Holy cow — spring training tickets for Chicago Cubs rank as most expensive

PHOENIX — As sure as God made green apples, being a Chicago Cubs fan is about to get a whole lot more expensive.

Even though Cubs fans get to rejoice in the fact that their team won the World Series for the first time in 108 years — yes, 108 years — taking home the Commissioner’s Trophy comes at a price.

The average spring training ticket price for a Chicago Cubs game checks in at $106.30, with the highest average of all 30 Major League Baseball teams, the Phoenix Business Journal reported.

Ticket reseller TickPick calculated the average spring training ticket price for the lovable winners, a price that has been decently high even when the Cubs’ unofficial slogan was, “There’s always next year.”

The average price of a spring training ticket for the Chicago Cubs was about $80 last season, and about $71 two seasons before that.

If you’re looking to save some money while seeing a different Chicago baseball team play, an average spring training ticket to see the Chicago White Sox — who won the World Series in 2005 — will cost about $56, the 10th cheapest in the league.

But if you’re really looking to save your pennies while enjoying a day at the ballpark, go see the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team that took home the honor of the cheapest average spring training ticket at just $44.99. Of course, the plane ticket to get to Florida will cost a little extra.

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