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Default We celebrated Black Friday...

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:29:07 -0000, wrote:


I can understand the bitch about ticket prices, but I'm guessing the gas
it takes to get you to a Sox game, would be more that the price of
admission.


I went last summer and it was $90 to park, $4. a hot dog and I don't
even want to think about what the total cost was with tolls, gas and a
couple of hot dogs/soda came to.

Much more than I wanted to spend.

I had tickets to the playoffs - good seats - didn't want to pay
totally outrageous money to sit in the park, so I gave them to a local
charity to auction off. My next door neighbor actually ended up
winning the bid for them. :)

Besides, with HD (which I finally figured out how to hook up properly
- freakin' HDMI cables), TV is better anyway. :)

Seriously though, I think the game I went to ended up costing me about
$225 by the time it was all over with - and those were free tickets.
If I added the cost of the tickets for the seats I had, it would have
been close to $400.

I also agree - AAA, and here in CT anyway, college baseball is just as
good if you are a fan of the game. We have Eastern Connecticut
University which is a perennial playoff/championship team - well
coached and very good. In years past, I was a devotee of the Cape Cod
League which is really good baseball. Went once last year because of
schedule, but this coming summer I plan on attending more games.