| In case you missed, baseball is considered | | | | seat would be right behind the fence, down at |
| the national pastime here in the United | | | | the home plate. After all, all of the action |
| States. Even after the sport's recent battles | | | | is right in front of you, and you can watch |
| against use of illegal performance-enhancing | | | | the plays unfold in front of you in |
| drugs, baseball has quickly recovered from | | | | real-time, without needing the aide of the |
| the fiasco, and the sport's popularity | | | | giant scoreboard or a pair of binoculars. If |
| continues to remain high. Although it was | | | | you want to be in the prime seat for watching |
| controversially removed out of the summer | | | | the ceremonial first pitch, or watching your |
| Olympics, many people rank it as the seventh | | | | team trot around the bases after a bottom of |
| most popular sport in the world. While it's | | | | the ninth grand slam, then down behind the |
| popular world-wide, the sport is most popular | | | | fence is the premier seat. However, if you |
| in the United States, Central and South | | | | souvenirs are what you're after, it's |
| American, and Eastern Asia. One interesting | | | | necessary to rethink the seating strategy. |
| aspect of attending baseball games is that | | | | Some sports memorabilia collectors carefully |
| every ballpark is different. In contrast with | | | | pick their spot outside of the stadium, |
| the highly regulated playing fields in other | | | | waiting for player to hit a homer out of the |
| sports, each baseball field is unique from | | | | ball park. For the purposes of this article, |
| the others. Although the infield of the park | | | | though, we'll focus our seating strategies |
| must fit specific dimensions, the rest of the | | | | inside the field. When memorabilia collectors |
| field can be configured uniquely. There are a | | | | expect there to be a souvenir ball sent over |
| wide variety of customizations that take | | | | the fences, they strategically pick their |
| place in major league ballparks. The distance | | | | seat in the park, picking what they consider |
| required for a home run varies between | | | | to be a "hot spot". This spot depends on |
| stadiums, and sometimes one side of the field | | | | which hand the batter uses to swing with. If |
| is further back than the other. Some stadiums | | | | an easy catch is what you're after, tough, |
| have higher fences than others, affecting the | | | | foul balls are easier to come across. They'll |
| likelihood an athletic over-the-field catch. | | | | still have some sentimental value without |
| The discrepancy means that statistics aren't | | | | significantly raising you to another tax |
| always effective in comparing players. A home | | | | bracket. Baseball continues to be a |
| run in one stadium may be an easy out in the | | | | tremendously popular game for both young and |
| outfield in a game played at another stadium. | | | | old people alike. For those people of all |
| For an avid baseball fan, finding a great | | | | ages, still looking to live an outlandish |
| ticket is an important part of making the | | | | childhood dream of playing in the major |
| most out of trip to see the big game. Some | | | | leagues, experiencing the game from inside |
| fans make pilgrimages to history stadiums | | | | the ball park is a great way to live the |
| such as Fenway Park, while others just look | | | | dream and potential catch a souvenir. |
| to support the local triple-A team, but | | | | |
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