SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Ray Peterson is a longtime San Francisco Giants fan who recalls having paid around $10 a ticket for spring training games the last time he attended them two decades ago. When a friend invited him to come back to Arizona for spring training this March, Peterson immediately went online to look up ticket prices for games. After he saw the prices, he emailed his friend:
"Did you see how much everything costs?"
Peterson was relating this while standing on the grass berm beyond the outfield at Scottsdale Stadium as the Giants took batting practice before a game against the Athletics last Monday afternoon.