MLB Opening Day Looms

As we enter February, we are now just a mere two weeks from pitchers and catchers reporting, signaling the 2014 MLB season is just over two months away. There is nothing quite like Opening Day in baseball. It marks the changing of the seasons from a cold dreary winter into the bright and sun filled spring.

Opening Day for the 2014 MLB season falls on March 31st this year, but the first game of the season actually takes place the night before between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres at Petco Park which is going for an average of $207 with a get-in of $53. For baseball fans looking to experience MLB Opening Day games in person will find that as a whole they are averaging just $149 for tickets.

Major League Baseball always has a great lineup for its Opening Day series of games. This year some of the match-ups taking place are St. Louis Cardinals at the Cincinnati Reds for which tickets to see these two historic teams play are presently averaging $246 with a get-in of $95. There is even a inter-league game scheduled for Opening Day between the Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies, a very uncommon occurrence and clocks in with an average ticket price of $228.

Of all the games taking place to start the season on Opening the Detroit Tigers home opener is heads above the others as tickets for that game are going for an outrageous $352 after increasing in price by 44% over the course of the past week. Even though this game is $100 more than the next closest (Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox $249) there are still cheap tickets available as you can get-in to the game for as low as $28.