Friday · February 25 2005
The Virtual Waiting Room is the worst kind of waiting room. I log into the thing at 9:30 am to try and get a couple weekday Cub games in mid-summer. It's now 1:15pm and I've made no progress. All 3 Red Sox games are sold out and tickets for those are already at $400 on ebay according to Stacy. In 1999, Stacy and I stood outside of the HotTix in Evanston with 5 other people and got 4 seats to everything we wanted. Those days are gone.
I ought to move to Pittsburgh, so I can go watch baseball anytime I want. Cry, bitch, moan…I know, but the whole process sucks.
That blows. Is that only the case with hot games like the Red Sox or do Tuesday Cubs-Pirates games sell out too?
You can't even get in to buy Pirates games, it is all one big pool of waiting. Some people at my company have a whole room of computers set up to buy tickets (at least 30 machines) and they have gotten to buy tickets for a grand total of one game (it is nearly 4pm). Sigh.
I wonder if Nationals tickets are going to be like that. I haven't been willing to commit to the 20-game plan, but maybe it would be easier than dealing with something like this for single-game tix.
Pittsburgh's a cool place, but don't move there for the baseball. Last time I was at a game, about five years ago, I played in this little marching band called "The Buckos" that walked around the old stadium playing little peppy tunes to the people who weren't there.
I still can't believe they have a new stadium for a team with no draw. Maybe someday.
move to colorado. you can go to any rockies game you want--anytime, including cubbies in august. i love coming home on a wednesday at 7, walking a block & buying a ticket for $5 and then sitting most anywhere i please. of course, for yankees, red sox, cubbies - i do buy the tix in advance, but they are available if i plan 2-3 weeks in advance. then again, it's the rockies.