That's a lot of pent-up Cubs Anxiety Right There
And I quote from my Inbox:
===============================================CUBS.COM DUGOUT SEAT TICKETS OPPORTUNITY
===============================================
April 5, 2004
Dear Cubs Fan,
Thank you for registering for a chance to purchase tickets
for the new Dugout Seats. Over 130,000 fans entered their
e-mail address for this opportunity.Unfortunately, your entry was not selected for our initial
sale tomorrow. However, should Dugout Seats tickets remain
after tomorrow's sale, we would offer a second purchase period
and you would be notified by e-mail on Wednesday morning, April 7,
if you are selected for the second phase.Thank you again for your participation.
The Chicago Cubs
Let's see:
a) FAT CHANCE they're not going to sell out tomorrow. 130,000 lottery entrants? I think the expression is, "holy crap." At $50, $100, and $150 a pop (depending on how serious the opponent is) for 213 seats, these are a tidy little moneymaker for TribuneCo.
b) The secondary market for these tickets is really gonna be something if the Cubs have a year anything close the one already primed for collapse under the impossible weight of pre-season expectations. That said, the Cubs are 1-0 as of this writing. Let's play two!
c) I'm not a Cubs fan -- merely a fellow member of the Brotherhood of Lost Baseball Causes (Cleveland Chapter, Local 1948).