Idiots Write About Sports

I found out yesterday that I’ll be taking a business trip to Boston in mid-June. And, as I do anytime I happen to be travelling between the months of March and October, I did a quick check of the schedules to see if the local nine will be in town at the same time as me. And they will — for a sure-to-be-heated rematch of the 1902 World Series with their hated natural rivals, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ah, the vagaries of interleague play.

There is one wrinkle to what would otherwise shape up as my first visit to both the city of Boston and Fenway Park — both the Friday and Saturday games appear to be sellouts. At least, that’s what Ticketmaster tells me, and I’ve never known them to fib.

Turns out the Red Sox are somewhat popular, I guess.

So I put the question to the floor: is there some alternative means for procuring tickets to a mid-June game at Fenway Park? A ticket service? A day-of-game trick? Or should I just plan on heading over to Lansdown Street and looking like I have more money than sense? And if I do decide to go the scalper route, is there anything I should know about commonwealth laws that will spare me a night in some Beantown pokey?

Inquiring minds wish to know.

If you're able to afford prices that appear to be much, much greater than I'd feel comfortable paying for a single seat at a regular season baseball game, there's always eBay:

http://search.ebay.com/red-sox-pirates-tickets_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

or StubHub:

http://www.stubhub.com/boston-red-sox-tickets?promo_id=2

I suppose you can subsidize the cost with the fantasy baseball winnings you'll bring in once Brian Roberts puts the finishing touches on his 69-homer season.

I've been to Fenway Park a few times. Go to StubHub.com, write to Pinto at www.baseballmusings. Perhaps your best experience, get to Fenway early. If you bargain properly, you could possibly get ticket face value.

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