Talking Baseball: Vol. 12

Went to two games in stadiums in one day.

There are five geographic areas and cities across Major League Baseball that feature two teams within 40 miles of each other.

New York with the Mets and Yankees.

Chicago with the Cubs and White Sox.

Washington and Baltimore with the Nationals and Orioles.

San Francisco and Oakland with the Giants and A’s (for now).

Los Angeles and Anaheim with the Dodgers and Angels.

In any of those cities it would theoretically be possible to attend two games, in two different stadiums in the same day. The only problem with that is Major League Baseball has a tendency to not like scheduling them both at home at the same time. And when I say a tendency to not like it, I mean the league goes out of its way to avoid doing it. The most obvious reason for that is, quite obviously, the almighty dollar. They want each team to maximize its gate revenue on a given day and do not want people to have a choice.

But every year there is always at least one or two days for each of those markets where there is a home schedule overlap, and this week happened to be that time for the Mets and Yankees. Both teams played at home on Tuesday night with 7 p.m. ET first pitches, while they were split apart on Wednesday.

I decided I had to do it.

So I bought some tickets, booked a hotel, got some train tickets and was off.

Here is how it went.