| Everyone talks about the thrill of going to a live | | | | make sure you bring plenty of cash with you. The |
| major league baseball game. There's just nothing | | | | vendors don't take credit cards.That brings us to |
| like being at the park to see your favorite team | | | | TV. Let's face it. If you want to be in on every |
| take the field and hopefully win a ball game for | | | | single pitch and even see those borderline strikes |
| you. But is that really true? Is seeing a live game | | | | or great strikeouts more than once, TV is the |
| all that it's cracked up to be? We're not going to | | | | place to be. The camera work is a lot better than |
| try to determine whether live or TV is better but | | | | it used to be 40 years ago when basically all you |
| we are going to present the pros and cons of | | | | got was the view behind home plate. Now they |
| both. You can make your own decisions on which | | | | have cameras all over the place. You can get a |
| is better.Certainly, there is a thrill to being at a | | | | better view of a pitch than the players on the |
| major league baseball park. Many of the newer | | | | field, which is why many times the manager will |
| parks are quite beautiful and a sight to see. If it's | | | | come out to argue a call when we can plainly see |
| a nice warm sunny day, you can't compare sitting | | | | the right call was made.Then of course there is |
| in your living room to being at the ball park. In | | | | the expense factor. There is none. Of course |
| between innings you don't have to put up with | | | | unless you want to count your TV. But more |
| those annoying commercials. You can watch the | | | | likely than not, you didn't buy it just to watch one |
| players throw the ball around in the infield and | | | | baseball game. So the cost is basically whatever |
| outfield or even just bask in the glow of the | | | | snacks you bought at the local shopping center |
| warm summer air.But what about actually being | | | | specifically for watching the game. And if there's |
| able to follow the game itself? Well, unless you | | | | any left over you can always use it for the next |
| have seats that are pretty close to the field, you | | | | game or another occasion.And if by some chance |
| really can't see everything that is going on. | | | | it starts raining at the game you don't have to |
| Certainly if you're sitting behind the first base line | | | | get all upset that you drove 3 hours to the ball |
| about 50 rows up, you're not going to be able to | | | | park only to have to come back home. All you |
| tell the difference between a borderline strike and | | | | have to do at home is switch the channel to |
| a pitch thrown closer to the border of the next | | | | something else.Of course, there's not as much |
| state over. You will miss a lot. There is no | | | | thrill watching the game at home unless the game |
| question about it.Then of course there is the | | | | itself is very exciting. Not all of them are. That's |
| expense of the game itself. They don't let you in | | | | when the ballpark is hands down the better |
| for free and tickets these days are very | | | | experience. Even dull games are more exciting |
| expensive. A baseball game for a family of four | | | | because you are in a sense part of the action.So, |
| can easily run you several hundred dollars | | | | live or TV? Everyone is going to have their own |
| between ticket prices, parking, refreshments, | | | | opinion. |
| souvenirs and all the other little incidentals. Better | | | | |