So what's more American, baseball or capitalism?
After spending a day in the "virtual waiting room" of the Red Sox website, I'm very angry with the latter. All I want is to see my beloved Cardinals play here at Fenway. But no, I didn't get picked, and most of the lucky schmucks who did are just scalpers who buy up all the tickets and make you take out a second mortgage to be able to afford one of them. Argh! It was enough to make Heidi and I discuss the possibility of "affordable baseball tickets," much like the notion of "affordable housing." Baseball should be available to everyone, not just CEO's kissing up to their clients. All I want is to see one game at face value; is that too much to ask?
Capitalism's good for a lot of things, but this is where it goes wrong (that, and when I have to march past first-class on the plane). Baseball, a game for the common person, trumps it mightily, and doesn't deserve to be so maligned and inaccessible.
(Disclaimer: I know that Red Sox tickets are hard to get, no matter what the price. I just wish scalpers wouldn't resell them at astronomical rates.)
hmm, that was probably campaign promise #11
Oh, sigh. At the Glastonbury Festival here last year they required a photo ID to put on each ticket to prevent scalping. Seems like Major League Baseball could afford something like that. Biometrics, anyone?
Heidi and me