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On Monday, Arizona Diamondbacks fans started filling up the plaza at Chase Field hours before the first pitch at 5:03 p.m. It was, after all, the first World Series game in downtown Phoenix in 22 years.
Maybe they were there for the Millionaire Steak Sandwich. Or the return of three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer. Or, to cheer on a team fueled by players in their early 20s doing all they can do to bring a second World Series title to the Valley.
They definitely weren’t there for Christian Walker’s missed stop sign.
The D-backs dropped the game and dug themselves into a 2-1 hole with the Texas Rangers. But Games 4 and 5 unfold here on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Geoffrey Pixley, Orlando Barrera and Tommy Shorr don their D-back luchador masks at a watch party outside Chase Field.
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The Smith family excited to #EmbraceTheChaos.
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Isaiah, Reggie and Isaac Steele waiting in line to enter Chase Field.
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Julio Lugo and his mom Mercedes España decked-out in their throwback Diamondbacks gear.
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Kendall flexes his NLCS MVP Ketel Marte jersey.
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Janet Palma and Dina Valdez are amped-up ahead of the game.
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Luis is a tuba player for the band La Mera Mera.
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Kylie, Hanna and Kaelynn Smith with Beckam, Crew and Jacob at their first World Series game.
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Liz and Beth Camu, downtown locals, head to a watch party after purchasing Diamondbacks World Series gear from the merch tent outside Chase Field.
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Sam, Howie and Robin Asaki sport their Lourdes Gurriel Jr. wigs on their way into Chase Field.
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Andres Rodriguez and Carli Campbell hanging out in front of Chase Field before the game starts. “He’s as old as the last Diamondbacks World Series. He was born in 2001,” Campbell said.
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La Mera Mera performed outside Chase Field as attendees arrived for the game.
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