It looks like there will be new World Series champions in Major League Baseball this season, as the San Francisco Giants are on the brink of officially being eliminated from postseason contention, which would happen with only one loss in their upcoming four-game series against the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Dodgers currently have a six-game lead in the National League West and would secure their third straight division title with just one win over the arch nemesis Giants. That’s because their six-game lead comes with only seven games remaining in the campaign. San Francisco is seven games over .500, but it looks like their efforts won’t be enough in attaining the opportunity to try and defend their title from a season ago.
However disappointing it may be, Giants tickets on the secondary market for their series against the Dodgers have fan-friendly pricing for the fans that weren’t able to make it to the ballpark during the thick of the season. The average ticket price for the first two games of this encounter are clocking in at $45, with the last two games of the series having average prices of only $41, according to TiqIQ.com. It’s not meaningless baseball yet, and is an opportune time to get great value in attending one of the nicest ballparks in the sport.
The Giants end the season with seven straight games at home to close out their regular season schedule. After the Dodgers series, where their fate for the playoffs will be decided, San Francisco hosts the Colorado Rockies for three games. For either series, Hipmunk.com has discounted San Francisco flights to create a last-ditch baseball trip. Hotels in San Francisco starting from less than $100 per night can be booked on Hipmunk as well to create the most efficient trip to one or multiple ball games.
No one is going to sit in front of Giants fans and tell them that missing the playoffs is a good thing, but with recent history of the team, fans should be excited for next season if they believe in patterns. After winning the 2010 World Series, the Giants missed the postseason the following season. In 2012, they won their second World Series in three years, before missing the postseason in the following year. Now, after winning their third World Series title in five seasons a year ago, the Giants are en route to missing the postseason, which, according to this trend, could lead to big things in 2016.
San Francisco needs four more victories in the final week to reach 85 wins on the season, which would be the sixth time in seven years the team has reached that benchmark. That would be pretty impressive, considering the Giants were hit hard by the injury bug throughout the year, and ultimately, that ended up being their main undoing.
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