Well, that depends. What time can you get there? Good seats are still available for the Diamondbacks’ home games with Colorado, and the Arizona Republic’s JJ Hensley finds some of the region’s (alleged) baseball fans are every bit as sophisticated as Paul Byrd’s son.

On Monday, though, more than 12,000 seats were still available for both Games 1 and 2 at Chase Field. The series begins Thursday.

If the D-Backs make it to the World Series again, that will be the first time fan Greg Gillman buys a playoff ticket this year. The former season-ticket holder is taking a wait-and-see approach. “When you’re talking about investing your money, they didn’t really go out and make an investment with this team,” Gillman said.

But history says the fans will show.

D-Backs fans haven’t traditionally rushed for postseason tickets. In 2001, the club didn’t sell out a postseason game – that is, until the World Series.This season shows a similar late climb. In September, attendance spiked from 27,000 to 40,000.

With all due respect to Mr. Gillman, the Snakes drafted and developed Brandon Webb, Conor Jackson, Stephen Drew, Justin Upton, and were savvy enough to obtain Chris Young (above) in the Javier Vazquez deal. Presumably, there are enough genuine baseball fans in the Phoenix area who not only recognize there’s more than one way to invest in a club, but also understand the D-Backs are four fucking wins away from their 2nd World Series in 6 seasons.  I realize they play in a soulless indoor mall disguised as a ballpark, and I can certainly sympathize with anyone reluctant to line Eric Brynes’ pockets.  But c’mon, Republic, if your readership is that clueless about how special their team truly is, would it hurt to call them out?