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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 05:34 PM Sep 2013

The Marlins have finally found a way to sell tickets

Wait 'til after the game is over.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/miami-marlins-selling-unused-tickets-sunday-no-hitter-192848508--mlb.html

The Miami Marlins could have ended their 2013 season on a high note — a no-hitter in the final game of the season, that's something that makes a 62-100 record feel the slightest bit better heading into the postseason. But the Marlins couldn't let the season end without one more cash-grab.

Turns out the team has started selling the unused tickets from Sunday's final 2013 game at Marlins Park for $15. Collectors of famous moments in Marlins history (are there such a thing?) would welcome the opportunity to buy one. And people who like to pretend they went places and did things could use them as evidence when telling a story years from now about how they watched a no-hitter end on a walk-off wild pitch.

And the Marlins, heck, they can make a little bit more money. There are 9,100 tickets for sale. If the Marlins can sell them all, they'd make $136,500....

The Marlins didn't sell out a single game this season, despite their best and most shameless efforts, and now here they are, hoping to sell out a game after the fact. How gloriously Marlins of them.


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The Marlins have finally found a way to sell tickets (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2013 OP
I knew what this was going to be before I clicked on it JonLP24 Sep 2013 #1
Wonder how much trumad lost on his ticket? Or was he one of those buying up those old tickets? madinmaryland Sep 2013 #2

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
1. I knew what this was going to be before I clicked on it
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 06:02 PM
Sep 2013

This isn't the first time they did this kind of thing

Unused perfect game tickets on sale
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=215x148942

This kind of thing has to devalue the tickets people have that were actually there.

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