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Huskie_tiny by niuhuskie224 on

I was hoping we could keep this thread running with people who signed up for the lottery on cubs.com.  I submitted my info and they said that at some point between yesterday and today they would be sending out an e-mail if you have been selected.  I just want to know when they start to go out so I can stop checking my e-mail and hoping by some miracle chance I was one of the few selected to purchase playoff tickets.

 

Good luck to everyone who registered, hopefully the ticket broker route isn't the way I have to go for this.

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You don't have to wait for the email.

Once you get it, if you win, the tickets don’t go on sale right away — I think it’s tomorrow that the sale will actually happen. Good luck!

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 7:34 AM CDT   0 recs

On a related note

Does anyone have a link to the playoff schedule, with any details on start-times, TV networks and the like? I realize the finer details maybe can’t be worked out until the teams are all known. But I thought I read something a few weeks ago about how three of the four division series will start on the same day — just wondering if that means one of them could feature a day game? I know there won’t be any day games in the LCSs or WS, but I recall the occasional day game in the first round.

My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.

by JohnM on Sep 22, 2008 7:36 AM CDT   0 recs

No start times have yet been announced...

… and probably won’t be until all the teams and matchups have been set, and that may not be till next weekend.

It is POSSIBLE that one of the first two Division Series games MIGHT be a day game, but it’s too early to know that for sure.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 7:49 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Either that or the games will overlap

if all three of them are night games. I’ll just sit tight. Chances are the Cubs will face an East Coast team in the first round, which means the games shouldn’t be on too late.

It’s TBS for the NLDS, ALDS and ALCS. Fox has the NLCS and WS. Here’s the dates for the first round (no times yet):

Oct. 1 (on TBS): Game 1 of both NL series; game 1 of Al series between two division champions
Oct. 2 (on TBS): Game 2 of both NL series; game 1 of Al series between division champion and wild-card team
Oct. 3 (on TBS): Game 2 of both AL series
Oct. 4 (on TBS): Game 3 of both NL series
Oct. 5 (on TBS/TNT): Game 4 of both NL series; Game 3 of both AL series
Oct. 6 (on TBS): Game 4 of both AL series
Oct. 7 (on TBS): Game 5 of both NL series
Oct 8 (on TBS): Game 5 of both AL series

My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.

by JohnM on Sep 22, 2008 9:13 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Note that there are three games scheduled on BOTH of the Cubs' home game dates.

Thus, there is at least a chance that one might be a day game.

The Cubs might also wind up with a day game on Oct. 5 on the road, if the series goes to four games.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 9:35 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I heard that TBS gets to choose who plays in prime time

Chances are that the Cubs will be playing night games (prime time).

The team with home-field advantage hosts Games 1, 2 and 5, so I suspect the Cubs to play Wednesday, Oct. 1 and Thursday, Oct. 2, at Wrigley during prime time against the NL Wild Card team (unless it’s the Brewers, Astros, or Marlins).

In the AL, I suspect the Rays will be getting the non-prime time.games.

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Sep 22, 2008 10:10 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Depends who the other host teams are on those days.

If the Mets win the NL East they’ll also host games 1 and 2… they might get one of those games at night. Same thing if the Red Sox win the AL East.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 10:24 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

From mlb.com

An opportunity to purchase 2008 National League Division Series ("NLDS") tickets will be offered to individuals selected in a random drawing from among qualified entries received prior to 11:59 a.m. CT on Friday, September 19, 2008. Those applicants selected will be notified on Monday, September 22, 2008

by dr stabbingworth on Sep 22, 2008 7:53 AM CDT   0 recs

I know that

they will be notifying winners today, I just figured it would be helpful to know when these e-mails go out, if they all go at once, some now, some later. I just want to know if looking at my e-mail hoping that e-mail is there is worth it if people already received it.

by niuhuskie224 on Sep 22, 2008 8:04 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I have no idea when they send the emails out.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 8:22 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I GOT THE EMAIL!!

the first one came last night at 8:50 pm CT, and i got another one this morning around 7:30am CT with the secret password. the tickets wont be available on the website until noon today.
i’m saving a flight back to chicago for the world series so i’ll get these nlds tickets for my parents.

by nolacubbiegirl on Sep 23, 2008 10:02 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

its early in the morning

i say if you havent recieved an email by 5pm CST just wait until potential NLCS tickets go on sale, i know it’s agonizing i signed up too. and al that news about day playoff games just made my morning, that would be too sweet if that happened

by truthaddict11 on Sep 22, 2008 8:23 AM CDT   0 recs

Just so you know

I registered for Mets as well (thinking Cubs would play them in Game 3) and some people got a response at 9AM while others got a response at 7PM that day.

by ak123 on Sep 22, 2008 8:35 AM CDT   0 recs

I'm going to be watching the playoffs

From various Chicagoland bar stools and sofas.

by daeviant on Sep 22, 2008 8:37 AM CDT   0 recs

I signed up for every NL team

Just in case I got lucky with another team the cubs were playing. No luck with the Brewers or Dodgers so far but doubt the Brewers will be in it anyway.

So word from the Cubs yet.

by chicagodave on Sep 22, 2008 8:38 AM CDT   0 recs

yes

Even if you don’t win they send you an email telling you so. But I did not get one from the Cubs yet… and hope I don’t

by chicagodave on Sep 22, 2008 8:54 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I got a rejection email from the Brewers as well.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. - Homer J Simpson

by MikeOxbyg on Sep 22, 2008 10:12 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Everyone expecting Brewer tickets will get a rejection email

I keed, I keed

with tounge in cheek

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Sep 22, 2008 10:20 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Won the Phillies lottery

I got an e-mail from the Phillies today notifying me that I won their NLDS lottery.

The e-mail had a link, registration number and PIN.

The link took me right to NLDS home game 2. (No option to buy game 1.)

There was no waiting room or delay time at all. Scored three outfield tickets right away.

Eamus Catuli!

by wrigley_boy on Sep 22, 2008 10:27 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Congrats!

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 10:32 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks!

Now I’m torn… I think the Mets would be a better first-round matchup for the Cubs than the Phillies. However, I’d obviously love to use these tickets if the Phllies play the Cubs in the first round.

Eamus Catuli!

by wrigley_boy on Sep 22, 2008 10:37 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

There's nothing to be torn about...

Your tickets are useless. If the phillies play the Cubs in the first round, there won’t be a philadelphia home game 2!

The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.

by sanantonecub on Sep 22, 2008 10:39 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hope you're right

and that’s it’s because of a Cubs sweep and not what happened last year!

Eamus Catuli!

by wrigley_boy on Sep 22, 2008 12:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The Dodgers just sold tickets

They seem to have had NO demand for all I know they may STILL be on sale.
I got 4 games in and I sure don’t want em

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 22, 2008 9:50 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Amazing

You can still buy Dodger tickets for the NLCS 5 rows off the field down the third base line. Insanity.

by ttagaris on Sep 22, 2008 9:58 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

A lot of that is the price of those tickets.

Really pricey, even for the location.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 10:07 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

$300?

Good luck sitting SRO for $300 in Wrigley during the NLCS — let alone 5 rows off the field.

I dunno. I can only hope to get in the park for that amount during the LCS (if we make it)

Tim

by ttagaris on Sep 22, 2008 10:26 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

True enough.

Still, pricey.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 10:32 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

btw

Thanks for serving as the other intermediary in Jessica’s ticket exchange last Wednesday night. Those were my seats, and my friend that handed them off. Was looking forward to the opportunity to say hello. Another time …

Tim

by ttagaris on Sep 22, 2008 11:01 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

My brother in law

paid $200 for SRO last year during the play off game at Wrigley. Craziness….. I would probably do that though.

It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine

by love the ivy on Sep 22, 2008 1:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Plus, the Cubs and Brewers cannot play in NLDS

So even if you had gotten tickets for that series, it wouldn’t have been against the Cubs.

by SuperContext on Sep 22, 2008 10:06 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Transparency

Absolutely none in this process. Long live MLBAM!

Makes me long for the virtual waiting room, where I can at least see myself getting rejected over and over again.

Actually, I had great success earlier this year when we figured out how to open 50 browsers. Was hoping to have that shot again. sigh

Tim

by ttagaris on Sep 22, 2008 8:54 AM CDT   0 recs

Ticket Prices at the park

Would you say that the cost of tickets as going on stubhub are a good indicator of what one might pay outside of the ballpark?

Tim

by ttagaris on Sep 22, 2008 8:55 AM CDT   0 recs

stubhub

I find that tickets on stubhub are much more then what you can find on say craigslist or outside the park.

by chicagodave on Sep 22, 2008 8:57 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Agreed...

At least at the park you’ve better negotiating ability.

by Damen Jackson on Sep 22, 2008 11:59 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing…

I have been looking on StubHub prices and they start at $260 or so for SRO tickets for the NLDS, and as you would expect go up from there.

Is there hope of getting a ticket without breaking the bank?

by jking79 on Sep 22, 2008 9:02 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Not without commiting a crime

My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.

by JohnM on Sep 22, 2008 9:06 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Anyone else

Look at what world series tickets are going for on stubhub!

Go Cubs

by cubstoseriesby100 on Sep 22, 2008 11:38 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

outside of the park is usually better

IMO, at least. I’ve always found StubHub to be way overpriced

"It was a tough first 10,000 wins. I hope the next 10,000 are easier."
-Ryan Theriot

by lindz221 on Sep 22, 2008 12:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

NO

Stubhub is an offer price not a bid price.

Ebay is a bid price, not an offer price. If you follow a few auctions to the end you can get a gauge for what the value of tickets is.

Outside the park is a crap shoot. Typically, you can get better pricing than ebay, BUT it is a supply and demand thing so you never know. If you are coming into town, I would recommend ebay. If you live near the park and can live with not getting a seat and watch from a bar, that is the way to go. Otherwise, ebay.

For what it is worth, I got two bleacher tickets on ebay, coincidentally right next to my season tickets, for game 3 last year for $300 each.

by gocubsgo22 on Sep 23, 2008 8:35 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

cant you camp outside out wrigley?

when they release them at the ticket booth?

by scarymonsters85 on Sep 22, 2008 9:11 AM CDT   0 recs

i don't believe so

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Sep 22, 2008 9:13 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No, you can't.

There won’t be any tickets released for postseason games.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 9:35 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Damn

There goes my nightlife in October. Haha

"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth

by TkGoUWGB on Sep 22, 2008 6:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

What about a BCB pre-game party?

I just so happen to be in Chicago for business for all potential NLDS home games. THANKS for this posting… I had been out of the loop on this, so I just put my name into the drawing for tickets.

Is there any interest in having some sort of a gathering near Wrigley pre-game for BCB readers?

Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.

by IowaCubs- on Sep 22, 2008 9:20 AM CDT   0 recs

If you just put your name in

You will not be in the NLDS drawing. You will have a chance to be in the NLCS drawing, though.

by SuperContext on Sep 22, 2008 10:07 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Bummer... anyone want to spot me one of theirs?

I’ll reward you with Karma and three high-fives.

About the BCB pre-party… anyone want to do this?

Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.

by IowaCubs- on Sep 22, 2008 11:42 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Better online ticket source

You should check out NinjaTickets.com. They aggregate available tickets from StubHub and like 6 or 7 other online ticket sources all onto one page, and they list the tickets by market value of the ticket as well. In other words, if it pulls two tickets priced the same for a playoff game, it will list the ticket located in a better seat first because it deems that to be the “better” market value.

by BeltwayCubsFan on Sep 22, 2008 9:43 AM CDT   0 recs

So Mets NLDS have already been doled out?

I registered as well but perhaps missed the cutoff date for NLDS

by BeltwayCubsFan on Sep 22, 2008 10:24 AM CDT   0 recs

Yes.

Mets NLDS rejection notices went out last Thursday.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 10:25 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Don't know.

But they’ll tell you in the email if you win.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 10:32 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Thought it said 12-6pm tomorrow in the entry form

….but not sure if they will stagger the winners into timeslots. They did this the first season the Dugout Box seats went on sale behind home plate.

by PJA on Sep 22, 2008 10:36 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, good.

I was worried b/c I have meetings all morning tomorrow… I’ll be fine if it’s in the afternoon. If (big if) I actually get selected, that is.

by kanderber on Sep 22, 2008 10:46 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I know I'm going to get a rejection e-mail.

I’m not that lucky.

Bleeding Cubbie Blue since 1985.

by Bricks and Ivy on Sep 22, 2008 10:46 AM CDT   0 recs

Nothing Yet

I hope to get another shot to take my son. I actually took him to Friday’s game and he was quite deflated by the second inning

by scalmie on Sep 22, 2008 10:54 AM CDT   0 recs

here either

In all 5 of my family e-mail address’ I sent out

by chicagodave on Sep 22, 2008 11:05 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

As long as you used different addresses for each e-mail.

disclaimer said 1 per e-mail and 1 per physical mailing address only…

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases. ~Mickey Mantle

by Jettero2112 on Sep 22, 2008 11:15 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

oh yea

5 different emails and a few different home address’

by chicagodave on Sep 22, 2008 11:27 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I didn't read anywhere on there....

that you couldn’t have more than one at the same physical address.

I registered my wife & I – different email addresses, same physical address. Didn’t read anywhere that it wasn’t allowed. Only says “Limit one entry per person. In the case of multiple entries for the same individual, all entries will be discarded.”

BELIEVE!

by cubbie08 on Sep 22, 2008 11:50 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That sucks if you have several roommates under one roof

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Sep 22, 2008 12:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Where does it say anything about being limited to

only 1 e-mail address and 1 mailing address? I used the same e-mail address for diff people in my family. And I’m going to be all sorts of PO’d if I find out my entries were tossed. Till then I’m going to keep praying.

Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.

by Jayo525 on Sep 22, 2008 3:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

And I mean I registered diff people

but I used the same e-mail and mailing address for a couple of them.

Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.

by Jayo525 on Sep 22, 2008 3:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Al...

will there be a ticket exchange for playoff tickets?

by BelieveinBlue2314 on Sep 22, 2008 11:15 AM CDT   0 recs

Call in the vultures

I wonder how many tickets purchased recently from the “ticket exchange” at face value actually made it into the ballpark before being flipped for a few bucks first.

Playoff tickets at face value via the ticket exchange? Good luck!

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Sep 22, 2008 11:42 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I wasn't calling you a vulture

My comment was not directed at you but the thought of playoff tickets in the ticket exchange at face value.

People would hover over the ticket exchange if anyone posted a playoff ticket at face value.

My apologies if you took it personally.

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Sep 22, 2008 11:53 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think I'll post one...

… because it would likely be flooded with hundreds of requests and no one selling.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 22, 2008 1:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Do you have to Sign up again for NLCS Tix

If you already signed up for Divison Series Tix?

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance 1B/Manager 1908 World Champion Chicago Cubs

by imknowdummy on Sep 22, 2008 11:16 AM CDT   0 recs

I registered for Mets, Phillies and Cubs (living in Philly)...

and have heard nothing so far. I thought I hit the deadlines for NLDS, but I must have misread and am in the running for NLCS only.

If the Cubs come to NY or Philly for the NLDS, I will find a way to get in.

Mets info (schedule of deadlines and winner emails sent, etc).

Phillies info.

Cubs info.

Win.

by RavenswoodRob on Sep 22, 2008 11:31 AM CDT   0 recs

got rejected for Phils NLDS

Just got the email. We’ll see if the Cubs one follows it.

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded." -Jim Frey

by lapetino on Sep 22, 2008 11:43 AM CDT   0 recs

Me too

Rejection city, though that right now looks least likely of the NLDS scenarios so not devastated.

by B