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Dodgers charging ton of money to watch NLCS from parking lot

Adam Weinrib
Adam Weinrib

Dodgers Way

Sep 22, 2020; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts (50) throws to the infield after catching a hit off Oakland Athletics right fielder Stephen Piscotty (25) during the ninth inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports

The Los Angeles Dodgers are charging a big chunk of money to watch them play the Atlanta Braves. Enjoy that parking lot!

With the juggernaut-esque Dodgers on the verge of taking the next step in a potential dramatic World Series run, fans in Los Angeles are understandably itchy about their inability to support their team in person.

Tickets are available for the NLCS in Arlington for some reason (best of luck with all that!), but is there a solution for the city’s more normal denizens who have no interest in hopping on a plane to Texas right about now?

Well, now there is!

If you’ve got $75 per car (er…), then get yourself to the Dodger Stadium parking lot to watch Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger and the boys take on the Atlanta Braves! On a 60-foot screen! Vin Scully demands it.

Dodgers fans have gone through a ton of heartache over the past few years attempting to watch the team’s games like every other fan base in MLB can. At long last, the team’s regional sports network is finally available on DirecTV, just in time for watching from afar to become the only option.

But this begs the question: For $75, what type of amenities is the team bringing to the table? 60-foot screens sound wonderful, but what’s the speaker system going to be like? We still doing micheladas and nacho helmets, or not? I need specifics here!

Cheering with your fellow Dodgers fans isn’t quite the same when you can’t reach out and touch your fellow Dodgers fans, after all.

If this cost isn’t prohibitive for you, it might be worth it just to get a taste of the parking lot and stadium we generally call home.

Bringing home a ring and ending the drought this year would feel bizarre, but heck, we’re not going to turn it down. Kudos to the Dodgers for attempting to install a sense of normalcy, but this price point is going to make the decision difficult.

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib is a Content Director on the FanSided network, and has been the co-editor at Yanks Go Yard and Dodgers Way for 4 years. He also co-hosts The Baseball Insiders Podcast twice weekly, alongside FanSided MLB insider Robert Murray, as well as the Yanks Go Yard Podcast. Previously, he was a Senior Editor at 12up.com, and has been covering MLB and NFL for eight years. Previously, he was a headline and features contributor at ClickHole and Onion Sports, as well as the Associate Producer of the ESPN 30 for 30 film "Believeland". An avowed fan of the New York sports teams -- specifically the Yankees -- as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels, you can find Adam complaining mid-game on Twitter, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn if the game goes really poorly.