Photos: baseball fans from gen x and older tailgate at the world series 2023

Lisa Jacklet, 44, didn’t have a ticket for the Rangers game — the first World Series game she would attend — but tailgated outside in hopes of finding an affordable one last minute. She says

tickets for a baseball game are “more accessible for family” than NFL tickets. CASSIDY ARAIZA From left: Diamondbacks fans Rick Lawlar, 78, Dustin Harper, 40, and Howdy Lawlar, 49, outside

Chase Field in Phoenix for Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Rick is the grandfather of Jordan Lawlar, a shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Howdy Lawlar shared that

he likes to try out the hot dogs at each ballpark he goes to. CASSIDY ARAIZA Diamondbacks fans Cassie, 43, Paxton, 14, Bailey, 11, and Byron Holloway, 43, make tailgating a family affair.

Paxton became a baseball fan because his grandmother was a die-hard Diamondbacks fan. The farthest the family has traveled to see a game is from their home in New Mexico to Seattle. CASSIDY

ARAIZA Tyson Winarkski, 50, reps the Diamondbacks outside Chase Field for Game 5 of the World Series. Tyson has visited 18 major league baseball parks and has been a fan of the game since

1998. Though he is not superstitious, he says his family bought two bricks at Chase Field in Phoenix, and he jokingly wonders if the Diamondbacks lost because he didn’t visit the bricks.

CASSIDY ARAIZA Cindy Achtzehn, 62, waves a flag outside Chase Field for Game 5. She says her game day tradition is to do laundry if the Diamondbacks start losing. If they’re on a winning

streak, “you don’t change anything. You don’t shower, you don’t do anything.” CASSIDY ARAIZA Husband and wife Jerrod and Yesica Rosson hold signs rooting for the Diamondbacks outside Chase

Field on Nov. 1. Jerrod, 51, seeks out the pulled pork nachos that are served in a souvenir hat. The couple have traveled as far as San Diego for a Diamondbacks game. CASSIDY ARAIZA Denise,

67, and Reed Wilson, 75, have been fans of the Diamondbacks since 1998 and will happily travel 50 miles to a game from their home in nearby Florence, Arizona. Their favorite baseball memory

is Reed throwing the first pitch in 2018 for St. Joseph’s hospital as a survivor of esophageal cancer.