The Los Angeles Dodgers are in trouble, and their fans are voting with their wallets. After dropping the first two games of the NLCS to the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field, the Dodgers return home for a critical Game 3 on Wednesday — but the buzz around Chavez Ravine has evaporated. According to TickPick, ticket prices for Games 3 and 4 in Los Angeles have cratered by 40 percent in the hours since the Game 2 loss.
The numbers are stunning for a franchise accustomed to packed houses and playoff pandemonium. Get-in seats for Game 3 are now listed at just $91, while Game 4 can be had for a mere $92. That's a fire sale for a team that entered October with World Series aspirations.
"PRICE DROP: Ticket prices for Games 3 and 4 of the NLCS in LA have dropped 40% since the Dodgers fell behind 0-2 in the series. Current Get-in Prices: Game 3: $91 Game 4: $92," TickPick announced on X.
The steep decline tells a clear story: the Dodgers' faithful are bracing for the worst. And history backs up their pessimism. Teams that fall behind 0-2 in a best-of-seven series have roughly a 17 percent chance of coming back to win it. The Dodgers have bucked those odds before, famously rallying from an identical deficit against the Braves in 2020 on their way to a title. But this hole feels different.
If Los Angeles loses Game 3, the series is essentially over. Only one team in baseball history — the 2004 Boston Red Sox — has ever climbed out of an 0-3 hole to win a Championship Series. No National League team has ever done it, and none has even forced a Game 7 from that dire position. In fact, just two clubs have managed to reach Game 6 after starting the NLCS down 0-3, and neither did so in the last quarter-century.
Should the Dodgers drop Game 3, ticket prices for the remainder of the series could plunge even further. The atmosphere at Dodger Stadium, typically one of the most electric venues in sports, could turn quiet and tense in a hurry.
For the Dodgers to avoid that fate, they need their stars to deliver. Shohei Ohtani, the two-way phenom and reigning MVP, went 0-for-4 in Game 2 and looked uncharacteristically overmatched. If he has another quiet night, the Dodgers' season could be on life support. Manager Dave Roberts might also consider shaking up the lineup — whispers suggest Ohtani could be dropped in the order for Game 3 to spark a slumbering offense.
Meanwhile, the fan base is already restless. Some are pointing fingers at the team's leadership, while others are simply checking out. The plummeting ticket prices are the most tangible sign yet that belief is fading fast. If the Dodgers can't turn things around Wednesday, the only thing dropping faster than their championship odds will be the resale value of those seats.
