It’s no surprise that Opening Day is a hot ticket this year – it is every year. Still, there are usually tickets available one way or another. Last year in the postseason there were hundreds of tickets available for each game at StubHub. As I check this at 8pm, there are only 56 tickets available on StubHub (the cheapest is a standing room only for $145). The story is pretty much the same at ebay where there’s not even a full page of listings.
Now I know that it’s only 16 hours from the first pitch, but with StubHub’s onsite pickup, and the mechanisms for season ticket holders to email tickets to buyers, this seems to be an astoundingly low number of tickets available.
I guess this is good news, because it is more tickets in the hands of fans instead of ticket brokers. With a miniscule public sale, pretty much every Opening Day ticket was distributed to season ticket holders. But if you aren’t in that group, you’re pretty much out of luck.
I’m sure there will be tickets available on the street tomorrow, but if StubHub and eBay are any indication of inventory, they will be few and far between.
I believe all the rosters are set, but I don’t have them yet for Lakeland and West Michigan. Also, Steve Torrealba is listed on both the Mud Hens and Erie rosters that came out today. I’ll update as more info becomes available. Continue reading Tigers set minor league rosters for 2007→
Curtis Granderson
Placido Polanco
Gary Sheffield
Magglio Ordonez
Carlos Guillen
Pudge Rodriguez
Sean Casey
Craig Monroe
Brandon Inge
No real surprises. I probably would have flip-flopped Ordonez and Guillen because 1) I think Guillen is a better hitter, and 2)It spreads out the left handed bats slightly better, but I don’t think it will make a big difference regardless.
Now that everything has shaken out with the roster, I’m happy to announce that Lee Panas is winner of the Tigers World Series DVD in the Final Cut contest.
There were 19 people who guessed a “correct” answer. When the Tigers cut the roster down on Monday to 28, any of the 11 players let go were eligible for the drawing. The remaining 3 (Campusano, Colon, Giarratano) were placed on the DL which doesn’t count as a cut.
I “drew” (when I say drew I actually typed all the responses into Excel and used the rand() function) Lee’s name, and trust me that it is just coincidence that Lee is a fellow blogger at Detroit Tiger Tales.
Thanks to all who entered. If you didn’t win, you can still order one through the A & E Store.
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