My World Series Ticket Story
Everyone has a story. And when it comes to the World Series, pretty much everyone who goes has a really good story. There aren’t many people who just say “I walked up to the box office and bought one.” No, you usually have to jump through a lot more hoops than that to get a ticket. And my story, though unique, is no different than anyone else’s. So here it is:
How to get a World Series ticket
- Spend about 2 hours hitting redial, trying to get through to the Box office during the 3:00 phone on sale for ALCS tickets. This is because you didn’t win the lottery, though you now have 17 new email addresses.
- Buy 2 tickets to game 2 of the ALCS even though you know you’ll be on vacation in Florida to see the Patriots that week, because, well, you didn’t spend those hours on the phone for nothing
- Make a deal with the tickets. Pick your friend who is most likely to get World Series tickets, if in fact the Sox make it, and say “I am giving you my 2 tickets under the condition that if you get a World Series ticket and the game is played, you give it to me for face value”
- Reiterate deal to make sure it is clear
- When the tickets don’t arrive through the mail by game day (I got the tickets in the mail 2 days after game 2 with a note that said they would not reprint them under any circumstance… ok) spend another hour trying to call the box office and just get busy signals
- Arrive at Kennedy Space Center (I was in Florida for other things besides the Pats) and since I can’t get through on the phone, beg the nice southern lady to use her fax machine so I can request the tickets get printed and left for beneficiary friend
- Finally get through to box office, only to find out that the fax isn’t good unless you are a season ticket holder, but at least you are through and the tickets get left at will call
- Red Sox complete comeback ALCS victory after being down 3-1.
- Accept the fact that you aren’t getting a World Series ticket unless you sell your car, and even then, probably still can’t afford it
- Friend who got the tickets must then buy 4 tickets to each game in Colorado on the first day they went on sale when only 500 tickets were sold. Server promptly crashes, leaving everyone else to try again tomorrow.
- Find someone on Craigslist who wants to trade box seats in Colorado for bleachers to game 2 in Boston
- Panic, when its 6:30 and the guy with your tickets still hasn’t shown up
- Finally get your tickets, walk across the street, and do a Papelbon-esque jig once the ticket scans properly and you are in Fenway Park for a World Series game.
- Drink and be merry during 2-1 amazing win
Thats all it takes to go to a World Series game. At least, if you want to keep your car.
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