Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Top secret inside information on how to get Sox-Yankees tickets

Yesterday I had the day off, and a buddy and I felt like going to the game.  He asked a few people he knew with ticket connections, but nothing really looked promising.  I checked Craiglist but didn't find any good options.  Stubhub had lots of tickets available, but everything was marked up well over face value, not to mention the additional fees.  I wasn't worried though, cause I had a plan.

A few minutes before game time we walked up to Gate E on Landsdowne St.  I asked the girl at the gate if they still had tickets, and she said "yes."  I walked up to the window and asked what the cheapest they had was, and the guy said $30 grandstands.  So I bought two.  There was no line.  The whole thing took less than a minute.

One quick thought on the game itself: it was about as frustrating as you can get from a Red Sox perspective, they left 16 men on base and only scored 2 runs.  The angry Sox fans will rant and rave and say "they can't hit in the clutch" blah blah blah.  But they're wrong.  It's an anomaly.  Over the course of a baseball season all kinds of ridiculous statistical things happen, and this was just one of them.

Oh, and I have lots of mixed emotions about writing this blog entry.  I think it will be pretty popular, but I kinda hope people don't read it.  I get tickets like that all the time, and I don't want it to end...
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4 comments:

  1. Eileen ConnorsAugust 31, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Funny - the last few years when I've come in town for a few days and wanted to go to a game, I just walk up to the ticket windows on Landsdowne and viola, tickets!

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  2. Mark Van DeusenAugust 31, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    yeah, you can can almost always do it, but for some reason nobody knows

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  3. Jeremy GreeneSeptember 1, 2011 at 3:16 AM

    I think you're talking about this?
    http://boston.about.com/od/sports/ht/HowToGetRedSoxTickets.htm

    I've heard about it a few times but never tried it. I've heard of people camping out in lines by gate E, but it's good to know that sometimes there's no line.

    I think what happens is that the Sox keep a bunch of tickets set aside for groups, contest winners, players' families, opposing teams, etc. Right before the game starts, they release all the unused ones.

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  4. Mark Van DeusenSeptember 1, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    yeah, they have been doing it for a long time, it's been my standard plan for years.

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