View Full Version : Opening Day 2009 - are you going? any cool plans?
MKEcasey
02/21/09, 10:56 AM
I'm assuming everybody is excited about Opening Day for their respective teams. Who is going to their team's opening day? What team is it? Any cool plans for the day or any traditions that you do each year for it? Is your game going to be a good one?
I'll be going to Brewers opening day against the cubs. Any Brewers/Cubs game is fun, so to have it on opening day will make it all the better. I don't really have any huge plans. Just plan on starting the tailgate party when the parking lot gates open and I'll consume an unhealthy amount of food.
(I admit, I did not check to see if another thread is out there about this. If there is, my apologies.)
imirish06
02/21/09, 11:34 AM
Not going to opening day, but going to opening night. Actually maybe opening day too. They haven't raffled off the chances to buy opening day yet.
I will be plopped on the couch all day. That's about it.
MKEcasey
02/21/09, 12:35 PM
Not going to opening day, but going to opening night. Actually maybe opening day too. They haven't raffled off the chances to buy opening day yet.
I'm waiting for the raffle too. I already own a ticket for opening day because me and some friends bought a small season ticket package and it gave us an opening day ticket opportunity. But I promised my girlfriend I'd take her to opening day. So now I'm trying to get selected in the raffle to buy a pair or I'm going to have to resort to craigslist. Then I'll sell my individual ticket. Either way, I'm going though.
I will be plopped on the couch all day. That's about it.
There is nothing wrong with being plopped on the couch all day. That can be just as fun.
about3fitty
02/21/09, 12:41 PM
might go to either the first or second game of the phils season. the only reason i would rather go to the second is that they are giving out shirts that have the phillies logo and CHAMPS underneath it. bad ass.
I wish I could go, but I'm stuck at school and there's no way I can even get tickets for here at Fenway. I used to go down to spring training all the time, but school ruined that too :(
imirish06
02/21/09, 12:44 PM
might go to either the first or second game of the phils season. the only reason i would rather go to the second is that they are giving out shirts that have the phillies logo and CHAMPS underneath it. bad ass.
yeah that's the one I'm going to. I would've liked to go to the Wednesday game because they're giving out the rings then.
Reading.... go to a lot of R-Phils games?
imirish06
02/21/09, 12:45 PM
I'm waiting for the raffle too. I already own a ticket for opening day because me and some friends bought a small season ticket package and it gave us an opening day ticket opportunity. But I promised my girlfriend I'd take her to opening day. So now I'm trying to get selected in the raffle to buy a pair or I'm going to have to resort to craigslist. Then I'll sell my individual ticket. Either way, I'm going though.
Yeah I had to go on stub hub for my opening night tickets. I paid out the ass for them but I love opening night.
MKEcasey
02/21/09, 12:49 PM
Yeah I had to go on stub hub for my opening night tickets. I paid out the ass for them but I love opening night.
I'm waiting it out. I mean I promised her we would go to opening day and I know she legitimately likes going to baseball games, not just opening day. But I'm going to cross my fingers for the raffle, otherwise I'll be paying out the ass like you did. But if that's what it comes down to, I'll do it.
about3fitty
02/21/09, 12:50 PM
yeah that's the one I'm going to. I would've liked to go to the Wednesday game because they're giving out the rings then.
Reading.... go to a lot of R-Phils games?
i used to go all the time back in the day but not so much anymore. the set up there is pretty cool cause all the players come out and sign autographs before the game and interact with the fans a lot. i loved that when i was little. i really should try to go there more often cause the tickets are so cheap.
imirish06
02/21/09, 12:53 PM
i used to go all the time back in the day but not so much anymore. the set up there is pretty cool cause all the players come out and sign autographs before the game and interact with the fans a lot. i loved that when i was little. i really should try to go there more often cause the tickets are so cheap.
Definitely. Reading Phillies games are such good times with friends. Especially when you're 21. The Deck Parties are awesome.
about3fitty
02/21/09, 01:11 PM
Definitely. Reading Phillies games are such good times with friends. Especially when you're 21. The Deck Parties are awesome.
ah totally forgot i can do that now. i just turned 21 like a week ago so i never remember that i can drink at sporting events and shout obscenities at the other team and not feel bad about it.
I got my opening day tickets (Washington Nationals at Florida Marlins). I kinda wish that we weren't opening the regular season against the Nationals, but I guess it is better than having to face Santana or Hamels on opening day. It looks as if Scott Olsen may be on the hill for the Nationals, which should be fun since we just traded him. Go Fish!
JimmyIymmiJ
02/21/09, 01:33 PM
I'm a Tigers fan living in Tampa Bay, so I won't be going to Opening Day. I am pretty excited to catch a few Spring Training games, though.
about3fitty
02/21/09, 01:40 PM
I'm a Tigers fan living in Tampa Bay, so I won't be going to Opening Day. I am pretty excited to catch a few Spring Training games, though.
im sorry
JimmyIymmiJ
02/21/09, 01:49 PM
im sorry
Don't feel sorry for me because I'm a Tigers fan. Feel sorry for me because I'm a Lions fan too.
about3fitty
02/21/09, 02:01 PM
Don't feel sorry for me because I'm a Tigers fan. Feel sorry for me because I'm a Lions fan too.
hahaha thats rough. i dont know how you do it
MKEcasey
02/21/09, 02:49 PM
Don't feel sorry for me because I'm a Tigers fan. Feel sorry for me because I'm a Lions fan too.
Oh man. You should just start over and pick some new teams.
preppyak
02/21/09, 03:07 PM
I wish I could go, but I'm stuck at school and there's no way I can even get tickets for here at Fenway. I used to go down to spring training all the time, but school ruined that too :(
Wait til you have a full time job...I'm spending the next month working on my excuse for taking the first two days of March Madness off
Don't feel sorry for me because I'm a Tigers fan. Feel sorry for me because I'm a Lions fan too.
haha, brutal
NoOneRunsFaster
02/22/09, 11:16 PM
Won't be at any games but I've already requested the day so it's baseball from 10am-10pm for me.
My gf loves sports also and we've got tickets to six Giants games already.
heyxnightmarex
02/23/09, 03:23 PM
My friend and I were planning on going to NY for the first game at Citi Field, but we realized that there is just no way we could afford it, so I guess we will have to just watch from home.
Hot Damn
02/23/09, 03:28 PM
I'll be at opening week :-)
xshady121
02/24/09, 08:12 AM
I splurged for Yankees opening day tickets last year and it ended up getting rained out. I sat in Yankee Stadium for 4 hours before they ended up postponing it. I couldn't go the next night becasue I would have missed too many classes and already had my ticket booked back to school, so my brother who is a Mets fan ended up going to the final opening day at Yankee Stadium.
I don't think I'd waste my money again on opening day.
this isn't about opening day, but i'm going to the yankees home opener on the 16th. should be pretty cool.
xshady121
02/24/09, 12:19 PM
this isn't about opening day, but i'm going to the yankees home opener on the 16th. should be pretty cool.
For all intents and purposes, that's opening day. How did you manage to score those tickets?
Scott Weber
02/24/09, 12:30 PM
I'd love to go. But I'm waiting for tickets to go on sale, and they'll sell out fast.
Don't feel sorry for me because I'm a Tigers fan. Feel sorry for me because I'm a Lions fan too.
ooof.
Does school count? Because that's where I'll be.
I splurged for Yankees opening day tickets last year and it ended up getting rained out. I sat in Yankee Stadium for 4 hours before they ended up postponing it. I couldn't go the next night becasue I would have missed too many classes and already had my ticket booked back to school, so my brother who is a Mets fan ended up going to the final opening day at Yankee Stadium.
I don't think I'd waste my money again on opening day.
I was there as well. Showed up at 9am to drink, game got rained out at 2pm. I went home, soaking wet, and wasted, with no baseball. Sucked. I was lucky enough to still be able to go the following day, however.
this isn't about opening day, but i'm going to the yankees home opener on the 16th. should be pretty cool.
That's considered opening day for the Yanks..
this thread just reminded me i need to ask my dad what tickets he got from our season ticket package. he splits 81 home games with 7 other guys so we get 10 games. we normally get shafted and have to see baltimore, seattle, kansas city, etc. I hope we get a yankee or red sox game this year.
awfulwaffle
02/28/09, 05:22 PM
I used to have Yankees season tickets, I'm boycotting because of the ticket price increase. Such bullshit.
Flags of Dawn
03/02/09, 08:52 PM
no but if you know anyone with tickets they're looking to get rid of...
Drew Beringer
03/02/09, 09:43 PM
I'm assuming everybody is excited about Opening Day for their respective teams. Who is going to their team's opening day? What team is it? Any cool plans for the day or any traditions that you do each year for it? Is your game going to be a good one?
I'll be going to Brewers opening day against the cubs. Any Brewers/Cubs game is fun, so to have it on opening day will make it all the better. I don't really have any huge plans. Just plan on starting the tailgate party when the parking lot gates open and I'll consume an unhealthy amount of food.
(I admit, I did not check to see if another thread is out there about this. If there is, my apologies.)
I fuckin jealous of you! I wish I could go to opening day at Miller Park but going to school in shitty Indiana prevents me from doing so. Instead, my friend (who is a Cubs fan) and I will be going to the bars here to watch over the weekend. Go Brewers though!
I dont even know, but I haven't been this excited for a season in a long time.
avengedtbs
03/03/09, 09:08 AM
My grandpa and a couple of his friends are taking a party bus down to Citi Field and watching the opening game from the SNY box. He also went last year to Shea's final opening day and rode there in a limo. This guy he knows, his son can get tickets to any event, anywhere, anytime, no questions asked.
Shooter McGavin
03/07/09, 09:55 AM
I got my Royals opening day tix this morning. We're gonna be a .500 team this year, just you wait and see. Revive '85!
SilenceBrokenTT
03/07/09, 11:42 AM
^ Could be your final opening day... since they (the royals and the the Chiefs) could be gone by the end of the year. Heck, the Chiefs may not even be playing there at all this year.
I'm thinking about going to the D-back's opener, even though I'm not a fan. I may drive out to Cali for the Angels home opener though...
bulls2213
03/09/09, 04:17 PM
Im going to wrigley.
don't forget your buttplug... and a helmet
NoOneRunsFaster
03/09/09, 04:55 PM
I dont even know, but I haven't been this excited for a season in a long time.
I know how you feel. I've been reading spring training reports like its my job. This season is going to be exciting for me. The Giants have a legit chance to win the West this year. (Which isn't saying much, 1st round of the playoffs and they're ousted by whoever wins the Wild Card. Mets)
MKEcasey
03/23/09, 05:21 PM
I fuckin jealous of you! I wish I could go to opening day at Miller Park but going to school in shitty Indiana prevents me from doing so. Instead, my friend (who is a Cubs fan) and I will be going to the bars here to watch over the weekend. Go Brewers though!
I'll have a good time for you. I'll be going to games all season long. Let me know if there are any you'll be going to.
no but if you know anyone with tickets they're looking to get rid of...
I sort of forgot I started this thread. But through confusion we ended up with an extra pair of tickets amongst my group of friends. We sold the pair though already. Now I feel like an ass.
Flags of Dawn
03/23/09, 06:59 PM
its cool dude. i've never been to opening day and it would've been really cool to go, seeing as im a huge fan and have been for a really long time, but its cool. haha, jk
xshady121
03/24/09, 07:52 AM
I just bought Yankees opening day tickets off of ticketmaster with the sole intent of selling them
I'm a horrible yankees fan.
I used to have Yankees season tickets, I'm boycotting because of the ticket price increase. Such bullshit.
Uh, where, at 17 years old, do you have seats at the stadium where the prices increased significantly?
I just bought Yankees opening day tickets off of ticketmaster with the sole intent of selling them
I'm a horrible yankees fan.
What the fuck I've been sitting here all morning trying to get them so I can GO.
You fucking suck.
we are cured
03/24/09, 09:34 AM
I'm a horrible yankees fan.
no, you're a businessman
no, you're a businessman
No, he's a horrible Yankees fan. Fucking assholes that only buy tickets to jack up the prices really fucking piss me off.
xshady121
03/24/09, 10:03 AM
No, he's a horrible Yankees fan. Fucking assholes that only buy tickets to jack up the prices really fucking piss me off.
Perhaps. I'm just trying to sell it and get tickets to a game I can actually use (like the mets/yankees). As much as I would love to go, I can't get out of work.
xbrokendownx
03/24/09, 10:17 AM
im not a business man, im a businesssss mannnnn, lemme handle my business damn
preppyak
03/24/09, 10:17 AM
Perhaps. I'm just trying to sell it and get tickets to a game I can actually use (like the mets/yankees). As much as I would love to go, I can't get out of work.
So why wouldn't you just buy those tickets on Ticketmaster?
we are cured
03/24/09, 10:17 AM
No, he's a horrible Yankees fan. Fucking assholes that only buy tickets to jack up the prices really fucking piss me off.
understandable but it's not like he's some ticket broker that hires 20 different people to log in and buy the seats so they can rape everyone (including the seller and buyer) on charges.
your chances of actually getting opening day seats to the new stadium are pretty slim so why not take a shot and try to make some money? the demand was going to be absurd whether or not this kid did what he did.
xshady121
03/24/09, 10:31 AM
So why wouldn't you just buy those tickets on Ticketmaster?
I need to pay for my metro north pass somehow. Might as well kill two birds here.
xshady121
03/24/09, 10:32 AM
understandable but it's not like he's some ticket broker that hires 20 different people to log in and buy the seats so they can rape everyone (including the seller and buyer) on charges.
your chances of actually getting opening day seats to the new stadium are pretty slim so why not take a shot and try to make some money? the demand was going to be absurd whether or not this kid did what he did.
exactly. I had the same chance as everyone else. I dont see the big deal.
understandable but it's not like he's some ticket broker that hires 20 different people to log in and buy the seats so they can rape everyone (including the seller and buyer) on charges.
your chances of actually getting opening day seats to the new stadium are pretty slim so why not take a shot and try to make some money? the demand was going to be absurd whether or not this kid did what he did.
I know, I'm just pissed that now I have to spend $300 a seat for ones that should have costed me $25.
I need to pay for my metro north pass somehow. Might as well kill two birds here.
It's not like Mets/Yankees are going to cost less than opening day..
preppyak
03/24/09, 10:36 AM
I know, I'm just pissed that now I have to spend $300 a seat for ones that should have costed me $25.
Yeah, that's the reason I don't go to a lot of live sporting events...cause ticket prices get jacked up for the stuff you do want to see...and then the things you don't (like a Nationals game over the 4th of July) are cheap as shit
we are cured
03/24/09, 10:45 AM
i just go when they play shit teams, it really doesn't make that big of a difference...especially in a 162 game season.
Hot Damn
03/24/09, 10:48 AM
I can't wait for April 6th. Sitting Club level watching the Angels take down the A's. Probably taking a half day to start the pre-game early.
Yeah, that's the reason I don't go to a lot of live sporting events...cause ticket prices get jacked up for the stuff you do want to see...and then the things you don't (like a Nationals game over the 4th of July) are cheap as shit
That's why I had the 46 game plan last year, which I can't fucking get this year because everyone who has had expensive season tickets forever and got fucked by the economy is now switching to my plan and my section and I don't have enough seniority.
xshady121
03/24/09, 11:02 AM
That's why I had the 46 game plan last year, which I can't fucking get this year because everyone who has had expensive season tickets forever and got fucked by the economy is now switching to my plan and my section and I don't have enough seniority.
What did you end up with? I had the 11 game (? the smallest last year) and still haven't gotten anything.
xshady121
03/24/09, 11:05 AM
It's not like Mets/Yankees are going to cost less than opening day..
Stubhub I can get 225 a ticket for OD, which I can then buy 2 tickets for a Mets/Yankees game and pay for a months train pass.
After paying 400 last year to sit through a rain out for OD, and then NOT get to see the game the next night, I really don't see why this game is put on such a pedestal. I spent 50 cents on the first actual game at NYS and I'm fine with just going to that one.
What did you end up with? I had the 11 game (? the smallest last year) and still haven't gotten anything.
Nothing yet, they're still on 2006 seniority. I'm 2007.
Stubhub I can get 225 a ticket for OD, which I can then buy 2 tickets for a Mets/Yankees game and pay for a months train pass.
After paying 400 last year to sit through a rain out for OD, and then NOT get to see the game the next night, I really don't see why this game is put on such a pedestal. I spent 50 cents on the first actual game at NYS and I'm fine with just going to that one.
How did you get those tickets? Gah. I've been living on Ticketmaster and haven't gotten shit.
xshady121
03/24/09, 11:27 AM
Nothing yet, they're still on 2006 seniority. I'm 2007.
How did you get those tickets? Gah. I've been living on Ticketmaster and haven't gotten shit.
Honestly, they were all gone at 10:05 this morning. I was logged into TM at 955 with my credit card already stored in the acct. At 10:00 I refreshed and searchd for 2 tickets in the GS. When you seach this year, you can't do best available, or else you waste your time and will be given the 500, 800, 1050, or 2500 dollar seats NOBODY wants, and then you ahve to go to the back of the line... If you're trying for ANY other game, specify either level (GS, Bleacher, Terrace) or Foul Pole (the most you can be offered is 150, which is already sold out to season tix)
Since you were a partial holder, did you get anything in the presale?
Honestly, they were all gone at 10:05 this morning. I was logged into TM at 955 with my credit card already stored in the acct. At 10:00 I refreshed and searchd for 2 tickets in the GS. When you seach this year, you can't do best available, or else you waste your time and will be given the 500, 800, 1050, or 2500 dollar seats NOBODY wants, and then you ahve to go to the back of the line... If you're trying for ANY other game, specify either level (GS, Bleacher, Terrace) or Foul Pole (the most you can be offered is 150, which is already sold out to season tix)
Since you were a partial holder, did you get anything in the presale?
Lame.
Yeah I got 6 tickets to May 21st I think? I just picked the first game I could get.
xshady121
03/24/09, 12:32 PM
Lame.
Yeah I got 6 tickets to May 21st I think? I just picked the first game I could get.
A co-worker of mine was in the presale and managed to get 2 mets games and 3 sox games through the presale on friday. I might see if he's interested in swapping for the OD tickets. From what he says, it wasn't hard to get good games if you weren't shooting for OD or the cubs.
A co-worker of mine was in the presale and managed to get 2 mets games and 3 sox games through the presale on friday. I might see if he's interested in swapping for the OD tickets. From what he says, it wasn't hard to get good games if you weren't shooting for OD or the cubs.
WTF. I tried to get 4 tickets to Yanks/Sox cause Dennis and I want to go together and take our Dads as a Father's day gift, but no go. Lame lame lame. I'm so pissed about all of this. I better at least get offered a smaller plan.
xshady121
03/24/09, 04:53 PM
WTF. I tried to get 4 tickets to Yanks/Sox cause Dennis and I want to go together and take our Dads as a Father's day gift, but no go. Lame lame lame. I'm so pissed about all of this. I better at least get offered a smaller plan.
From what I've been told by some rep friends, saturdays and sundays are all sold out plan wise. 20 games are still around, both plans have an abundance of seats just none in GS. Friday has some GS and some bleachers still left, and the weekday plans are still have a lot of everything.
edit:: and they just started 2/07 late this afternoon.
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