MLB travels to Mexico for a historic first-ever regular season series in the nation s capital between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants in 2023 × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Baseball MLB News

MLB travels to Mexico for a historic first-ever regular season series in the nation s capital between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants in 2023

By Daniel Santiago Modified 01 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants will bring their California rivalry to the bright lights (and high elevation) of Mexico City in 2023. MLB has always strived to be a global league. This time around, they will travel south of the border to the capital city of Mexico—Mexico City. For the first time ever, the MLB will play a regular season series at the Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú on April 29 & 30, 2023. The San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants are slated to clash in a city that is around 7,200 feet above sea level. MLB has a history of playing in the proud nation of Mexico. They've previously played regular-season games at the Estadio de Beisbol in Monterrey. The tradition of playing in Mexico went way back in 1996 when the Padres battled the New York Mets in the aforementioned Monterrey. As recently as 2019, the league held games in the stadium between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Angels. MLB@MLBHistory will be made! For the first time MLB will play a regular season series in Mexico City.

See you in April 2023. #MexicoSeries #YoAmoElBeis6892894History will be made! For the first time MLB will play a regular season series in Mexico City.See you in April 2023. #MexicoSeries #YoAmoElBeis https://t.co/aVn5g5ydnp "History will be made! For the first time MLB will play a regular season series in Mexico City. See you in April 2023. #MexicoSeries #YoAmoElBeis" - @ MLB The scheduled series between the Padres and Giants will be the fifth regular season series played in the country and the first in its capital. The Padres currently don't have any Mexican-born players in the squad. Nonetheless, excited for the opportunity to play in the country as expressed by their CEO Erik Greupner. "We are fortunate to have a loyal and passionate fan base in Mexico, and it will be an honor to showcase our team in Mexico's capital city at the beautiful new ballpark built by and named after Padres minority owner Alfredo Harp Helú." - Greupner The Giants, on the other hand, have one Mexican player in their squad in the form of outfielder Luis Gonzalez. Giants president Larry Baer shared his thoughts on the upcoming series. "It will be an honor to represent Major League Baseball, as well as San Francisco, at historic Mexico City for the first time ever." - Baer The occasion will be the first regular-season series outside of the U.S. or Canada since rivals Yankees and Red Sox clashed in London in June 2019.

MLB as a global sport

The London Stadium hosted the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in June 2019 Just like every other sport, baseball is an expanding game. In Opening Day 2022, 38% out of the 975 players listed were of diverse backgrounds. Baseball has become a staple sport in the Dominican Republic, Curacao, and Aruba and these island countries are exporting more players to the league than ever before. The games scheduled in Mexico City on April 2023 are the 25th and 26th respective games held outside the United States and Canada. Despite internal criticisms that the sport is becoming less popular stateside, this is a testament that the league has managed to attract worldwide audiences. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Diptanil Roy × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout No Results Found Get the free App now Manage notifications Popular ‍ Sports (30+) CricketCricket HomeScheduleT20 World CupT20 warm upIND vs SAENG vs PAKAUS vs ENGLegends LeagueECS T10 CroatiaWBBL 2022ECC T10SMAT 2022Bukhatir LeagueNZ T20 Tri-SeriesWomen's Asia Cup 2022ECT10 FootballFootball HomeNewslettersSK Experts ScheduleEPLNations LeagueLa LigaLigue 1Champions LeagueFIFA WCMLS Bundesliga Serie A WWEWWE HomeNewslettersRumor RoundupRAWSmackDownResultsRosterChampionsWWE Crown Jewel 2022PPV ScheduleAEW EsportsEsports HomeMinecraftOverwatch 2RobloxGenshin ImpactFortniteGTAStreamersFree FirePUBGValorantBGMIPop CultureAnimeGaming TechWiki Guides TennisTennis HomeTennis calendarTennis Results TodayATP RankingsWTA RankingsRoger FedererRafael NadalNovak DjokovicSerena Williams MMAMMA HomeUFC NewsONE ChampionshipUFC Fight NightScheduleRankingsResultsUFC Fights TonightONE Championship ResultsONE Championship ScheduleONE Championship Rankings KabaddiKabaddi HomePKL 2022PKL SchedulePKL Points TableKabaddi Rules WikiWiki HomeMinecraft WikiNaruto WikiTikTok WikiYoutube WikiGTA WikiTerraria WikiOne Piece Wiki MoreSportsBasketballIndian FootballNFLMinecraftFormula 1NascarPop CultureCollege FootballHockeyGolfAthleticsBadmintonGymnasticsWrestlingSwimmingTennisShootingBoxingArcheryWinter SportsRobloxFree PicksSkateboardingKho KhoLifestyle LINKS About Us Write For Us Policies Editorial Standards Journalism Awards Fact Check Affiliate Program Careers CSR Privacy Policy Contact Us Edition: English हिन्दी