Red Sox 2021 (Burlington: 2013, living, retired)

[bostonguy1960]

Polar Park in Worcester opens in May. That'll be exciting for that region and its families, but I wonder how inexpensive tickets will really be, especially with the novelty of the first summer there. Could be relatively expensive for a family of four, after all.

Does anybody know if commuter rail from North Station to Worcester will have more frequency on game days and nights? (Yes, perhaps a stupid question, considering all of the MBTA cutbacks recently.) I assume it can't be more than a mile from the train station.
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Does AAA baseball have the same rule after nine innings when the game is tied as MLB? MLB just created a policy to place a runner on second base in any inning starting in the 10th inning (I believe) to hopefully get a winner sooner and avoid extra-long games.

[mp775]

Originally Posted by bostonguy1960

Does AAA baseball have the same rule after nine innings when the game is tied as MLB? MLB just created a policy to place a runner on second base in any inning starting in the 10th inning (I believe) to hopefully get a winner sooner and avoid extra-long games.

Yes, that rule started in the minor leagues in 2018. Tzu Wei Lin was actually the first extra innings runner on second ever, in Pawtucket in April 2018.

[Shrewsburried]

Originally Posted by bostonguy1960

Polar Park in Worcester opens in May. That'll be exciting for that region and its families, but I wonder how inexpensive tickets will really be, especially with the novelty of the first summer there. Could be relatively expensive for a family of four, after all.

Expensive is relative.

The better seats are said to be in the $30-40 range which is significantly cheaper than equivalent seats at Fenway, or flying to Camden Yards ... which used to be my preferred approach back when I had a couch to crash on in Fells Point.

[bostonguy1960]

Originally Posted by mp775

Yes, that rule started in the minor leagues in 2018. Tzu Wei Lin was actually the first extra innings runner on second ever, in Pawtucket in April 2018.

Interesting!

[bostonguy1960]

Originally Posted by Shrewsburried

Expensive is relative.

The better seats are said to be in the $30-40 range which is significantly cheaper than equivalent seats at Fenway, or flying to Camden Yards ... which used to be my preferred approach back when I had a couch to crash on in Fells Point.

If you will be in Dallas soon, Red Sox AT Texas Rangers tix on Stubhub starts at $6 for the cheapest seats, peaking at $18 or so for the four-game serues -- for bad seats but in a new ballpark.

It's the darn service fees that'll make one just say no. Isn't it per seat, not per order? I've heard in recent years that Stubhub adds a $10-$30 service fee per SEAT?

[bohemka]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

It’s still possible.

Liverpool was knocked out of the European Champions League quarterfinals by Real Madrid yesterday. I canceled Paramount+ until I need the CBS feed for Patriots games. 7 more English Premier League matches left and Liverpool pretty much has to win out to to finish in the top 4 to qualify for Champions League next year. Fenway Sports Group gets my eyeballs that way.

I go back to Yaz, Reggie Smith, and Conig in the outfield. This is the first time in my life I don’t know the Red Sox outfielders. With the cord cut with Comcast, it’s going to continue to be a mystery. I guess if they continue to not suck, they’ll get more national games. I’d pay per view to watch a few games but I’m not going to pay a big monthly fee to have NESN access.

I think it'd be very difficult to continue to support Henry's ownership of Liverpool after this ESL debacle. Same for Glazer, but there aren't local ties there.

Elitist money-grab. He and others are introducing the worst greed of American sports into a European system that has had tradition and history of putting the game above all else. If you are a Liverpool fan because of Henry, it's time to rethink that.

And to tie it back to the Sox: this is a troubling line of thought. This is a billionaire out for no one but himself.

[masssachoicetts]

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[id77]

Originally Posted by bostonguy1960

If you will be in Dallas soon, Red Sox AT Texas Rangers tix on Stubhub starts at $6 for the cheapest seats, peaking at $18 or so for the four-game serues -- for bad seats but in a new ballpark.

It's the darn service fees that'll make one just say no. Isn't it per seat, not per order? I've heard in recent years that Stubhub adds a $10-$30 service fee per SEAT?

The fee is a percentage. Fees can and often do get into the hundreds of dollars per seat.

EDIT: also, the line item I see it as is per order, not per seat, though more seats will be a higher service fee, so it's correlated.

[lrfox]

FWIW - the Sox released a new wave of tickets today for the remainder of this month. I bought seats to two weeknight games for pretty cheap. Just checked and there's availability for next Wednesday night starting at around $15/each, and more availability throughout the month.

[masssachoicetts]

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