When fans look at their favorite baseball team’s schedule for the first time prior to Opening Day, one of the dates they intently pinpoint on is the good ol’ Fourth of July, undoubtedly one of the most fun and special days of the summer, if not the entire calendar year.
In the baseball world, July 4 seemingly represents the unofficial halfway point of the Major League Baseball season, with teams reflecting on how their year has unfolded up to that crucial juncture of the campaign, while looking ahead at what the summer potentially has to offer for their playoff aspirations. Luckily as it concerns the New York Yankees, they have nothing but good thoughts when looking back on how the first two months have played out, owning a somewhat surprising first-place lead in the AL East division about a month before Independence Day.
Perhaps just as important, the Fourth of July also serves as one of the grandest trips to the ballpark throughout the season for fans, with some unique giveaway usually planned for everyone in attendance, not to mention a fireworks display during the postgame proceedings. The whole allure of Independence Day is certainly one of the most anticipated points of the MLB campaign, and it appears that will be exactly the case once again when the Yankees host the Tampa Bay Rays this year on July 4.
For this year’s Fourth of July promotion, the Yankees are hosting Fathead Day, presented by sweetFrog, in which they are giving away Fathead Yankee wall stickers to the first 18,000 fans in attendance who are age 14 and younger. This is rare giveaway, as a glance at any team’s promotional schedule will reveal most clubs do not offer up the popular Fathead items.
At the moment, the average Yankees tickets on TiqIQ for this July 4 affair is $117.90. On Yankees.com, tickets cost $27.80 with fees to get in the stadium. Surprisingly, this pricing actually represents some of the cheaper Yankees tickets for the month of July. Being a month away, however, it is expected this will not remain the case as we draw close and closer to Independence Day.
That’s especially true given the quality of opponent for the Yankees on this day, when they clash with the division rival Rays, whom just happens to be their closest competition for the top spot in the AL East at the moment. Thus, you can fully expect the price to go up considerably on the secondary market as the next few weeks go by. Not only is there a rare giveaway planned, and not only will this game have an impact on first place in the division, but there’s just nothing quite like being at the ballpark on the Fourth of July.
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