodgers certainly have the horses to turn things around, but the Brewers are playing with confidence, even while they make uncharacteristic mistakes.

Six runs in four games against the Braves in 2021 and four runs against the Dodgers in four games in 2025. That kind of run production isn’t going to produce many wins.

I’m really getting concerned about the sloppy play. They got away with it against the Padres, especially in game two where they basically gave away every run that Padres got. They’re doing the same thing today and they have squandered the advantage they had by getting Yamamoto out of the game early.

Starting in 2018, I count 15 Brewers playoff wins, including 4 this year. That isn’t a lot to go around compared to teams that have made multiple trips to the World Series.

I’m sure those times are designed to minimize overlap between the two LCS series..

I don’t know what the deal was today with Spectrum and Fox, but the telecasts of both the Packers and Brewers games were about a minute behind the actual game. It doesn’t matter that much most of the time, but in the top of the ninth I started following on the MLB app Gameday. When it came up “Mookie Betts flies out to center fielder Garrett Mitchell” the telecast was just showing ball 4 to DePaula.

My biggest concern tonight is it’s going to be a lot more than 1-0.

FYI Stub Hub has a setting that allows you to see prices after fees.

This should get LaFleur a couple more years extension

Could easily be tied by halftime.

Wait until the second half.

I wonder why the fox telecast that I’m watching on Spectrum is about two plays behind the game tracker on the CBS Sports app.. I flipped to the Colts game on CBS and that is right in sync.

My daughter pulled out her phone and took this video seconds after the winning runs crossed the plate IMG_5038.mov.mp4