Red Sox / Yankees Tickets - Talksox

Sox Fan on Cape · 05-15-2006, 03:39 PM

With all the rain and gloomy weather, I have decided to bring a little sunshine for the site. Up for grabs is a pair of tickets to the Red / Sox Yankees game on Wednesday 5/24. They are in Sec 25, Row 11. They are located behind the visitors dug out.

Rules :

....You must be a Talksox member with 150 posts and is open to members, mods & admin.
....Tell me why you should go.
....The contest is open for entries now. Entries close on 5/17 at 8:00 PM EST.
....If you are the winner please PM me ASAP with your name and address, as I'd like to get the tickets to you as early as possible. If I don't hear from you within 24 hrs. I will select another winner. I'm not trying to be a hard ass, I just want to make sure the tickets get used.

User Name · 05-15-2006, 03:52 PM

I'm not entering because I have no hope of getting out of school yet another day to go to the game barring I win, but nevertheless, SoFC, you really are the man.

jsinger121 · 05-15-2006, 04:00 PM

I want to go to the game since I have not gone to a game this year and well it would be one of the good presents to my girlfriend whose birthday is coming up. Also this is the best rivalry in sports and to see a sox-yanks game is always a pleasure.

BoSox Rule · 05-15-2006, 04:21 PM

I want to goto the game because there is nothing like a Red Sox vs. Yankees game. I've gone to my fair share of games, but nothing compares to going to a game when the Bronx Bombers are in town. I was there on September 2, 2001 when Mike Mussina was pitching the best game I have ever seen live not pitched by Pedro Martinez. I've seen plenty of games on TV, and while there have probably been better performances that I've seen, this was unbelievably close to the best non-Pedro game. As you all know, Mike Mussina had a perfect game with 2 outs in the 9th. Of course, Carl Everett came up, and singled to left. David Cone also pitched an unbelievable game. He went 8 and a 1/3, gave up 6 hits, 1 unearned run, and he struck out 8.

On May 20, 2003, I attended my second Yankee game. In the end, I didn't leave Fenway disappointing. However, I wasn't in Fenway Park for more than 10 minutes before I was disappointed. Pedro Martinez was scheduled to face off against Jeff Weaver on this day. However, I soon found out from the person next to my seat that Pedro Martinez was scratched for this one. We ended up winning 10-7, chasing Weaver after 5 when he gave up 5 runs on 7 hits. Oh, and Bruce Chen gave up a leadoff HR to Alfonso Soriano. Pedro Martinez he wasn't.

The biggest reason I want to attend this game is the playoff atmosphere that you can feel once you get off the train at Kenmore Station. I know what a playoff game vs. the Yankees feels like because I was there for that infamous Game 3 of the 2003 American League Championship Series. Pedro wasn't the Pedro we were accustomed to when he put up a 2.22 ERA that regular season. He gave up 4 runs in 7 innings and only struck out 6. However, he calmed down after the infamous brawl in the top of 4th when Pedro tossed Zimmer. As it turns out, the Red Sox lost 4-3 that day.

And of course, the next game was quite possibly the best game I ever went to. And the biggest reason occured before the game had even started. April 11, 2005. The World Champion Boston Red Sox recieved their World Series Rings in front of 33,702 fans. It didn't hurt that the Red Sox defeated the same team they came back down 0-3 the previous playoffs 8-1. Wakefield pitched 7 shutout innings.

I haven't been back to a Yankee game since then, so please consider my entry. Thank you.

Coco's Disciples · 05-15-2006, 05:29 PM

hey, im going to that game, and i have section 24 row 10

HeadOfSoxNation · 05-15-2006, 06:43 PM

Oh man oh man...Sox/Yanks tickets? If SFOC isn't Time Magazine's Man of the Year for 2006, I'm cancelling my subscription. Seriously. And, I also think, on another note, that teachers should really give out Sox/Yanks tickets instead of like, grades. I'm studying up for finals now, and getting myself to buckle down and study is next to impossible, knowing full well all I'm after is a decent grade...a freaking red pen mark on a paper from a teacher. Can you imagine how much easier it would be to study if you knew that doing well entitled you to Sox tickets? I guess I just have to hope that doing well will get me a good job and pay me ubermoney so I can buy someones Sox Season's off of them. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

As far as why I should go to the game...wow...that's a tough question. I don't want to claim that I'm a bigger fan than a lot of the other people that post on this board. I think we've got a solid community of people here, and any of them would be a good decision to get the tickets. I'd love to go, I'm just finishing up a semester of school where I've really had to bust my ass, and I'm taking 1st and 2nd summer session classes also, so this would be an awesome thing to do with the little break I get after finals and before the next set of classes start. I've seen Sox/Yanks before, but never ever at Fenway. I was at the game at the Stadium a couple of years ago when Pedro plunked Sori and Jeter in the top of the 1st. The Sox ended up losing that one when they walked in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth...needless to say not the result I wanted, but it was a blast to see them none the less. I'd love the chance to not be in the minority and be able to cheer on the Sox amongst other diehards.

With the other ticket, I would be taking my friend Casey. I met her when I lived in Florida while interning for Disney. She's an awesome awesome girl and a DIE HARD Sox fan. She lives on Cape Cod in the summer and right outside Boston the rest of the year. Her and I have been trying to find a time that we could get together, and what an AWESOME surprise it would be if I scored us Sox/Yankees tickets.

I'm also OBSESSED with Boston as a whole, and when I was there a couple of weeks ago, I had to get back to NY because I had a presentation due...I didn't get to do a lot of the other sightseeing that I wanted to. I was able to do my run along the freedom trail in the morning, but didn't get to spend the time I would have liked. I wanted to take a duck tour and check out the science museum and what not also. I was planning on heading there right after I finished up my finals, and what an amazing way to start off a little Beantown getaway than to go to Sox/Yanks?

I really hope I win this. Best of luck to everyone. SFoC, let me know if you want anymore info!

Coco's Disciples · 05-15-2006, 06:53 PM

I should get these tickets because it would help my moral. You know, nobody likes me on this board, and I think that if I got the vent my anger at the despised Yankees, I would become a better poster on Talksox. For the love of this board, I deserve the tickets.

**yeszir** · 05-15-2006, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Coco's Disciples

I should get these tickets because it would help my moral. You know, nobody likes me on this board, and I think that if I got the vent my anger at the despised Yankees, I would become a better poster on Talksox. For the love of this board, I deserve the tickets.

What in tarnation....

You're already going to the game! The morale of this story is don't enter contests for games for which you already have tickets.

Coco's Disciples · 05-15-2006, 06:55 PM

Shhh!!!

User Name · 05-15-2006, 06:55 PM

....But you're already going.

RedRuffing15 · 05-15-2006, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Coco's Disciples

hey, im going to that game, and i have section 24 row 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coco's Disciples

I should get these tickets because it would help my moral. You know, nobody likes me on this board, and I think that if I got the vent my anger at the despised Yankees, I would become a better poster on Talksox. For the love of this board, I deserve the tickets.

...you need more tickets???

Anyways, since this game is at Boston, I'll pass this round, but good luck to everyone entering, and your a very kind and generous person Sox Fan on Cape

Dana Kiecker · 05-15-2006, 07:02 PM

I woulkd like a chance to win theese tickets.

I havent been able to afford/attend a Sox game in a couple of years.. I have a newborn and the old lady could really use a night out..

I had tickets to a game last year but it got rained out, and rescheduled as a day game the next day. I had to work. so the $140 went down the drain...

Also Id be willing to trade a day of work at your house, whether that be carpentry or plumbing..

Thanks

Soxfan#1 · 05-15-2006, 07:04 PM

I want to go because winning this would be my second and most likely last game of the year to go to for 2006. My parents don't want to spend money on tix and we already redeemed the tix for this year from budweiser. A redsox yankees game would make going only to 2 games worth while for me. The game we went to sucked because of the rain. Also, I may be going to india again this summer and I will be missing a lot of games this year t.v wise.

You know my appreciation for you Cape man. I don't need to go into even further detail about my thanks and blessings towards you.

YazYaz04 · 05-15-2006, 07:24 PM

I am going to Yankee Stadium on my birthday June 6th to see the Sox Yankees game. I am sitting in the bleachers like I did last year when they lost 6-3 on May 27, 2005. I don't want these tickets, but I love yankees red sox. good luck to you all.

SchillingIsTheNatural · 05-15-2006, 07:27 PM

Well I think everyone on this site is deserving of the tickets but I'll throw in my two cents. For the record SFoC this is a fantastic contest considering how much some people are struggling with the current weather.

I guess I would actually like to win the tickets for my father and not myself. My family lives on the coast in NH and most areas have been evacuated where they are. His company has been in business for 22 years and has been flooded. They do not have flood insurance like most businesses in the northeast because of the outrageous price. This turn of events pretty much destroyed his company so I'm not sure what he will do now. On top of that his mother passed away on Wednesday. She was 78 years old and died from cancer. A very loving woman and I will miss her very much. Needless to say my father has had possibly the toughest week in his life next to the time he was diagnosed with brain cancer. I'm happy to say though I will be graduating from college in a couple weeks and despite all the trouble...its the only thing he can talk about. Good luck to everyone in the contest and everyone running into problems with the flooding I wish you the best for a strong recovery.

Incase people were curious what his company is...they make exercise equipment and he is a consultant for Riddell. 85% of the players in the NFL will be wearing my fathers shoulder pads next season....heres hoping the injuries drop a large margin compared to seasons past.