I am not making this one up – honest!
The Florida Marlins have come up with a novel way to raise some money.
They are selling tickets to the perfect game pitched by Phillies ace Roy Halladay Saturday night.
That’s right, last Saturday night.
Who would buy a ticket – at face value no less – to a game already played?
Apparently lots of people.
Attendance at Halladay’s gem, becoming only the 20th pitcher in Major League history to record 27 up and 27 down, clocked in at 25,086. That’s actually better than the Marlins’ season average of just a little better than 16,700 a game.
Must be all those Phillies fans.
Now the Marlins probably think they can tap another Philly market by selling all those unused tickets to Phillies fans and other memorabilia hunters looking for anything tied to Halladay’s brush with history.
Don’t laugh. They sold more than 3,000 in the first four hours they were available. Prices for Marlins tickets range anywhere from $12 to $300.
Yeah, I know. Why would you buy a $300 ticket when you could get the very same looking ducat for $12?
Beats me. I’m still trying to find out why exactly someone would open their wallet for a ticket to a game that has already been played.
Barnum was right. A sucker born every minute? Absolutely, and you can put people who buy a ticket to a game that has already been played at the top of the list.
The Florida Marlins have come up with a novel way to raise some money.
They are selling tickets to the perfect game pitched by Phillies ace Roy Halladay Saturday night.
That’s right, last Saturday night.
Who would buy a ticket – at face value no less – to a game already played?
Apparently lots of people.
Attendance at Halladay’s gem, becoming only the 20th pitcher in Major League history to record 27 up and 27 down, clocked in at 25,086. That’s actually better than the Marlins’ season average of just a little better than 16,700 a game.
Must be all those Phillies fans.
Now the Marlins probably think they can tap another Philly market by selling all those unused tickets to Phillies fans and other memorabilia hunters looking for anything tied to Halladay’s brush with history.
Don’t laugh. They sold more than 3,000 in the first four hours they were available. Prices for Marlins tickets range anywhere from $12 to $300.
Yeah, I know. Why would you buy a $300 ticket when you could get the very same looking ducat for $12?
Beats me. I’m still trying to find out why exactly someone would open their wallet for a ticket to a game that has already been played.
Barnum was right. A sucker born every minute? Absolutely, and you can put people who buy a ticket to a game that has already been played at the top of the list.
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