Giants, Padres will play first 2 MLB regular season games in Mexico City this weekend.
SAN FRANCISCO — Tacos, tequila and taters await the San Francisco Giants in Mexico City, where they head for two games this weekend against the San Diego Padres, the first-ever regular season MLB contests in the metro area of more than 22 million and, at approximately 7,300 feet above sea level, the highest-altitude games in MLB history.
“Somehow I got lucky enough to not pitch in that series,” Webb, who pitches Thursday, said with a grin. “Somehow.” MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – APRIL 21: Aerial view of the Alfredo Harp Helu baseball stadium at Magdalena Mixhuca sports facility on April 21, 2020, in Mexico City, Mexico. When it’s not moonlighting as MLB’s 31st venue, the Mexico City ballpark is home to Diablos Rojos del México, a storied club with a history in the Mexican League dating back to 1940.
It comes with its costs for the league and the teams involved. While the Giants didn’t lose two home games, like the Padres, they did replace an easy road trip to San Diego with a four-hour flight to the Central Time Zone. No team will travel more miles this season than the Giants, who have already visited four road cities, all east of the Mississippi River.
“It’s essentially an East Coast trip for us,” said outfielder Austin Slater, the Giants’ player representative with the MLBPA. “So it’s an inconvenience but it’s also like, players understand that it’s important to grow the game.”
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