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RC Vikings · 02-22-2008, 05:10 PM

So I'm taking the family back east this summer to show them Boston, New York and Washington. My sixteen year old whats to see a Sox game at Fenway so I went online last night and got four tickets. All of them are apart from each other and have a obstructed view and it still cost me over $200 for these. If any one has connections back there would you let me know. The game's that would work are June 11 or 12th.

SteelBlue · 02-22-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

So I'm taking the family back east this summer to show them Boston, New York and Washington. My sixteen year old whats to see a Sox game at Fenway so I went online last night and got four tickets. All of them are apart from each other and have a obstructed view and it still cost me over $200 for these. If any one has connections back there would you let me know. The game's that would work are June 11 or 12th.

Wow, what a change. When I lived there from '95-'97 I went to games all the time and paid $9 for outfield bleacher seats. Bernard on cb has some serious connections when it comes to the Sox.

TripletDaddy · 02-22-2008, 05:57 PM

I think this is pretty normal for Sox tickets now. Such a tiny stadium doesn't have enough seats, so the prices are always high.

I have been to Fenway 4 or 5 times since their resurgence and each time I had to pay a chunk of dough to get the tickets.

If you want 4 together, you are going to pay at least $50 a ticket, if not more. Your one outside chance if if you are willing to sit in bleacher, but the problem with bleacher is that even though they are unobstructed, they don't even face home plate. Fenway is a bizarre layout.

SteelBlue · 02-22-2008, 06:11 PM

Those bleacher seats are great. Lots of extracurricular action going on. My favorite memory was when 2 Cleveland fans about age 10, a boy and girl, had the stones to unfurl an Indians sign in the outfield bleacher section. Almost immediately a group of grown men began pelting these 2 kids with peanuts. The kids would move and this rapidly growing group of men would keep pelting them. Eventually the cops showed up, surely to throw these guys out right? Nope, they took the sign from the kids, tore it up and told the kids to go sit back down.

smokymountainrain · 02-22-2008, 06:15 PM

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If you want 4 together, you are going to pay at least $50 a ticket, if not more.

$50 a pop to watch the Red Sox in the regular season? I'm offended.

TripletDaddy · 02-22-2008, 06:43 PM

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$50 a pop to watch the Red Sox in the regular season? I'm offended.

Easily offended, borderline racist, and now a cheapskate....

smokymountainrain · 02-22-2008, 07:03 PM

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Easily offended, borderline racist, and now a cheapskate....

Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem paying $50 a ticket to watch a MLB game, but the Red Sox? Maybe if I get to sit atop the Green Monster. Maybe.

il Padrino Ute · 02-22-2008, 07:29 PM

Whatever the situation, my advice would be to see a game at Fenway. It is one of the greatest baseball experiences. I'm not a Sox nor am I a Yankees fan, but Fenway and Yankee Stadium are two of the grand cathedrals of baseball.*

Going to Boston when it's baseball season and not seeing a Red Sox game is like going to Firenze, Italia and not seeing il Ponte Vecchio or going to Disneyland and not riding Pirates of the Caribbean.

*It should be noted that I am a baseball junkie and don't necessarily reflect the opinions of the majority of those in this country that don't understand baseball.**

**I apologize for that comment, as I understand that one can be a complete baseball ignoramus, yet still appreciate a night at the ballpark, though the real crime would be that he most likely has absolutely no idea why a place like Fenway is one of the most sacred 7.5 acres on the face of the earth.

TripletDaddy · 02-22-2008, 07:50 PM

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Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem paying $50 a ticket to watch a MLB game, but the Red Sox? Maybe if I get to sit atop the Green Monster. Maybe.

I sat there, Row 1, Seat A, right next to the Pole.

Dodgers were in town for interleague so my brother and I flew out and went to the Saturday game. They lost Friday and Sunday, but killed the Sox on Saturday. It was a great day.

At the time, a friend was the Director of Ticketing, so he hooked it up. He left that season, after the Sox won it all. He took a job with National Hot Rod Association, or something incredibly uninteresting like that.

I still have that stub somewhere, plus loads of pics from atop the Monsta. That was an awesome experience.

smokymountainrain · 02-22-2008, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I sat there, Row 1, Seat A, right next to the Pole.

Dodgers were in town for interleague so my brother and I flew out and went to the Saturday game. They lost Friday and Sunday, but killed the Sox on Saturday. It was a great day.

At the time, a friend was the Director of Ticketing, so he hooked it up. He left that season, after the Sox won it all. He took a job with National Hot Rod Association, or something incredibly uninteresting like that.

I still have that stub somewhere, plus loads of pics from atop the Monsta. That was an awesome experience.

Despite the fact that I hate the Sox (Yankees too, btw), I don't know that there is another seat in baseball I would rather occupy for a game.

02-22-2008, 05:10 PM	#1
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	Red Sox tickets So I'm taking the family back east this summer to show them Boston, New York and Washington. My sixteen year old whats to see a Sox game at Fenway so I went online last night and got four tickets. All of them are apart from each other and have a obstructed view and it still cost me over $200 for these. If any one has connections back there would you let me know. The game's that would work are June 11 or 12th.

02-22-2008, 05:57 PM	#3
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	I think this is pretty normal for Sox tickets now. Such a tiny stadium doesn't have enough seats, so the prices are always high. I have been to Fenway 4 or 5 times since their resurgence and each time I had to pay a chunk of dough to get the tickets. If you want 4 together, you are going to pay at least $50 a ticket, if not more. Your one outside chance if if you are willing to sit in bleacher, but the problem with bleacher is that even though they are unobstructed, they don't even face home plate. Fenway is a bizarre layout. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

02-22-2008, 07:29 PM	#8
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Whatever the situation, my advice would be to see a game at Fenway. It is one of the greatest baseball experiences. I'm not a Sox nor am I a Yankees fan, but Fenway and Yankee Stadium are two of the grand cathedrals of baseball.* Going to Boston when it's baseball season and not seeing a Red Sox game is like going to Firenze, Italia and not seeing il Ponte Vecchio or going to Disneyland and not riding Pirates of the Caribbean. It should be noted that I am a baseball junkie and don't necessarily reflect the opinions of the majority of those in this country that don't understand baseball.* **I apologize for that comment, as I understand that one can be a complete baseball ignoramus, yet still appreciate a night at the ballpark, though the real crime would be that he most likely has absolutely no idea why a place like Fenway is one of the most sacred 7.5 acres on the face of the earth. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

02-22-2008, 06:11 PM	#4
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Those bleacher seats are great. Lots of extracurricular action going on. My favorite memory was when 2 Cleveland fans about age 10, a boy and girl, had the stones to unfurl an Indians sign in the outfield bleacher section. Almost immediately a group of grown men began pelting these 2 kids with peanuts. The kids would move and this rapidly growing group of men would keep pelting them. Eventually the cops showed up, surely to throw these guys out right? Nope, they took the sign from the kids, tore it up and told the kids to go sit back down.