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