Happy Tuesday, Camden Chatters!<\/p>\n
The World Series is rolling on, and it\u2019s starting to look like the Rays just can\u2019t hang with the Brewers. The first two games were close, both one-run wins for the Brewers. But that changed last night in a big way. The Brewers had scored double digits by the fifth inning, fueled by eight two-out runs in the fifth. They went on to win 10-1.<\/p>\n
Not only was the Rays\u2019 pitching unable to contain the Brewers\u2019 offense, but their own offense was unable to get anything going. They had no hits in innings two through eight! And their defense has looked much worse than I\u2019d expect of a team that made it this far. Last night, they did not look like a team good enough for the World Series. They did look like a team that lost the season series to the Orioles.<\/p>\n
One nice thing about the Rays being down 10-0 was that we got to see Cedric Mullins and Jorge Mateo as back-to-back pinch hitters in the ninth. Mullins got the team\u2019s second hit, an infield single. Mateo struck out.<\/p>\n
So now the Rays are down 3-0, and the Brewers have a shot at a win tomorrow if they can dispatch the Rays as easily as they did last night. I\u2019m not hoping for a sweep. I want more baseball! Hopefully the Rays can figure out how to win and keep this thing going for a while longer.<\/p>\n
If you watched the game last night, you probably noticed the crowd roaring when the Brewers did anything good. It almost felt like a Brewers\u2019 home game. That\u2019s because the tickets for the World Series in Milwaukee this year are the highest-priced tickets in World Series history. Those baseball fans are starved for a championship and are willing to pay for it.<\/p>\n
According to The Athletic<\/a>, the average ticket price for game one in Milwaukee was $2,338. For game three in Tampa? $556. That has Brewers fans flocking for Florida, where the baseball teams are notorious for small crowd sizes.<\/p>\n That article got me wondering how much I would be willing to pay to see the Orioles in the World Series. Would I pay $2,338 for one ticket? I honestly can\u2019t say. Logically, I can\u2019t fathom spending that much money on one ticket to anything. But I also can\u2019t imagine the World Series coming to Baltimore and not going. It would be really cool if I had to make this decision in the near future. Like, maybe, next year?<\/p>\n