When there is a double header, fans who want to see both games, do they have to buy two tickets? Or do they watch (and pay for) the first game and just hang around for the second game?
Example: San Diego plays twice vs San Francisco today. Would a fan have to buy two tickets?
2006-07-01 09:30:24 · 14 answers · asked by cb4o2423 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
In the case of the San Diego vs San Francisco game, the first game was a makeup of a rainout game from April 4th. In this case, it is a "day-night" doubleheader and does require 2 seperate tickets. Sometimes rainouts become a 1 ticket doubleheader but this in this case, it does require 2. The ballpark will be cleared out after the first game and fans will have to reenter.
2006-07-01 09:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by pad408 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A SPLIT double-header requires tickets for each game because the stadium is emptied between games. In the old days this was not necessary for double headers, but now because so many people attend they have to clear the stadium and force people to buy separate tickets in order to accomadate everyone. San Diego has done this because they first game is the reschedulement of a rain-out. A couple years back, I believe they had a scheduled DH in which people could attend both games with one ticket.
2006-07-01 16:44:01 · answer #2 · answered by Friar33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back when doubleheaders used to be regularly scheduled, one ticket sufficed for both games (although I am not sure about what used to be called a "day-night" doubleheader as these were never scheduled in New York that I know of). This also applied to doubleheaders that resulted from earlier rainouts.
Frequently, doubleheaders were scheduled on national holidays. I will never forget the Memorial Day doubleheader at Shea Stadium on May 31, 1964. Although the Mets dropped both games, the second game went 23 innings, in part due to a triple play started by legendary shortstop Roy McMillan - who played all of both games - in the 14th inning. Gaylord Perry went the last nine for the win and Galen Cisco pitched the last ten in defeat. Willie Mays played shortstop for three innings but had no fielding chances. And one ticket got you into both games.
The "split" doubleheader (unless this is a revival of the "day-night" doubleheader) is new to me. I don't like it. But as you can see, I am old school.
[Thanks for the memory, Tweety, and for the various clarifications of the "day/night" doubleheader. Yep, the owners definitely want more money, so the traditional doubleheader is as dead as the dodo.]
2006-07-01 17:16:24 · answer #3 · answered by BroadwayPhil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeez, I didn't even know they had doubleheaders any more , other than the day/night doubleheaders, which require two tickets, one for each game. I didn't think baseball teams liked giving fans two games for the price of one anymore.
All the holidays used to be nothing but doubleheaders... Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day...
BroadwayPhil, if you're a Mets fan, I got one for ya...
Friday August 27, 1971... Dodgers at Mets... Tom Seaver vs Claude Osteen... the game was rained out, and rescheduled as the first game of a DH on Sat Aug 28... We already had tickets for the Aug 28th (Saturday) game, so as a bonus, we got to see Tom Seaver pitch against Osteen in the first game.... Seaver won (of course!).
The second game was also won by the Mets, 2-1 in extra (I think 10) innings... I believe Cleon Jones hit a GW HR in the bottom of the 10th... (we used to call them game winning home runs, now they call 'em walk off home runs).
Mets sweep! Mets sweep!
But they finished in 3rd place anyway that year...
2006-07-01 18:19:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, in the old days when they had lots of double headers you did get two for the price of one. But now (as in your example of today's games between the Padres and Giants) you have to pay for two tickets.
You just can't get any deals anymore.
2006-07-01 22:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by Curbkindaguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You only have to buy one ticket and two games are included.
2006-07-01 16:32:09 · answer #6 · answered by royalsgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you only have to buy one ticket for the two games. Can you say GOOD DEAL.
2006-07-01 17:54:21 · answer #7 · answered by bling bling man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would assume that a single ticket would get you into both games, but you should check at the ballpark to verify.
2006-07-01 16:35:58 · answer #8 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-01 20:27:42 · answer #9 · answered by Richard H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember the last scheduled true doubleheader. Everything is a day-night doubleheader now, so they can charge the fans twice.
2006-07-01 19:18:12 · answer #10 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋