| From the day in 1846, when the first baseball | | | | both the National League pennant AND the World |
| game was held between the Knickerbockers and | | | | Series. |
| the New York baseball club, the game has come | | | | 3. New Yorkers, in particular, will never want to |
| a long way. | | | | miss watching the record-breaking Yankees. It |
| Today major league baseball rules, and how! If | | | | wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe the |
| you are a trueblue baseball fan, you need cheap | | | | Yankees as the most prolific in the history of |
| baseball tickets, as you are actually looking | | | | American baseball. With 39 American League and |
| forward to watching as many games as you can, | | | | 26 World Series wins in the bag, the Yankees will |
| without having to pay the earth for it. Here are | | | | be keen to win the East Division title this year |
| my five reasons why you should book your | | | | after losing it for the first time in 10 years, in |
| tickets to this season's baseball games in advance: | | | | 2007. |
| 1. Chicago baseball fans have special reasons for | | | | 4. The Washington Nationals baseball team is |
| following the game, which is as quintessentially | | | | relatively new to the league, having been |
| American as the city, itself. The Chicago Baseball | | | | transferred from Montreal as recently as 2005. |
| Museum has been established to insure that we | | | | While the team's progress in the league could |
| don't ever forget the city's contribution to | | | | have been more impressive than it has been, the |
| baseball. (Although, forgetting it is virtually | | | | 2007-2008 off-season saw two exciting new |
| impossible, with names like Carlos Zambrano, | | | | faces, Elijah Dukes and Lastings Milledge, join the |
| Minnie Minoso, Ernie Banks and Paul Konerko | | | | team. These young players are expected to |
| lighting up the history of the game.) | | | | boost the team hugely over the next two |
| The city is the only one with two chartered Major | | | | seasons. With their avowed aim of making |
| League baseball teams: Chicago White Sox in the | | | | Washington the capital city of baseball, the |
| American League, and Chicago Cubs in the | | | | Nationals have made sure of a lot of curious |
| National League. Chicago Cubs, in particular, | | | | attention from baseball fans. |
| deserve mention for their spectacular showing in | | | | 5. This year's Baseball World Series is just months |
| the National league this year. | | | | away. You wouldn't want to be caught napping |
| 2. The Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-2 win over the | | | | without tickets when the best-of-seven playoffs |
| Rockies on June 2, 2008, was a reminder of what | | | | begin in October. Especially if your favorite team |
| a potent presence the Dodgers have had in | | | | is one of the teams in the fray. |
| baseball, over the years. Currently second on the | | | | You don't have to step out of your home, this |
| National League West table and hot on the | | | | year, to get the baseball tickets you want. You |
| leaders' trail, the Dodgers are a hot prospect to | | | | can buy them all, online, for every home and |
| relish. In 2004, when they won the West Division | | | | away game, whether regular season or |
| title, they revived hopes of a repeat of their best | | | | post-season. |
| year, 1988. That was the year, the Dodgers won | | | | |