After 3 years of living in the Merida area, we finally went to watch the Yucatan Leones play ball! It was a great way to spend Mother’s Day this year and we were very happy with our seats. When we arrived at the stadium, just over an hour early, we proceeded to the ticket office to buy our tickets and were pleasantly surprised to learn that children under 12 were free, and because it was mother’s day, mom’s were free as well! Of course that meant we needed to sit in the box seats which are 200 pesos per person.

This was Evan and Noah’s first major league baseball game and they were quite impressed. I think they were also a little spoiled as we sat in the TGIF’s restaurant seats and were served a variety of snacks and beverages throughout the game. What a way to spend the evening! Not quite as deluxe as the TSN box was when we watched the Blue Jays play in Toronto, but still we had private bathrooms and a server! What more do you need.

Arriving quite early gave us the chance to drink some beers, and of course watch the teams warm up. This gave Darren a great opportunity to explain everything he knew about baseball to the boys! After the game, Darren took the boys down to the field where Evan and Noah raced each other around the bases. All the families took their kids onto the field to practice and to meet some of the Yucatan Leones!

Unfortunately for the Leones, the Tijuana Torors came out extremely strong in the first 3 innings with 6 runs, then 3 more, then 3 more so we were down by 12 very fast! Our ball club woke up in the fourth inning and started to play ball. You can find more information on the Leones on their website.  You can also buy tickets on line, but when we searched for tickets online it said they didn’t have 6 together so we just went to the field to try our luck. I would definitely get there a little bit early if you are buying tickets last minute, but like most events, people started arriving in the 3 or fourth inning!

This was a fantastic way to spend a Sunday afternoon. The Leones play 6 days a week, just not on Monday’s. The website also said the games were at 8pm, but this game started at 6pm. The 2014 Season runs from April to August and you can get more details from their schedule.

Beautiful stadium with the indoor stadium for basketball and the soccer stadium in the background.

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