Inflation Hits Venezuelans Where It Hurts: Baseball Parks

Venezuela's raucous, boozy and affordable baseball games have long provided respite from the growing gloom in the economically struggling country. Now, a more than quadrupling of ticket prices is putting a damper on the national pastime, with the season kicking off this month to sometimes half-empty stadiums and featuring players who say their per diems don't go far enough to buy lunch. On a recent game night, hard-core baseball lovers celebrating what fans call Venezuela's...

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