Boston Red Sucks

[dr4b]

Maybe my Boston friends can explain this one to me: how the HELL do you get tickets to a Red Sox game on a weekend without either Ebay or getting a "standing room" or single "obstructed seat" ticket?

I had been thinking it'd be a fun idea to go to Boston for their series against the Phillies in June since I've never been to Fenway, but the series is ALREADY pretty much sold out. Jesus. It sounds like if I want to go to a game at Fenway and not pay a fortune, I'll have to go to one alone, on a weekend against a sucky team, which I guess is just as well, because showing up in a Phillies jersey by myself might get me killed anyway. But still.

(huh, would showing up in a Sox t-shirt with Damon 18 on the back get me killed now too? heh.)

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[akatonbo.livejournal.com]

It's really hard to get weekend tickets. My dad's birthday is in mid-August, and it's a Sunday this year. Even that game (vs. the Orioles) was down to basically just singles and obstructed view by the time he got through the virtual waiting room on Saturday night. (We got cheapo seats way in the back of the center field bleachers to the Tigers game the following Tuesday instead, plus similar seats to a Nats game in June. A total steal -- I didn't even know they HAD $12 tickets at Fenway.)

You could try stubhub.com or other sites like that, closer to the game; day of game seats are an option but the lines are horrendous and the numbers of seats variable. Also, locals (i.e. people who live in and around Boston, not 50 miles away like me) tell me that it's easy to get reasonably priced tickets right outside the ballpark around the top of the second, but I've never tried it personally. *snerk* I'll probably try it someday, but if it doesn't work for me all I'm out is train fare.

On the other hand, if you want to come to Boston for a weekend badly enough, you'd have 2 or 3 opportunities to try to get in even if you don't find anything reasonable online beforehand. I even managed to get someone to sell me a ticket for face value shortly before game start once. (A $80 ticket, granted, but at least it really WAS a $80 ticket, as opposed to when I paid about three times face value on stubhub to get a seat in the first row of the 40 triangle. That was an awesome seat, though -- section 40 is in the outfield bleachers, but it's directly behind the home bullpen. Pity that game was shortly after Schilling went back into the rotation.)

I'm going to see the Red Sox / Mariners game on Patriots Day, which makes me a happy girl. I'll probably wear my Olerud Red Sox shirt. ^_^