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Bruins get a much needed 3-1 win in Florida

  On the brink of a 3 game losing steak and already down a goal, the Boston Bruins rallied back with 3 goals in a row to make their record an even 2-0 against the Florida Panthers this season. With the Montreal Canadiens continuing to play well and the Boston Bruins suffering a tough overtime loss to the Kings on Saturday and an even tougher loss to the Lightning on Monday, the B's needed a win. Down 1-0 heading into the 3rd, the Bruins needed one man to step up, they got two. Brad Marchand hustled and was able to slip a goal in the net in the first minute of the 3rd period which seemed to awaken the sleeping Bruins and tie the game up. After that, Sir Recchi took over. Marc Recchi not only scored the 2 goals to give the Bruins the lead and the much needed cushion, but also surpassed a milestone to the delight of all his teammates. With his second goal of the night, Recchi became the 13th player all time with 1500 points recorded in their career. The 42 year old Recchi is 1 of 11 players to have played in the NHL in four decades. The Boston Bruins still trail the Montreal Canadiens for the division lead but now face the Carolina Hurricanes at home in TD Garden in less then 36 hours. Come see all the action live and in person. Click Here to get your Boston Bruins Tickets for games at TD Garden

Does alcohol help you blog

 ** Warning: I do not promote underage drinking, its illegal so don't do it! I am assuming that anyone who wants to have an alcoholic beverage after reading this is of the legal age to do so" **

 As my 12 hour work day winds down and I sit here staring at my wall I'm at a loss for words what I can possibly blog about. Perhaps its the fact that I slept 4 hours last night, or perhaps its the 80 hour work week finally catching up to me. As great as this seasons Bruins & Celtics run is and as awaited as this Sundays Patriots vs Colts match up is I am just simply burnt out on sports for the week. While debating which sports team to devote Friday nights blog to I came to another debate which in return solved my blogging woes.
 Friday nights are usually a time to unwind from the week of stress. People choose to unwind in different ways, my choice has always been alcohol. Not obsessive amounts like some peoples college days but just a drink or two to simply relax and enjoy the night. As I hastily uncorked the oldest bottle of pinot and reached for the glass, it suddenly hit me I have a blog due. Boston fans are a fun bunch, especially when their teams are winning and boy are we winning. The Bruins are only 2 points away from the Division lead, The Celtics have the best record in the Eastern Conference and even the Patriots are tied for first place with the Jets in their division. So there was my conundrum, do I drink or do I write? I chose both, but in a sophisticated mature way, I chose to write about drinking.
  With a full glass in my hand, and very little desire to research scores, standings or .. well .. facts, I decided to write about the pros and cons of drinking and blogging. Lets start with the pros. For years I have heard AND seen that alcohol tends to loosen people up. It inhibits most peoples "reserved" demeanor and tends to bring them out of their turtle like shell. When it comes to writing that seems like a huge pro to me. Who wants to read a boring unenthusiastic statistic filled blog on a Friday night? Especially since most people in Boston will get a chance to read that type of writing in the Boston Globe's sports section tomorrow morning. People want to be entertained, and as I stare at my now empty glass of wine I realize I am up to the task.
 Back with another full glass I'm ready for more pros. Since my alcohol of choice is wine, the next pro is an easy one. Research over the years has indicated that moderate intake of alcohol improves cardiovascular health, and we all know how important a healthy heart is. The healthier I am, the longer I will live which in exchange equal more time to blogging. Man if I keep this up I might not ever blog sober again. As I sip my 2nd glass another thing comes to mind. Alcohol is a stimulant, blogging is a task for my "profession". Professionals have been using so called stimulants for ages to increase performance. Look at steroids in Baseball, Human Growth Hormone in Football, Viagra in pornography and the list goes on. Professionals always seem to perform better with the use of "performance enhancing" stimulants. I see no difference between me using a "stimulant" to increase performance & Barry Bonds using a "stimulant" to break the home run record.
  Finishing my second glass I have come to realize that as strong as the pros are the one con far outweighs all the pros. I am now officially sleepy. Maybe red wine was not the best choice for this experiment especially when the previous night consisted of 4 hours of sleep. Blogging is all about entertaining and being entertained. I have certainly entertained myself writing this, I sure hope I have entertained the person reading this.

** Feel free to leave any comments below, if you truly hated this & think we should be ALL about sports I value your opinion **

The New Re-Launch of www.AdmitOneBoston.com

 Well folks it has been almost 6 months in the making but our brand new redesigned site is finally launched. www.AdmitOneBoston.com is Brand spanking new with all the gadgets & gizmos you would expect from a new(er) model of the same product, right Apple? We now have a live Facebook feed in the bottom left of our page to let you keep up with what the fans in Boston are saying about our teams. Speaking of fans opinions, we have also included a hefty link on the top left corner of the site which you should definitely take advantage of as we have almost 2000 real Boston sports fans sharing their opinions, the good the bad and well the ugly we try to clean up before we ReTweet lol. 
 What you will also notice once you start surfing the site is we really do have tickets to every event nationwide. As hard as it is to imagine you can get tickets that range from sitting Front Row Center Ice to a Boston Bruins game to sitting in the Pit of the Orchestra for your favorite Broadway play. Not only is every venue all around the country open to you, once you click into the event you will notice a handy virtual seating chart on your right. This chart is brand new software which we have never used before on any of our previous sites but our customers are already raving about it. All you have to do is hover your mouse over any of the selected seat you want and the exact section of where the seats are will light up on the map. How cool is that!
  The map also allows you to specifically chose where you want to sit. Want to sit in Field Box 25 on the Red Sox Dugout? Simple enough, bring your mouse over to that section and left click. Boom all the seats available for that game in that section are now at the top of your inventory search.
 This project has been 6 months in the works and we have gone to great lengths to ensure our customers have a simple yet comfortable buying experience from our agency. Oh and since we are all about our customers, we do not charge ANY additional service charges over the cost of the tickets other then shipping. Thats right none of those "magical" 10% service charges StubHub charges AFTER you have already selected your seats, none of those 15% Service charges other online brokers charge after your transaction is only 1 step away from being complete. We are one of the ONLY brokers in Boston who do not charge you ANY additional service charges over the listed price of our seats. So next time you need tickets to a huge sports game in Boston, or any event nationwide, remember visit your friends at www.AdmitOneBoston.com & let us get you in the game!

The power of a win vs the strength of a loss

  Most people have heard that old cliche "When purchasing a car make sure to go on a rainy day towards the end of the month". Over the years people have realized car dealers have certain monthly quotas they need to hit and with new inventory coming in on the 1st it only makes sense to go at the end of the month. Not to many people like driving in bad conditions so once again it makes sense to be the only customer in that dealership if you want the best deal since the dealer "needs you more then you need them". When thinking about it almost seems common sense, you want to "buy when the demand is low and when the dealer NEEDS to make the sale."
  Well folks the same is true when it comes to seeing your favorite sports team play, yet for some reason most people still fail to understand this. Fans seem to forget while the "asking price" is set by the ticket agency the actual "selling price" is set by the consumer. Just like the worst thing to do when purchasing a convertible is to wait until mid June on a 85 degree clear and sunny day, the biggest mistake you can make in purchasing tickets to your favorite team is waiting until they are the hottest team in the league.
 Tickets for the Boston Bruins have been increasing in price every week. The hotter the team gets, the more likely they are to have a chance of "winning it all" the more in demand the tickets are and the less inventory any given broker would have. Its amazing how many people decided to purchase Bruins tickets after the B's blew out the Penguins 7-5 in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. Our agency literally sold 20 times the amount of seats the day after that win then ANY other day. What kind of "deal" do you think you can get on tickets when all you're getting is a busy signal trying to call us.
 Ironically the same exact thing happened with the Celtics today and now after the Miami win tonight will obviously happen tomorrow. When there's a huge "rivalry" match up that night, all the local tv stations and sports talk radio stations hype up the event like there's no tomorrow. You would think tonight's Celtics vs Miami game was game 7 of the NBA Finals the way these guys talk. Can you imagine how many people all of a sudden will realize tomorrow morning "Hey the Celtics are a lot of fun to watch, lets go" If following us on twitter or facebook has shown you anything, its that more people flood our pages during a winning streak or a huge match up then at any other time. So if you're taking the time to read this and do decide to purchase tickets from us online at www.AdmitOneBoston.com please do so AFTER a loss. Even better wait till 2 or 3 losses in a row, then just like a rainy day at the end of the month, call our office and get the "best" deal.

I like being right " Article from HitFlix.com about GARBAGE World Series Ratings"

TV Ratings: World Series clincher can't top ABC's 'Dancing' on Monday

Fast National ratings for Monday, November 1, 2010.

 

The San Francisco Giants defeated the Texas Rangers on Monday night, winning the World Series 4-games-to-1. The clincher delivered the same lackluster ratings as the rest of the series, getting crushed by ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" and much of CBS' comedy block.

 

Among adults 18-49, ABC and CBS both averaged a 3.6 rating, with FOX's 3.3 rating close behind in the key demographic. NBC was a distant fourth with a 2.0 rating, topping the 1.0 rating for The CW.

 

Overall, it was an easy win for ABC, which averaged 17.02 million viewers and a 10.8 rating/17 share. FOX's 6.8/10 and 11.39 million viewers finished second, just ahead of the 6.5/10 and 10.59 million viewers for CBS. NBC was far back in fourth with a 3.4/5 and 5.4 million viewers. The CW trailed with a 1.4/2 and 2.017 million viewers.

 

8 p.m. -- ABC began the night in first with 18.9 million viewers and a 3.8 demo rating for "Dancing with the Stars." FOX's World Series coverage averaged 11.31 million viewers and a 3.1 demo rating in second overall, but third in the key demo. It was an "up" week for CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" and "Rule of Engagement," which averaged 8.92 million viewers and a 3.6 demo rating. NBC's "Chuck" also had small improvements for the night, drawing 5.46 million viewers and a 2.0 demo rating. The CW's "90210" averaged 2.055 million viewers for fifth, its most watched episode of the season.

 

9 p.m. -- "Dancing with the Stars" improved to 20.37 million viewers and a 4.1 demo rating for ABC in the 9 p.m. hour. Any worries that Charlie Sheen's recent difficulties would impact his comedy's ratings were silly, as CBS's "Two and a  Half Men" (13.62 million and a 4.7 demo) and "Mike & Molly" (10.89 million and a 3.6 demo) combined to finish second for the hour overall and tie for the hourly demo win. FOX's baseball was third with 11.9 million viewers and a 3.4 demo rating. NBC's "Women of 'Saturday Night Live'" special averaged 5.19 million viewers in fourth. "Gossip Girl" gave The CW 1.98 million viewers in fifth.

 

10 p.m. -- The back and forth battle between ABC and CBS in the 10 p.m. hour continued. This week. "Castle" won overall with 11.8 million viewers, but finished second with a 2.8 demo rating. CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" was second overall with 10.59 million viewers, but won the demo with a 3.0 rating. NBC's "SNL" special was third with 5.56 million viewers and a 2.1 demo rating.

 

All ratings information comes from preliminary Fast National Nielsen data, which includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are subject to change, particularly in the case of live events.

 

Article written on hitflix.com

ABC wins overall, while CBS ties for first in the key demo

Published on Tuesday, Nov 2, 2010 11:43 AM by Daniel Fienberg

 

New Prices for Red Sox Tickets in 2011

The Boston Red Sox have announced a price increase for single game tickets for the 2011 season. Here are the new prices vs last years prices

•                                           2010        2011

• Bleachers                            $28        No Increase

• Outfield Grandstand            $30        No Increase

• Right Field Box/Roof Box   $52        No Increase

• Infield Grandstand              $52        No Increase

• (11-12 & 28-31)

• Infield Grandstand              $52          $55

• (13-27)

• Loge Box                           $95       No Increase

• (98-102, 157-165)

• Loge Box                           $95          $99

• (103-155)

• Field Box                          $130         $135

• (17-70)

All other ticket prices to remain the same as last year.

2010 World Series... does ANYone care??

Maybe living in New England has jaded me a tad. With Fenway Park 6 miles from my home and TD Garden being the home of the Celtics & Bruins only 8 miles away the buzz over the World Series in Boston is non existent. Most bars I went to last night had the Bruins game on not the San Fran vs Phillies NLCS, as thrilling of a 3-2 game as it was. Come to think of it, I don't think its Boston. Somehow I feel that New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and all other major markets are in full NFL & NHL mode & gearing up for the NBA season. Where does this leave the MLB & their end of year "showdown"? My guess, in the toilet.
We heard constant complaints about the poor ratings for the Yankees vs Texas series, and the so-so ratings of the Phillies vs San Fran NLCS. Can you imagine the ratings of a World Series with NO major market team in it? Going up against the gridiron ratings machine of the NFL, this is not going to be pretty. Before the season starts, the NFL talks about how every team has a chance to play in the "Big Game" Everyone loves the fact their team has a chance to win, and while that may be great for the NFL & the Superbowl, the MLB is nowhere near this.
If the final teams that remain are the Pirates and the Rays, or in this years case the Giants and the... wait I already forgot.... oh yeah the Rangers. We are left with a week of baseball that cant and won't outrank next weeks episode of Dancing with the Stars. While I live in Boston and love the Red Sox, I also love watching the game of baseball being played on the biggest stage. I unfortunately am in the minority as most fans just want to see their team play, and I cant blame them.
So as far as this years World Series goes, sure I'll catch a game or two, but I feel like I will certainly be in the minority.

Are the Boston Bruins the next ...... YANKEES ?

Love them or hate them, & around here its mostly hate, the New York Yankees are as solid of an organization as it gets. You can debate the payroll of the team all you want, but take a look at what the owners of other teams are actually worth vs what they financially decide to invest in their own team. You can go all around the country from the lowly Pirates to the premier Rays, most owners just don't pay. Same goes with other sports, owner are hard pressed to give their young talent long term contracts so they rarely hold on to the players that end up in Boston or New York. The Yankees pay, over pay but still pay. They also develop, as you can see by the up and coming players currently making a run at the World Series. And last of all they build. The new stadium is an investment made by the City of New York along with the Steinbrenner family to keep the money flowing in and their organization elite.
So how does this relate to our Boston Bruins you say? I know most Boston fans are instantly bothered that I am not comparing the Bruins to another Boston team like the Red Sox, Patriots or Celtics but lets look at the facts. The Red Sox hit their peak of popularity after the 2004 World Series. 2005 Was the biggest year for ratings, pink hats, ticket sales as well as tying up 90% of all sports talk radio with calls about the Sox. Since then, even though the 2007 year ended with a World Series run and victory, the popularity of the team and the overall "buzz" in the city has been slowly going down. The Bruins on the other hand if anything, are more like the 2001-2003 Red Sox. The buzz is finally back and you can just feel a championship is within their grasp... just not yet. You certainly can't compare them to the Patriots or the Celtics who are both at the tail end of their "dynasty" and heading straight into rebuilding mode. Both teams are in the process of finding and developing new, younger talent.
So this brings us back to the team I think the Bruins are more likely to become, the NY Yankees. Over the past few years the Bruins have drafted young guys like Milan Lucic, David Krejci, the new powerhouse goalie Tuukka Rask & our stud to be Tyler Seguin who have all become the foundation to their lineup. They have also shown that they will pay, and I mean PAY with the $20 million given to Tim Thomas last year. The 7 year $45.5 million contract extension handed over to Zdeno Chara, who happens to be & looks to stay the team captain for the remainder of his career. The $15 million 3 year extension given to Patrice Bergeron and I can go on and on. This organization has proven, at least to me as a hockey fan that they will continue to pursue the Stanley Cup with full speed. The closest organization I could think of, that in the next 2 to 3 years, has a solid if not Vegas odds on favorite chance to be fighting for a trophy is the New York Yankees.
The Boston Bruins have the City of Boston and their entire fan base all around the country buzzing with excitement. The fans believe in the team, they believe in the owners and they believe in the organization. Its a great place to be in as a fan, a place most Yankees fans know fairly well.

Why I am glad the Tampa Bay Rays lost

As a fan of the Red Sox its hard for me to care who was going to face the NY Yankees in the ALCS but I am glad the Tampa Bay Rays lost. To me that team stands for everything I hate about baseball. The ungrateful fans who cant even sell out a playoff game and when they do, and actually attend a make or brake game 5 of the PLAYOFFS you see them leave in the 8th inning because their team is down 5-1. Are you kidding me?? You guys are in a rush to leave early for what??? Your baseball season is OVER you cant give your team that fought hard all year for you the respect of staying 15 more minutes? Seriously it makes me sick and from the comments of a few Rays players past week I am not alone. Think about it fans, when a players contract is up why in the world would he want to stay in Tampa and play for such ungrateful fans that never even show up? Your team was a basement bargain joke of the MLB for years and now that you have a winner you STILL don't care?
This bring me to the other point of why I can't stand the Rays. What makes the Rays so good is their "Young Guns". The kids they brought up from their "Amazing" farm system over the past 5 years. Well have you ever asked what makes their farm system so amazing? Its pretty freakin simple. The Rays lost, they lost BIG, every year, over and over and over. They never spent a single penny on any free agents so they could purposely have awful seasons and have the first few picks of the draft year after year after year. WOW how brilliant I wish I had a guinness beer! The owners decide they don't want to spend ANY money on a team so they devise a plan to not even show up year after year and stock pile draft picks. In 5 years they finish last or close to last in the standing and have first dibs at the all star caliber talent from the draft. And when those players become all stars you have a winning team full of players making the league minimum $300,000-$500,000 instead of the $10 million they are worth. When the team controlled time for them is up you let them go and suck again for the next 10 years and stock up new draft picks. Can you imagine what sports would be like if every team did this? Can you imagine the Lakers tanking every year for 5 years so they could sign Dwayne Wade, Lebron AND Kobe? The Rays are a joke and as much as I hate the fact their fans don't show up and then walk out on them, a part of me agrees with them! This team does not deserve to be in the Major League Baseball organization, it makes me sick!

Bruins take the loss, NHL to blame?

 So the Boston Bruins lost on opening day again for the second year in a row except this time the blame goes to the NHL. What in the world makes them think that traveling to Europe to play 2 games during the regular season and coming back to the states is not a disadvantage. Not only do the players have to adjust to what, a 7 time zone shift but we as fans have to sit at home or drink at a bar at NOON on Saturday? Are you kidding me NHL? I don't have the time or energy to sit here and write out every reason for why the NHL is the worst run sports organization out of the bunch but hey lets see the last lock out went to who? Yup, the NHL, the same organization that was the LAST to accept the "mobile" transformation of their www.NHL.com website. That's right folks up until 2009 NHL.com wouldn't even load on cell phones in mobile format. Because they weren't sure if this cell phone thing would catch on, give me a break!
 While I realize MLB sent teams to Japan to open the season once, but did you see them do it again?? Is the commissioner of the NHL that obtuse that he cant look at the other organizational failures and accept the fact that maybe your American League sport should stay in America? While it seems to be random luck which teams got selected to go and which did not, it seems unfair to take 2 games out of a 82 game season and make the team fly to the moon to play. Last time I checked no fans in Prague pay for Bruins season tickets, nor do they purchase any concessions at the Garden. Fans in Boston spend their hard earned money to support their team. In this economy its hard enough to pay your mortgage never mind take a family to any night out with the price of 4 tickets parking and food. Our countries unemployment rate is at 10% and you're worried about promoting the NHL franchises in Europe? Great job NHL my hat goes off to you, way to show support to the people that you desperately need to buy your tickets! Im not only speaking as a Bruins fan. How does this joke of a European trip help a bankrupt Phoenix team?? The fans in Arizona deserve to see their team score 5 goals on Tukka Rask LIVE, not at 9am West Coast time on a Saturday watching TV. Your team cant even support itself in its own city and you use it to promote your sport in another country? Yes lets take the execs from Enron and ship them to India to teach the people how build successful companies.
 I am a hockey fan and always have been. The demise, re birth and now just plain stupidity of the NHL needs to stop. Stop screwing the hard working people that love your sport, you need us to survive!

Where have all the real FANS gone?

  My usual blog entries seem to run about 4 paragraphs longer then I intend them too so I just want to throw up a quick comment on the MLB Playoffs and their fans, from a brokers stand point of coarse. What most fans around the country seem to miss is that the majority of people enjoy winning but don't seem to want to pay for it. The word "fan" was shortened to describe a "fanatic" supporter of a team but as I watch the Tampa Bay Rays unable to sell out their home playoff games it makes me realize we need a new term for people who simply "like" a team. Don't start telling me about how the "economy" is the reason the Rays cant sell out a playoff game when tickets are selling for $15. Last time I checked the movie theater by my house charges $13.75 and they seem to always be packed. The Atlanta Braves, also in the playoffs were known to have thousands of empty seats every playoff game. This time around they might be able to finally sell out the stadium but only because their fans haven't seen a playoff game in years.
  The only teams that seem to have "fanatics" watching are the Red Sox, the Phillies and the Yankees. These fans seem to support the team year round and go try to find a playoff ticket to this Saturdays Yankees game. Prices start at almost $200 PER ticket. Compare that to the empty blue seat in Tampa waiting for a fan. The people in New York, Boston and Philadelphia have truly earned the name "Fan". We need to find a new term for the people that "enjoy" an occasional baseball game in cities like Atlanta or Tampa. I say lets go the movie theater way, people that pay $13.75 to see a movie are called "movie-goers" So the people that refuse to pay $15 to see their teams live in the playoffs should be called "Baseball-goers" during the season, not "Fans"

Sometimes waiting until last minute for tickets just does not work

  In the ticket business we call these people "bottom feeders". While that term does bring some derogatory emotion you must see it from a ticket brokers point of view. The same 5% of the people call 1 hour before every single Red Sox or Bruins game wondering if they can get in the door for $15. The story is usually the same, years ago they waited until last minute to decide if they wanted to go to see their favorite sports team, and when they finally made up their mind it was 55 and misty outside. Or the team had just come home from loosing 4 in a row and the fan base along with the ticket prices went sour. At this point the so called "fan" was able to purchase tickets for nothing and got the bright idea that they should never purchase tickets in advance. Well I work for a ticket broker and let me set the record straight.
 While waiting until last minute may pay off sometimes especially for an outdoor even since the price is so determined by weather, think about it. If its 55 and raining yes you can get Red Sox seats for 1/2 price but do you really care? Do you really want to sit in a half filled Fenway Park on a damp seat waiting an hour through a rain delay? Is that really worth "waiting" to save $20 a ticket? Better yet look at the Boston Bruins 1st pre season game Sep 25th vs Florida. Balcony tickets were selling for between $7 and $15 from June until 2 days before the game. You could have sat ON THE ICE for $35 to $40, as most of our Twitter and Facebook learned since they heard us constantly telling people PRICE WILL GO UP hurry up and buy! So what happened? Well 24 hours before the event the $7 Balcony seats jumped to $25 and the $35 Loges went to $60. 4 hours before the game on Saturday night it was $50 for the SAME balcony seats you could have purchased for $7 for over 3 months!! And those $35 Loge seats on the Ice? Forget about it they were NON existent since people all of a sudden realized "Hey this is Tyler Seguin's 1st game in Boston"
 Another great example is whats happening right now in New York. NY Yankees fans LOVE to wait until last minute for every game since a large portion of them believe they aren't the types to EVER let anyone take them for anything. Well the Yankees are in the ALDS playing against the Twins, and seats to get in the door which for 2 MONTHS have been selling for $55-$65 are now upwards of $120 and climbing with inventory on the secondary market at 25% of what it used to be in the past week. Everyone who graduated high school, and even some folks that didn't can comprehend supply and demand. There are only so many seats at an arena, people seem to forget that sometimes. Once real fans purchase the seats from brokers guess what, they are no longer EVER available for sale because those fans are actually going to the game!! So I am writing this to give fans, especially the ones in Boston right now that think the Boston Celtics fiasco of Opening Day vs Lebron & the New Big 3 of the Heat will fall down to a $50 ticket, a wake up call. People love hype, radio stations and tv stations ratings are based on that exact hype.
  What do you think every sports media outlet in the world will be talking about come 3rd week of October? Lebron and the Big 3 LIVE IN BOSTON! Keep that in mind as you wait for the Celtics vs Heat Opening Day Tickets to drop to the price of a movie ticket. Just do me a favor and start calling your friends now to see who's house you'll be watching the game at.

Official Rules & Instructions for Twitter Raffles

 If you would like to enter our weekly free ticket raffles and giveaways on Twitter please read all the rules carefully if you miss any of these steps you will not be selected.

1. You must be following us on twitter. No ReTweets will count as entries from twitter users not following our @AdmitOneBoston account.
2. In order to be eligible for the weekly Friday raffle you must ReTweet BOTH Raffle Tweets during the week. Raffle Tweets will be posted on Monday & Thursday for drawings held Friday afternoon. Both raffle tweets must be ReTweeted to have a valid entry.
3. This is what the raffle tweet looks like, **RAFFLE TWEET** Follow us & CLICK ReTweet to enter into the Raffle for #FREE #NameOfTeamWeAreGivingAway #Tickets You must ReTweet this & Follow to be entered. they will always look exactly the same every week with the name of the team we are giving tickets away to being the only thing that changes.
4. Only ReTweets via web count. You must use a computer to ReTweet by clicking the retweet button on the bottom right of each raffle tweet. No ReTweets from Uber Twitter, HootSuite, Tweetdeck or any other app will count as valid ReTweets. 
5. If you are using your computer via web to ReTweet you will only be able to click retweet one time on each raffle tweet. Clicking retweet on all our other tweets that day, while is much appreciated by us will not count as extra entries.
6. You can ReTweet both raffle tweets at any time during the week as long as you have clicked retweet on each one before the raffle is done on Friday afternoon.
7. Both the raffle tweets of the week once posted will always be found in our Favorites section for easy access.
8. If your account is protected and we are not following you your entry will not be valid since we have no way of checking your account to see if both raffle tweets have actually been retweeted.
9. Once a winner is selected on Friday & their name posted on our twitter account, the winner must send us a tweet saying that they have won. We will then follow the winners twitter account so that they are able to send us a direct message with their contact info so we can get them the tickets.
10. Winners will have 24 hours to tweet us regarding their prize. If the winner does not tweet us within 24 hours of their name being selected they forfeit the prize and any claim to it.
11. Rules for raffles and giveaways are subject to change at any time. Check this site for updates of any rule & regulation changes to the twtter raffles.
12. We will no longer be answering any tweets with specific questions on raffles as we have gotten a lot of complaints from followers having to read the same tweets over and over from us.

The outlook for Winter sports teams in Boston part 1

  Finding topics to blog about hard to come by, I asked our followers on our Twitter Page for some suggestions. The overall consensus seemed to be that people were curious about my outlook for the Bruins & Celtics for the upcoming season. Working for Admit One gives me a unique perspective into how fans feel about their home teams chances of being competitive and having a chance to win it all. I mean who can blame them, would you want to shell out a few hundred bucks to take your girlfriend or boyfriend to a game only to see the Celtics get blown out by 30 points or the Bruins skate around for 60 minutes without scoring a single goal? No of coarse not, and we don't expect you to. That's why the price of tickets on the secondary market is set by you, the fans. When the teams start winning, everyone wants to go and the price sky rockets. When the teams start losing, well, lets just say Box seats to the last Red Sox vs Orioles home stand a week ago were selling for $7 each a few hours before the game.
  So what do I think of the Bruins & Celtics chances this year? Well I'll get to that because honestly I'm just one guy with one opinion. Whats more interesting is what the fans of the Celtics & Bruins think about their team, and right or wrong, I can give you their perspective from a ticket brokers point of view. 
  We started selling Boston Bruins Tickets for the upcoming season on our site www.BruinsTix.com
over 2 months ago. As you can imagine demand was slow in July and August but the key match ups stayed hot. Opening day is always a huge ticket and opening up the Garden against Ovechkin & The Capitals was sure to be a big ticket. Not only do you see Ovechkin opening night but 3 days later you get the NY Rangers in town on a Saturday. Fans have been pretty pumped to see Tyler Seguin in real life which caused the prices of the first preseason game vs Florida to jump from $7 all the way up to $50 by game time with almost no seats being left anywhere. From both mine and the fans perspective he has not disappointed racking up a goal and an assist in only 2 games played. This kid is a superstar and seeing him up close from our Ice seats on Wednesday night leads me to believe he will fit right in. While having Mark Savard on the fence for the season sure makes reaching the Stanley Cup an uphill battle, having Tyler Seguin up front should have fans saying Mark who? rather quickly. The NHL season is long and usually injury plagued, seems like the team who can stay the healthiest usually makes it the furthest. With the combination of Zdeno Chara having a contract year, Seguin playing on the same line as either Lucic or Bergeron, and Tuukka Rask spending the pre season looking as sharp as where he left off in 2010, the B's should not only be a power house in the east but win over Buffalo and Ottawa to take the Division.
 Stay tuned in the next few days for my Boston Celtics perspective & feel free to join us on our Twitter Page and give me your feedback on the blog or make a topic request.

The end of the 2010 Red Sox season

 As the 2010 Red Sox season comes to an end I would like to share with everyone my point of view on a teams "popularity". What most people fail to realize is that popularity and winning are both cyclical. A dynasty is both. However a quote unquote "dynasty" is not what the average fan is looking for. We love the "Cinderella" the "underdog". Most people believe that a winning team, a consistently winning team that is, will garnish higher attendance at the ball park and more fan interest. Both the NY Yankees and Atlanta Braves have proven otherwise. The Atlanta Braves for all the post seasons they have made now no longer can even sell out a home playoff game. The Yankees, while being a hot World Series ticket in 2009 was actually a ticket that sold for FACE value in 2003 vs Florida. You see the Yankees were coming to the end of their "dynasty" and fans were, well, sick and tired of all the winning. They might not admit it, but the secondary market never lies. Fans were expecting the Yankees to win, so why shell out hundreds of dollars to see it live when you can watch it at home for free, I mean you already know the result. Well, sort of since the Yankees actually lost that series to Florida and the red hot Josh Becket in 6 games.
  The Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series bleacher tickets were selling for $1500. In 2007 the same ticket cost $650. Fans get bored with winning faster then they get bored with losing. The fans in Boston keep screaming for a World Series, can I ask WHY? There are 30 teams in Major League Baseball and only 2 make it to the dance and only 1 can win that coveted World Series trophy. Does that mean its not worth paying for a ticket if you either expect your team to win or lose? Does the experience of being at a Sunday Red Sox Yankees game at Fenway mean so much less if the game isnt for all the marbles? To those fans out there that say yes, I say go ask your 6 year old if he cares. Ask him if the experience of seeing Big Papi hit a home run vs the Yanks is diminished in his eyes because the team is not chasing October.
   To the real fans out there I say, if the weather is nice this weekend take your kid to Fenway. I know the Sox are eliminated and the Yankees have clinched the playoffs but your kids will not care. Tickets are 75% cheaper then ever and in this economy stretching a dollar and showing your kids a good time is more important then ever.  Their memory will always be, being at a Sox Yankees game with their dad, not of the standings.

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FENWAY PARK Seating Guide for RED SOX Games

Hello friends, Red Sox fans and fellow Fenway Park visitors.

•     Before we get into the guide let me first explain who we are and what gives us the credibility to write this guide. Our company, Admit One Ticket Agency aka AdmitOneBoston or RedSoxTix.com  has been in the ticket business for over 13 years. We have also been operating our Ebay Store RedSoxTix* Ebay Store since 2002 and have had over 6000+ Positive transactions. We are the largest Red Sox Ticket seller on ebay and have been since we established our store. A large majority of our sales our outside of Massachusetts so you can imagine we bring thousands and thousands of fans from all around the world into Fenway Park.
•    The reason I am writing this guide is that not a day goes by without us receiving an email from a customer asking us one of the following questions.

1. Which seats in Fenway Park are Obstructed
2. Which seats are the best to take the kids
3. How old must a child be to require a ticket for admission
4. What are NON-ALCOHOL seats and where are they located
5. What are WalkWay Advisory seats and how do they effect your view
6. How do you obtain Green Monster and Budweiser Roof Table Seats
7. Are your tickets FAKE?
8. What is the New Coca Cola Section
9. How many seats are there in a row in all the sections
10. AND THE MOST POPULAR QUESTION OF THEM ALL............. I am taking my family to Fenway Park for the 1st time where do YOU suggest we sit?

Also Please visit our website at www.AdmitOneBoston.com for all your ticket needs in Boston or Nationwide.  

Well fellow Red Sox Fans, I have decided to finally write a guide that would answer ALL those questions and more.
1. YES there are Obstructed View Seats in Fenway Park, and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE THEM!!!!!!!!!  I realize that when you are searching through all these ebay auctions or other broker sites you may see an auction like this " 2 Red Sox vs Yankees Tickets Saturday 7/26 Fenway Park "  Then the description will probably read something like this
  I am selling 2 AMAZING seats BEHIND HOME PLATE in the 2nd row , 2 seats together Grandstand ___ row 2, these are the MOST AMAZING seats in the house and they are selling on STUB HUB for $500 per ticket but I am starting the bidding at only $75 PER TICKET , Yes just $75 per ticket for the most amazing view in Fenway Park ( Please note these sellers may sometimes use a picture like this
but the REAL Picture they should be using would be more like
Then the seller would say something like " Please Note, these tickets are listed as OV ( sometimes they are nice enough to actually write out OV which means OBSTRUCTED VIEW ) Then they will say " I have sat in these seats a million times and you can see the field just fine, Obstructed just means you can not see _______   3rd base ________ or 2nd Base ______ or 1st Base and So on. PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE Obstructed View Seats EVER!!!!!! As you can see by the 2nd picture you WILL BE DIRECTLY Behind the Pole!!!!! You will not see ANY PART of the game and HERE IS WHY!
The Boston Red Sox ONLY Stamp a ticket OBSTRUCTED VIEW when you are missing 2 OR MORE  Parts of the Field. That means if you are missing the Pitcher AND 2nd Base, or the Batter AND 1st Base those seats are considered Obstructed View. I 100% Guarantee you that you will not be able to enjoy the game when you miss 50-75% of it.
Now as far as where the Obstructed View Seats actually are. 99% of Obstructed View Seats are in the GRANDSTAND sections. As you can see by the picture above, the Pole in the Grandstands holds up the Roof over your head, and in order for the Red Sox to actually stamp the ticket Obstructed View you really have to be directly behind the pole, and yes I have been to Fenway Many times THERE REALLY ARE SEATS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE POLE!   So out of the 300-400 tickets for every game that are actually Obstructed View most of those seats are simply behind the poles in every Grandstand Section. The other 1% of seats that are Obstructed are scattered through out the field, in the Bleachers if you are Obstructed you can simply have a fence or door in front of you if are in the lower rows. In the Pavilion and Roof Box areas above, a few seats would have a camera man in front of you so that would be Obstructed. There are also 10-20 seats in the Right Field Box area that are directly behind the Foul Pole that are considered OV but those are very rare to find on ebay as 10 seats out of 37,000 total tickets is like a needle in a haystack.
In case you are wondering, our agency NEVER sells Obstructed View Marked seats , I wish everyone followed that principal but as you have probably already seen on ebay, there are honest sellers and then well..... everyone else.
As a side note to Question 1, and this is important, The Boston Red Sox Do NOT consider a seat that misses 1 part of the game to be considered OV. Let me explain, if you are sitting in a Grandstand seat over 1st base or 3rd Base and there is a pole blocking the runway like so 
Since you are still seeing most of the game the Red Sox consider that a FULL VIEW seat. Please keep that in mind when you are purchasing a HIGH ROW in the Grandstand Section. The poles usually start around row 3-5 and are a HUGE Factor in the Following Grandstand Sections.  Grandstand 11 , 12 , 26, 27 ( 27 is the WORST Grandstand Section ) 28-29 is 50/50 some seats are great and some will make you miss a little part of the action.  Also keep in mind ALL GRANDSTAND Seats ABOVE row 8 will make you miss ALL Fly Balls since there is a Roof over your head. If you ever have a question about a seat you purchased feel free to visit our ebay store and then send us a comment or question.
2. Which seats are the Best to take the kids? This question obviously depends on how old the kids are.
Kids ages 2-5 anything in the Shade, such as all those Grandstand seats I talked about in the previous question are Great. With Fenway you either get a 20% chance of rain and since the Grandstands are covered your kids won't complain or you get a 50% chance of HOT blazzzzzing sun and if you put a young child in a box seat with the Sun on them they won't last 3 innings.
Kids ages 6-12 I find the best seats to be in the Right Field Box area sections 86 & 87. The major reason for this is that pitchers Bull-Pen is right next to these sections so not only can the kids try to get an autograph from all the players if you get there 45 minutes early but in between every inning one of the players will come out and play catch with the outfielder. This gives young kids a great feel for being at the game and most kids that age can not focus for 9 straight innings they will simply get bored. The Right Field Box seats have a face value of $50 ( for the 08 season, probably going up for 09) and sell on ebay anywhere between $50-$125 average price. Here is the view from those sections   thats the view from Box 86 and Box 87  as you can see there are MANY kids in the section in the picture. Our Agency carries a large amount of Box 86 seats but you usually have to purchase them 4-5 months in advance of the game to be able to get the very low rows. You can visit OUR EBAY STORE and then save it to your Favorites. Even though the baseball season starts in April, we start selling tickets THANKSGIVING week in November. So YES you really do have to plan in advance if you want the best experience in Fenway Park.
Kids ages 13-Adults. At this point you are taking them to Fenway to actually enjoy the game, they probably want to see Big PAPI hit a HR. They want to see Dustin Pedroia single, steal and then fly home to win the game and you want to be able to enjoy all this without spending $1000. Well TOUGH!, no im just kidding if you plan IN ADVANCE you can enjoy a great family experience for around $400-$500 for 4 people. Some suggestions would be seats in the Right Field Box 94-95 area which are past 1st base but still before the foul pole so you have a pretty good view WITHOUT having a pole in your face   also Grandstand 16,17 24 and 25 offer a very nice view also in that $100-$125 per ticket price range. Here is what your view looks like from all those Grandstand sections I mentioned  . Do not worry about the pole since you have a straight on view of the field the poles will be to your right and left.
3. How old must a child be to require a ticket for admission ?   The Boston Red Sox require all children ages 2 and UP to have a ticket for admission. Do not ask me if they will card your 3 year old, if you want to try sneaking them in thats totally up to you, I have not heard one way or another on that but their rule is EVERYONE 2 ages and UP must have a ticket.
4.What are NON-ALCOHOL seats and where are they located? 
Non Alcohol seats are in the Left Field Grandstand Sections 32 and 33. NO Alcohol means that you can NOT bring the drinks back to your seat, you can still go get a beer and drink it, you just can not bring it back to your seats. The great thing about these seats is that the face value is only $30 so if you can handle not drinking at the game they offer a great value and a very nice view as you are right next to the famous Green Monster.
5. What are WalkWay Advisory seats and how do they effect your view ?
A Walk Way Advisory is stamped on the ticket when the ticket is within the first 3 rows of the Walk Way. ALL Loge Box Seats ( In the Red Above on the Map ) that are rows AA-CC are stamped Walk Way Advisory. What this simply means is that during the game and in between innings people will be walking in front of you. The down side is that this does get a little annoying through out the game, the upside is that ALL these WalkWay tickets put you 13-15 rows from the field with the most AMAZING view of the game like so . So if you can handle a few people walking back and forth you will get an amazing view usually for about 20% cheaper then the seats in the same sections rows DD-PP which are slightly higher.
6. How do you obtain Green Monster and Budweiser Roof Table Seats?
The Fabled and most popular seat in Fenway Park and as of 2008 was voted the MOST POPULAR seat in baseball by the New York Times, To sit on the Green Monster is a dream shared by every fan visiting Fenway Park. However this seat is not only expensive with a face value of $160 + per seat but is almost impossible to get by a fan. The Red Sox hold an annual lottery in March where you can log on to the Red Sox main website and simply enter a drawing for free. If your name gets selected, you will have a right to purchase 2 Green Monster Seats for Face Value ( based on availability ). This is also true for the Budweisier Roof Table, however the table has a face value of $500 which includes 4 tickets and $100 in Free Food & Drinks.
 Another way to purchase Green Monster seats is directly from the Red Sox via their Charity auctions. The auctions run throughout the year and you can simply log on to their website and enter your bid.
The last way is through Ebay and Stub Hub. Since we are a seller on Ebay I would love to sit here and tell you that you should buy from us but unfortunately we DO NOT sell Green Monster seats EVER. The reason for this is because the Boston Red Sox DO NOT allow resale of these seats. Yes they are always in Ebay and Stub Hub but if the Red Sox find out the original owner of these seats is re selling them they will void the bar code and the tickets will be no good. I am not trying to scare anyone out of purchasing these seats online as 99% of the time you will be fine, I am just stating the facts and our companies policy.
7. Are your tickets FAKE?
Years ago when all Red Sox tickets were Hard Season ticket format and Hard Box Office Print Outs I used to get insulted when people asked us this. Now in the age of the E-Ticket I not only understand, but I worry for all you fans buying tickets on Ebay and Stub Hub. It is my honest opinion that it is 99.9% impossible to fake a Season or Box Office Ticket. It takes too long, its to expensive and the only people who really ever do this ( and even this is VERY RARE ) would be professional scalpers and to be honest with you in the 10 years I have been in the business I have never heard of this on the Boston Streets. Almost ALL fake tickets come via the E-Ticket format. For those of you not familiar with this format, when you purchase tickets from the Boston Red Sox online, you can either have the Hard Box Office tickets mailed to your home, or you can have an E-Ticket emailed to you same day of purchase. You then open your email and print out the ticket. The problem as you can guess is that nothing stops a person from printing this ticket twice, three times or one hundred times. Now obviously when you buy a ticket on ebay if you pay with your credit card through paypal you are covered but in many instances people pay through their bank account and once 60-90 days pass you are stuck and can not get your money back. What's worse is imagine flying from Seattle to Boston to go to a Sox Yankees game with your family, you spent $2000 on tickets and $3000 on hotel and Air Fare just to enjoy the game, then you get to the gate and the ticket won't scan. " We are sorry, this ticket is not valid" says the attendant, this is EVERY Ebay Buyers WORSE Nightmare!
   Well there is an easy way to fix this, simply look for auctions that have the following slogans

1. This is not an E-Ticket
2. These tickets are Hard Physical Tickets
3. These are Season Tickets
4. These are NOT print @ Home Type Tickets.
5. These are Hard Stock Tickets

Any of these will work and will give you peace of mind.
8.What is the New Coca Cola Section?
This question just recently started coming up so I thought I would include it. The Coca Cola sections are called Left Field Pavilion Reserved Sections 16 and 18. They are 2 new sections in Left Field that got added to the Pavilion Box Area ( the old infield Roof Box for those familiar with Old Fenway ) . These seats have a face value of $75 which is $15 cheaper then the Pavilion Box and offer a very similar view, you can find tons of them on Ebay through out the year and this is what approximately your view looks like from the Pavilion Area . In most ball parks it would simply be the upper deck but Fenway is such a small park the pavilion area seats are actually my favorite seats.
9.How many seats are there in a row in all the sections? 
Most people ask this to figure out where the aisle seats are on the other side, we all know seats 1,2 are aisle but where does the other side end. Well unfortunately every section is different so I can just give you a general idea. Bleacher sections run from 16-40 seats in a row. Grandstand and Right Field Box Sections run 8-26 seats in a row. Loge Box seats usually will have 10-26 and so would Pavilion Box Seats. The only True Fact is that ALL Field Box seats only have 4-6 seats per row. and most Field Box Seats between 1st base and 3rd base only have 4 seats per row. This is important in case you are trying to bring a large family and put them close together on the field, it is almost impossible to do in Fenway Park.
10. THE FINAL AND THE MOST POPULAR QUESTION OF THEM ALL............. I am taking my family to Fenway Park for the 1st time where do YOU suggest we sit?
Well I could probably write another full review on just this question alone. We get asked this EVERY single day not just by our Ebay customers but customers that come into our office in Weymouth. Everyone thinks we know the secret of Fenway Park. Like there is a magic section that is really cheap, has a great view and is very close to the field. Unfortunately folks to be honest with you, Fenway Park is not a great park to watch a game. Its an experience to be there with 39,000 people standing up and screaming in a loud roar when Alex Cora hits a bunt, or when Mike Timlin throws a 1st pitch strike. Fenway Park is and always will be an experience. It will not matter how much money the organization puts into New Luxury seats, or better restaurants, the fact is out of 39,000 seats, only about 10,000 offer you a decent view of the game. and 8,000 of those seats are face value priced around $90-$100 per ticket. Thats the truth, if you want a great experience AND want to watch and enjoy the game , you have to be willing to spend. My suggestion to EVERY SINGLE person who goes to Fenway Park is Purchase the Lower Bleacher Seats in Center Field. They have a face value of $26 ( in 08 probably going up in 09 ) and sell on ebay for between $30-$99 per game ( not counting Yankees and Opening Day). Here is the View from the Center Field Bleachers.  It may look far but you can see fly balls, you will not be behind a pole, and you will not spend $1000 to take your 2 young boys and your wife/husband to 1 night @ Fenway Park. The Bleacher seats used to be scary full of college kids getting drunk and fighting. That was before the prices soared, now a days as you can see in the picture, 50% of the fans in the bleachers are Fathers and Sons, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, Grandfathers and Grandmothers, and just regular fans trying to enjoy an affordable day @ The Old Ball Park.

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Fenway Park view from EMC Club

Front Row at Rihanna & Ke$ha

FENWAY PARK Seating Guide for RED SOX Games

Hello friends, Red Sox fans and fellow Fenway Park visitors.

•     Before we get into the guide let me first explain who we are and what gives us the credibility to write this guide. Our company, Admit One Ticket Agency aka AdmitOneBoston or RedSoxTix.com  has been in the ticket business for over 13 years. We have also been operating our Ebay Store RedSoxTix* Ebay Store since 2002 and have had over 6000+ Positive transactions. We are the largest Red Sox Ticket seller on ebay and have been since we established our store. A large majority of our sales our outside of Massachusetts so you can imagine we bring thousands and thousands of fans from all around the world into Fenway Park.
•    The reason I am writing this guide is that not a day goes by without us receiving an email from a customer asking us one of the following questions.

1. Which seats in Fenway Park are Obstructed
2. Which seats are the best to take the kids
3. How old must a child be to require a ticket for admission
4. What are NON-ALCOHOL seats and where are they located
5. What are WalkWay Advisory seats and how do they effect your view
6. How do you obtain Green Monster and Budweiser Roof Table Seats
7. Are your tickets FAKE?
8. What is the New Coca Cola Section
9. How many seats are there in a row in all the sections
10. AND THE MOST POPULAR QUESTION OF THEM ALL............. I am taking my family to Fenway Park for the 1st time where do YOU suggest we sit?

Also Please visit our website at www.AdmitOneBoston.com for all your ticket needs in Boston or Nationwide.  

Well fellow Red Sox Fans, I have decided to finally write a guide that would answer ALL those questions and more.
1. YES there are Obstructed View Seats in Fenway Park, and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE THEM!!!!!!!!!  I realize that when you are searching through all these ebay auctions or other broker sites you may see an auction like this " 2 Red Sox vs Yankees Tickets Saturday 7/26 Fenway Park "  Then the description will probably read something like this
  I am selling 2 AMAZING seats BEHIND HOME PLATE in the 2nd row , 2 seats together Grandstand ___ row 2, these are the MOST AMAZING seats in the house and they are selling on STUB HUB for $500 per ticket but I am starting the bidding at only $75 PER TICKET , Yes just $75 per ticket for the most amazing view in Fenway Park ( Please note these sellers may sometimes use a picture like this
but the REAL Picture they should be using would be more like
Then the seller would say something like " Please Note, these tickets are listed as OV ( sometimes they are nice enough to actually write out OV which means OBSTRUCTED VIEW ) Then they will say " I have sat in these seats a million times and you can see the field just fine, Obstructed just means you can not see _______   3rd base ________ or 2nd Base ______ or 1st Base and So on. PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE Obstructed View Seats EVER!!!!!! As you can see by the 2nd picture you WILL BE DIRECTLY Behind the Pole!!!!! You will not see ANY PART of the game and HERE IS WHY!
The Boston Red Sox ONLY Stamp a ticket OBSTRUCTED VIEW when you are missing 2 OR MORE  Parts of the Field. That means if you are missing the Pitcher AND 2nd Base, or the Batter AND 1st Base those seats are considered Obstructed View. I 100% Guarantee you that you will not be able to enjoy the game when you miss 50-75% of it.
Now as far as where the Obstructed View Seats actually are. 99% of Obstructed View Seats are in the GRANDSTAND sections. As you can see by the picture above, the Pole in the Grandstands holds up the Roof over your head, and in order for the Red Sox to actually stamp the ticket Obstructed View you really have to be directly behind the pole, and yes I have been to Fenway Many times THERE REALLY ARE SEATS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE POLE!   So out of the 300-400 tickets for every game that are actually Obstructed View most of those seats are simply behind the poles in every Grandstand Section. The other 1% of seats that are Obstructed are scattered through out the field, in the Bleachers if you are Obstructed you can simply have a fence or door in front of you if are in the lower rows. In the Pavilion and Roof Box areas above, a few seats would have a camera man in front of you so that would be Obstructed. There are also 10-20 seats in the Right Field Box area that are directly behind the Foul Pole that are considered OV but those are very rare to find on ebay as 10 seats out of 37,000 total tickets is like a needle in a haystack.
In case you are wondering, our agency NEVER sells Obstructed View Marked seats , I wish everyone followed that principal but as you have probably already seen on ebay, there are honest sellers and then well..... everyone else.
As a side note to Question 1, and this is important, The Boston Red Sox Do NOT consider a seat that misses 1 part of the game to be considered OV. Let me explain, if you are sitting in a Grandstand seat over 1st base or 3rd Base and there is a pole blocking the runway like so 
Since you are still seeing most of the game the Red Sox consider that a FULL VIEW seat. Please keep that in mind when you are purchasing a HIGH ROW in the Grandstand Section. The poles usually start around row 3-5 and are a HUGE Factor in the Following Grandstand Sections.  Grandstand 11 , 12 , 26, 27 ( 27 is the WORST Grandstand Section ) 28-29 is 50/50 some seats are great and some will make you miss a little part of the action.  Also keep in mind ALL GRANDSTAND Seats ABOVE row 8 will make you miss ALL Fly Balls since there is a Roof over your head. If you ever have a question about a seat you purchased feel free to visit our ebay store and then send us a comment or question.
2. Which seats are the Best to take the kids? This question obviously depends on how old the kids are.
Kids ages 2-5 anything in the Shade, such as all those Grandstand seats I talked about in the previous question are Great. With Fenway you either get a 20% chance of rain and since the Grandstands are covered your kids won't complain or you get a 50% chance of HOT blazzzzzing sun and if you put a young child in a box seat with the Sun on them they won't last 3 innings.
Kids ages 6-12 I find the best seats to be in the Right Field Box area sections 86 & 87. The major reason for this is that pitchers Bull-Pen is right next to these sections so not only can the kids try to get an autograph from all the players if you get there 45 minutes early but in between every inning one of the players will come out and play catch with the outfielder. This gives young kids a great feel for being at the game and most kids that age can not focus for 9 straight innings they will simply get bored. The Right Field Box seats have a face value of $50 ( for the 08 season, probably going up for 09) and sell on ebay anywhere between $50-$125 average price. Here is the view from those sections   thats the view from Box 86 and Box 87  as you can see there are MANY kids in the section in the picture. Our Agency carries a large amount of Box 86 seats but you usually have to purchase them 4-5 months in advance of the game to be able to get the very low rows. You can visit OUR EBAY STORE and then save it to your Favorites. Even though the baseball season starts in April, we start selling tickets THANKSGIVING week in November. So YES you really do have to plan in advance if you want the best experience in Fenway Park.
Kids ages 13-Adults. At this point you are taking them to Fenway to actually enjoy the game, they probably want to see Big PAPI hit a HR. They want to see Dustin Pedroia single, steal and then fly home to win the game and you want to be able to enjoy all this without spending $1000. Well TOUGH!, no im just kidding if you plan IN ADVANCE you can enjoy a great family experience for around $400-$500 for 4 people. Some suggestions would be seats in the Right Field Box 94-95 area which are past 1st base but still before the foul pole so you have a pretty good view WITHOUT having a pole in your face   also Grandstand 16,17 24 and 25 offer a very nice view also in that $100-$125 per ticket price range. Here is what your view looks like from all those Grandstand sections I mentioned  . Do not worry about the pole since you have a straight on view of the field the poles will be to your right and left.
3. How old must a child be to require a ticket for admission ?   The Boston Red Sox require all children ages 2 and UP to have a ticket for admission. Do not ask me if they will card your 3 year old, if you want to try sneaking them in thats totally up to you, I have not heard one way or another on that but their rule is EVERYONE 2 ages and UP must have a ticket.
4.What are NON-ALCOHOL seats and where are they located? 
Non Alcohol seats are in the Left Field Grandstand Sections 32 and 33. NO Alcohol means that you can NOT bring the drinks back to your seat, you can still go get a beer and drink it, you just can not bring it back to your seats. The great thing about these seats is that the face value is only $30 so if you can handle not drinking at the game they offer a great value and a very nice view as you are right next to the famous Green Monster.
5. What are WalkWay Advisory seats and how do they effect your view ?
A Walk Way Advisory is stamped on the ticket when the ticket is within the first 3 rows of the Walk Way. ALL Loge Box Seats ( In the Red Above on the Map ) that are rows AA-CC are stamped Walk Way Advisory. What this simply means is that during the game and in between innings people will be walking in front of you. The down side is that this does get a little annoying through out the game, the upside is that ALL these WalkWay tickets put you 13-15 rows from the field with the most AMAZING view of the game like so . So if you can handle a few people walking back and forth you will get an amazing view usually for about 20% cheaper then the seats in the same sections rows DD-PP which are slightly higher.
6. How do you obtain Green Monster and Budweiser Roof Table Seats?
The Fabled and most popular seat in Fenway Park and as of 2008 was voted the MOST POPULAR seat in baseball by the New York Times, To sit on the Green Monster is a dream shared by every fan visiting Fenway Park. However this seat is not only expensive with a face value of $160 + per seat but is almost impossible to get by a fan. The Red Sox hold an annual lottery in March where you can log on to the Red Sox main website and simply enter a drawing for free. If your name gets selected, you will have a right to purchase 2 Green Monster Seats for Face Value ( based on availability ). This is also true for the Budweisier Roof Table, however the table has a face value of $500 which includes 4 tickets and $100 in Free Food & Drinks.
 Another way to purchase Green Monster seats is directly from the Red Sox via their Charity auctions. The auctions run throughout the year and you can simply log on to their website and enter your bid.
The last way is through Ebay and Stub Hub. Since we are a seller on Ebay I would love to sit here and tell you that you should buy from us but unfortunately we DO NOT sell Green Monster seats EVER. The reason for this is because the Boston Red Sox DO NOT allow resale of these seats. Yes they are always in Ebay and Stub Hub but if the Red Sox find out the original owner of these seats is re selling them they will void the bar code and the tickets will be no good. I am not trying to scare anyone out of purchasing these seats online as 99% of the time you will be fine, I am just stating the facts and our companies policy.
7. Are your tickets FAKE?
Years ago when all Red Sox tickets were Hard Season ticket format and Hard Box Office Print Outs I used to get insulted when people asked us this. Now in the age of the E-Ticket I not only understand, but I worry for all you fans buying tickets on Ebay and Stub Hub. It is my honest opinion that it is 99.9% impossible to fake a Season or Box Office Ticket. It takes too long, its to expensive and the only people who really ever do this ( and even this is VERY RARE ) would be professional scalpers and to be honest with you in the 10 years I have been in the business I have never heard of this on the Boston Streets. Almost ALL fake tickets come via the E-Ticket format. For those of you not familiar with this format, when you purchase tickets from the Boston Red Sox online, you can either have the Hard Box Office tickets mailed to your home, or you can have an E-Ticket emailed to you same day of purchase. You then open your email and print out the ticket. The problem as you can guess is that nothing stops a person from printing this ticket twice, three times or one hundred times. Now obviously when you buy a ticket on ebay if you pay with your credit card through paypal you are covered but in many instances people pay through their bank account and once 60-90 days pass you are stuck and can not get your money back. What's worse is imagine flying from Seattle to Boston to go to a Sox Yankees game with your family, you spent $2000 on tickets and $3000 on hotel and Air Fare just to enjoy the game, then you get to the gate and the ticket won't scan. " We are sorry, this ticket is not valid" says the attendant, this is EVERY Ebay Buyers WORSE Nightmare!
   Well there is an easy way to fix this, simply look for auctions that have the following slogans

1. This is not an E-Ticket
2. These tickets are Hard Physical Tickets
3. These are Season Tickets
4. These are NOT print @ Home Type Tickets.
5. These are Hard Stock Tickets

Any of these will work and will give you peace of mind.
8.What is the New Coca Cola Section?
This question just recently started coming up so I thought I would include it. The Coca Cola sections are called Left Field Pavilion Reserved Sections 16 and 18. They are 2 new sections in Left Field that got added to the Pavilion Box Area ( the old infield Roof Box for those familiar with Old Fenway ) . These seats have a face value of $75 which is $15 cheaper then the Pavilion Box and offer a very similar view, you can find tons of them on Ebay through out the year and this is what approximately your view looks like from the Pavilion Area . In most ball parks it would simply be the upper deck but Fenway is such a small park the pavilion area seats are actually my favorite seats.
9.How many seats are there in a row in all the sections? 
Most people ask this to figure out where the aisle seats are on the other side, we all know seats 1,2 are aisle but where does the other side end. Well unfortunately every section is different so I can just give you a general idea. Bleacher sections run from 16-40 seats in a row. Grandstand and Right Field Box Sections run 8-26 seats in a row. Loge Box seats usually will have 10-26 and so would Pavilion Box Seats. The only True Fact is that ALL Field Box seats only have 4-6 seats per row. and most Field Box Seats between 1st base and 3rd base only have 4 seats per row. This is important in case you are trying to bring a large family and put them close together on the field, it is almost impossible to do in Fenway Park.
10. THE FINAL AND THE MOST POPULAR QUESTION OF THEM ALL............. I am taking my family to Fenway Park for the 1st time where do YOU suggest we sit?
Well I could probably write another full review on just this question alone. We get asked this EVERY single day not just by our Ebay customers but customers that come into our office in Weymouth. Everyone thinks we know the secret of Fenway Park. Like there is a magic section that is really cheap, has a great view and is very close to the field. Unfortunately folks to be honest with you, Fenway Park is not a great park to watch a game. Its an experience to be there with 39,000 people standing up and screaming in a loud roar when Alex Cora hits a bunt, or when Mike Timlin throws a 1st pitch strike. Fenway Park is and always will be an experience. It will not matter how much money the organization puts into New Luxury seats, or better restaurants, the fact is out of 39,000 seats, only about 10,000 offer you a decent view of the game. and 8,000 of those seats are face value priced around $90-$100 per ticket. Thats the truth, if you want a great experience AND want to watch and enjoy the game , you have to be willing to spend. My suggestion to EVERY SINGLE person who goes to Fenway Park is Purchase the Lower Bleacher Seats in Center Field. They have a face value of $26 ( in 08 probably going up in 09 ) and sell on ebay for between $30-$99 per game ( not counting Yankees and Opening Day). Here is the View from the Center Field Bleachers.  It may look far but you can see fly balls, you will not be behind a pole, and you will not spend $1000 to take your 2 young boys and your wife/husband to 1 night @ Fenway Park. The Bleacher seats used to be scary full of college kids getting drunk and fighting. That was before the prices soared, now a days as you can see in the picture, 50% of the fans in the bleachers are Fathers and Sons, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, Grandfathers and Grandmothers, and just regular fans trying to enjoy an affordable day @ The Old Ball Park.

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