Like advertising, baseball relies on great pitches, a loyal fan base, and the power of grown men in animal costumes to sway public opinion. Endorse America’s pastime with this deal to see a Modesto Nuts baseball game at John Thurman Field. Choose between the following options:

• For $10, you get two tickets for upper-box seating at any home game in April, excluding opening day on April 5 (up to a $20 value).
• For $18, you get four tickets for upper-box seating at any home game in April, excluding opening day on April 5 (up to a $40 value).<p>

Click here for a full schedule of April home games.

With names such as Joe Morgan, Reggie Jackson, and Rickey Henderson sprawled across their franchise timeline, the Modesto Nuts take the field in 2012 inspired by a Hall of Fame–worthy past. As a Class A–Advanced affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, the Nuts repeatedly rouse a devoted faction of fans by offering glimpses into baseball’s future, long before the team’s budding stars charge onto MLB dirt or grow too big to fit inside minor-league dugouts. Although this season’s roster has yet to be finalized, last summer’s squad saw the emergence of several key players, including shortstop Josh Rutledge and pitcher Chad Bettis, who established himself as the Rockies’ No. 4 prospect after earning the title of 2011 California League Pitcher of the Year.

John Thurman Field’s basepaths are easements of excitement as fresh faces introduce themselves to home crowds during the opening month of the season. Throughout the summer, weekly promotions help amplify the stadium’s already amped atmosphere with pregame rounds of catch on Sundays, discounted tacos on Tuesdays, and themed weekend games followed by fireworks shows and the subsequent shrieks from frightened birds passing above.