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June, 2007
DIRTY WATER: All you need to know about Red Sox Ticket Scalping.
By the one known as K5
In my parallel universe we finish a long day of rafting and gear up for the evening. Man, I hope you brought your guitar because that bright moon is just begging for us to serenade the pants off this cozy-pine lined circle of buddies we have going. Strip steak? This is fancy... and I’ll take the Gritty’s Sebago Ale, thanks.
I didn’t know you could sing harmony so well. Four years at Comstock Day School Warblers Singers Camp? High five. Me? Model? No, I never have, but thank you.
It’s a good life.
Instead it’s like this:
It’s the middle of the 8th inning and the Fenway Faithful are SO GOODing their way through Sweet Caroline. We’ll wrap up the game soon; most likely there won’t be a bottom of the 9th. That electric glow of the CITGO sign pulses out an unstoppable rhythm, the boys are in fine form tonight. Nestled in the heart of the big town, a percolating pot of red against green boils to a fever pitch as Papi satiates the throng. That familiar fuzzy guitar rift cuts through the cheers, heralding the win and I finish up my nightly Red Sox duties before hitting Yawkey Way, where a student from New Jersey almost throws up on my feet.
It’s a really good life.
I work and live and Fenway Park, for one heck of a baseball team. Welcome to "Dirty Water" where I hope to introduce to you some things you may not know about Fenway .
All you need to know about Red Sox Ticket Scalping.
If you are looking to pay way too much after haggling for a ticket that may or may not be real (and folks- it happens), I suggest you look for people who wear windsuits. In my experience the real professionals wear them. If you are going to get taken for a ride, be sure that person rooking you is in uniform at least, right? Here’s what the tracksuited don’t want you to know- there is a "Scalp Free Zone" by Gate B. That’s right: the LEGAL buying and selling of tickets between hardworking Americans is happening right there, under the watchful eye of the Ted Williams statue. At the very least, go for the art and the smell of commerce and sausage. This is what else those nefarious no-gooders will tell you isn’t true, but it is: The Sox release tickets almost EVERY GAME. I jest you not. There is a variety of tickets available ranging from Standing Room to the finest of Box Seats. Many are held for the visiting team that will not be used, for handicapped people that end up not buying them, among other sources. Before you succumb to the false urgency of the scalper- CHECK WITH THE TICKET OFFICE. They are the Day of Game Seat people, come early and get ‘em while they last!!!!!
Enjoy all you fans of the Nation- and fans of our Nation’s pasttime. Happy summering.
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