The World Serious
Originally posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007
NewMexiKen is hoping — against long odds I’m sure — to get World Series tickets for a game in Denver. They’re being sold strictly online beginning Monday.
I’ve been to one World Series game — 1972 in Oakland vs. the Cincinnati Reds. It cost $10 from a guy unloading tickets — and I hesitated. Five hall-of-famers to be (Bench, Morgan, Perez, Hunter and Fingers), a hall-of-fame manager (Anderson) and Pete Rose played in that game. Reggie Jackson was there, but injured and did not play.
Prices in Denver range from $90 to $250. (Not counting what they call the Rockpile in deep centerfield. It’s only $65.)
Good luck getting any tickets at face value. I know someone who paid a ticket company $1500 for a pair of lower deck tickets for just one game.
Geez, I wouldn’t pay $1500 if the lineup included Cobb, Ruth and Gehrig in their prime.