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Juan Soto, Manny Machado, Brandon Crawford, Tommy La Stella, Joc Pederson and Mike Yastrzemski are some of the stars that will be on the field of Alfredo Harp Helu Stadium in 2023 after the office of the Major League Baseball (MLB) made a two-game regular season series official between San Francisco Giants y San Diego Padres on April 29 and 30, 2023 at the Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium.
This will be the first time in history that the Major Leagues play regular season games in Mexico City. Demonstration games were previously played, most recently between Houston Astros and the Padres themselves at Estadio Fray Nano in 2016.
“Our mission is to bring the game of baseball to every person on the planet that we can,” said Chris Manak, chief of operations and strategy for the office of MLB. “The relationship we have with Mexico is one of the most important in the world.”
Padres y Giants they had been on the radar of MLB to appear in Mexican territory. San Diego had a series scheduled against Arizona Diamondbacks in 2020, a tour that ended up being canceled for health reasons worldwide. In 2022, San Francisco was going to face Miami Marlins in 2022, but the work stoppage and health guarantees forced the visit to CDMX to be postponed again.
“Today it fills me with pride and I am very happy to announce that the King of Sports will be in our city,” he said. Claudia Sheinbaum, head of government of Mexico City. “This fills us with joy because here in the city there is a loyal and passionate fan base (…). It is an honor that these two great teams are in Mexico; for its history, triumphs, great fans, but above all, for its connection with Mexico”
Los ticket sales detailsas well as its costs, will be revealed later. For the series scheduled for 2020, ticket prices were between 650 and 3,200 Mexican pesos per game. There was also a presale with a bank card.
