Comments on: Nearly $1000 Spent in Baseball Tickets… I need Denny’s Free Breakfast

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:06:36 +0000

I couldn’t tell you why Boston fans act badly in your area. I really don’t think we (Red Sox fans) care much about anyone else other than the Yankees.

In Oakland we saw a (likely drunk) Red Sox fan pick a fight with an A’s fan. I heard another Red Sox fan yell, “Don’t fight, but if you are, at least save it for the Yankees!”

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:22:56 +0000

Going through some old posts and just had to comment on this one. I buy season tickets for my team every year, we actually downgraded our tickets to a different section of the ballpark and went from $29 to $16 per seat. Significant savings considering we buy all 81 games sell some and go to about 45-50 per year.

I actually end up selling most of my Boston and NY tickets to Boston and NY fans who come in from out of town or are displaced and currently living in my city. One thing I have noticed is that when Boston fans come into our park they are pretty rude and obnoxious. A lot of them, whole sections of them.

I have a couple of friends who have gone to Boston for games and have found that Boston Fans in their own park tend to treat out of towners pretty respectfully. Any clue as to why this occurs. I know our team has been the suck the past couple of years but that does not seem like an excuse to me for acting that way.

Anyway, my seat mate and I also make an effort to go to 1-2 out of town games every year. I have been to Oakland and SF and had a blast. You will have a great time I’m sure.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:39:07 +0000

… and the beer is cheaper.

I think there’s a difference between going to the concert and listening to the radio. One could compare the cost of renting the video of Phantom of the Opera vs. going to the play as well. There are times it’s worth the splurge. For me about going to the 5% of the games that I have an option to is worth it.

By: bb

bb — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:09:53 +0000

$0 for watching that on TV.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:35:29 +0000

I actually get to coach third base. I’m not that good of player. Jokes aside, the A’s tickets for some games (Yankees, Red Sox, etc.) have an additional surcharge. It’s actually around $60 when you count in ticketing fees and such.

The ticketing fees are a post in their own right as we still paid for the privilege to print them out at home.

I think you should go to the Rockies and tell them that Todd Helton story, perhaps they’ll relocate you and give you a job being their good luck charm.

By: kosmo @ The Casual Observer

kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:29:36 +0000

For $50 a seat in Oakland, I assume that they’re letting you play third base? :)

Back in ’03, my wife and I went to Coors Field on a trip to Colorado. We got seats that were about 5 rows back of third base (field level) for something like $26 each. For a lifelong (life of the franchise, that is) Rockies fan attending my first home game, totally awesome.

And Todd Helton picked that day to hit 3 homers.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:35:12 +0000

“However, we don’t have a formal budget. It’s more of a “live your life frugally, so that when things like this come up, they aren’t an issue” type of thing.”

I really like that kind of outlook.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:19:18 +0000

Well, I’m from Oakland and the Giants are my favorite team, so I hope the Sox lose ALL of the games, but I’d love to sit next to you and yell at each other for the entire time. You were able to pay for the expense, now just enjoy the games :D.