Poll: Did you win playoff tickets?

by MikeJ on Sep 23, 2008 9:32 AM CDT Comment 45 comments

Ok, this is a quick and easy poll. Did you win the rights to buy NLDS tickets? I'm curious the ratio of die-hard fans (which would include BCBers) that won. I personally did not. win

If you didn't sign up, don't vote.

In other news, I'm curious about how many times you signed up. (answer in the comments) Seeing as how I have to come up with 75 words and all for this poll to go through, I might as well add that I signed up with 3 email addresses. Do the brokers just have 1000 emails and then paid some junkee/flunkee to register 1000 times? Who knows. All I know is I didn't get tickeets and I'm bummed. Not pissed, because I knew it was a longshot anyways, but I'm bummed. Personally I like the VWR better because I knew how to scam the system. So with that in mind, I probably didn't deserve tickets anyways. That's GOTTA be 75, on with the poll!

Poll

Did you win playoff tickets?

Yes

33 votes

No

252 votes

285 votes | Poll has closed

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Signed up 2X

Once for my name & address, once for my dad’s.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Sep 23, 2008 9:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I signed up twice

for myself and my wife, but I wonder if my chances would have increased with other phony emails. I thought about it for a second but when you had to enter your address upon registering, I figured that might be a way to eliminate scammers so I decided to go the legit route. Guess that didnt work either. Crossing my fingers that we get to the NLCS and that I win the chance to buy for those.

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by tony412 on Sep 23, 2008 9:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Bummed, but....

I just figure I’m going to get NLCS or WS tickets instead. :)

Nobody cares about your fantasy league team

by carmen_fanzone on Sep 23, 2008 9:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm curious how many people won with the intention of selling for big profit

I had this discussion with my daughter, who is loyal, loyal, loyal as any of us.

If we had one pair of World Series tickets, would you want to go to the game knowing that you’re holding 1000s of dollars of profit in your hand.

Her response, without hesitation, “Are you kidding me? Take me out to the game, baby!”

"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 23, 2008 9:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

There's no way I would sell my WS tickets for any amount of money.

They are, literally, priceless.

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

by Al on Sep 23, 2008 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indeed

If I find a chance to take my dad to a WS game, I’d pay four figures without hesitation.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Sep 23, 2008 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

With my luck, I'd have tickets to WS Game 5

and the Cubs would sweep in 4.

If I could be so lucky!

"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 23, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget to enter the White Sox lottery

You never know, it could double your chances for a Cubs WS ticket.

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 23, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good point!

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

by Al on Sep 23, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I CONFESS

I would not sell MY ticket but at the insane prices being mentioned I would almost certainly sell my 2nd ticket to one or more
games. I am not a rich corporate season ticket holder and it would be hard to pass up $3500 or more for a ticket that I honestly don’t owe to anyone else.

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

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 23, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not a rich season ticket holder, either

Just a poor one. On a limited income. BUT: I have a lot of friends who buy the tix I don’t use (nearly all the games, as I no longer live in Chgo) & so allow me to keep my season tix. SO: Do I sell the post-season (specifically WS) tix above face value? NO! Do I sell ’em on line (StubHub)? NO – they go to the people who help me go to Opening Day each year….since 1988.

by Section 527 on Sep 23, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Price is no object -

Think of the memories, the tickets put into a glass frame with a program from the WS hanging in your Den… I wish…

"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 23, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No way in hell...

I would ever purchase tickets for that much money. Hell no.

Are they priceless? yes, but there’s no way I would give a scalper that much power. It’s rotten that people want to scalp these tickets, and I’m not going to justify their existence by overpaying for them.

That and my wife would kill me.

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

by IowaCubs- on Sep 23, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I already posted an identical poll on the front page.

You can vote in both if you want, I suppose.

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

by Al on Sep 23, 2008 9:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Sorry - didn't see it

the front-page polls seem to be buried these days.

by MikeJ on Sep 23, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No worries.

Maybe I should move the poll higher. I could take a poll for that… oh, wait.

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

by Al on Sep 23, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

no need for a poll!

just look at how many people voted on the 2 different polls – since you put yours up there’s been 25 votes, mine has 44 in less time because of the more prominent position. before I put it up, I looked at the fanshots and fanposts to see if it was already there, which it wasn’t. i think that’s a clear vote “yes” to move it up!

by MikeJ on Sep 23, 2008 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think you're right.

I’ll move it. Thanks!

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

by Al on Sep 23, 2008 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I also moved the FanShots higher...

… I noticed they were kind of buried, maybe this will get more people to use them.

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

by Al on Sep 23, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i won!

signed up once or twice. my dad signed up also for himself and my mom but they didnt win.

by nolacubbiegirl on Sep 23, 2008 10:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I signed up once. No ticket. It would take a lot of money to get me to sell mine if I won them. Something like $10,000. And even then I’d have to think about it. For a couple of grand? No way I’d sell them. I don’t know that I’d pay a couple of grand to get some, but if I have them in my hands, I’m keeping them.

by Spartan1979 on Sep 23, 2008 10:49 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I signed up 6 times...

Through my parents, two friends and my wife… Though i promised to buy the ticket of the person going with me.

NO TICKET for me.

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

by IowaCubs- on Sep 23, 2008 10:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice!

by McCarron on Sep 23, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome scene!

One of my favourite actors and not because he too is an alumni of Maine Township High School South.

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Sep 23, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's Maine EAST....

…at the time he graduated (2 years before my older sister, in 1961) it was actually just Maine Twp. West opened in 1963 (my older brother graduated from West in 1964, just missed Hilary Rodham, she grad’d from South which opened in 1964). I graduated from East in 1968 – approx 2 yrs before North opened.

Been out of HS too long to know which schools are still open (& under what names), but Potter & Dempster in PR will ALWAYS be East to me!

by Section 527 on Sep 23, 2008 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Think you're right

I saw his name in our alumni book but thought it was South. I’m a bit too young to challenge those graduation years, though I know Hillary ended up graduating from South after it opened in ‘64. Thought she was originally from East though. Anyway, Dempster & Potter I believe is East. Being from South that’s Dee, Devon and Talcott. North has been closed for over 20 years and I’m sure East, West & South are still going strong.

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Sep 24, 2008 6:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome.

I love that scene.

"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07

by RynoHoF on Sep 23, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice.

Love the parody in Dogma, too.

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Sep 23, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Last Crusade...

Nice!

by cubfanwill on Sep 23, 2008 11:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I won

I signed up myself and had my two brothers, sister, mom, dad and sister-in-law sign up on their own. My sister was the one who got picked. I am hoping she will get to go to the game with me but she is due in two days.

by madeindetroit on Sep 23, 2008 11:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I didn't win

I entered twice, I also didn’t win in the Dodgers or the Mets or the Phillies lotteries…that I entered twice each…Congratulations to all who won!

"It's a pier 9 brawl!..."

by rrobinson on Sep 23, 2008 11:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I won!

Dont know if it mattered or not but I signed up with my same email address probably 10-15 times. After seeing what playoff tickets are going for on sites like stubhub & with my ridiculous student loan bills it makes me question whether I should sell them….What am I thinking, I can dodge Iowa Student Loan for another month or so. No way I can pass up this oppertunity

by sowsman on Sep 23, 2008 11:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

dang

no ticket no fruit cup!

Let's get some runs!!!!

by Colorado Cubbies Fan on Sep 23, 2008 11:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i'll be watching the first round on TV

n/t

by WUSTLCubsFan on Sep 23, 2008 11:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

VWR

VWR is up for code holders. Good luck getting in.

by mph3 on Sep 23, 2008 11:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have an open VWR window asking for password

but I don’t have a password to enter.

Shucks!

"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 23, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Any thoughts here on a BCB type metting place pre-game?

I’m going to be in town for business, and don’t want to watch the game from my hotel room in the Loop. Any thoughts on a BCB get-together? What about places to watch a game in the city, preferably close to Addison/Clark or close to a CTA stop.

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

by IowaCubs- on Sep 23, 2008 12:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Will the VWR likely take a long time?

by Canseco's Roid Party on Sep 23, 2008 12:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Signed up

once with home e-mail, once with work. Failed on both.

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 23, 2008 12:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

All those who lost...

… still have another chance for the next round.

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

by Al on Sep 23, 2008 2:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Sox

If I sign up on with for the Sox tickets (double my WS chances possibly) will I be disqualified from the Cubs? I’d be pissed if I get Sox tickets and as a result am unable to get Cubs tickets for the remainder of the playoffs

by delorean80 on Sep 23, 2008 2:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm thinking there are no rules

Too many stories about people signing up multiple times and getting in, buying passwords from ebay and getting tickets (what happened to cross-checking registered names with credit cards and photo IDs at Will Call?).

I’m taking my chances and signing up as much as I can. If they bump me, it gets me the same result I got playing by their rules—NO TICKETS!

"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 23, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can sign up for every team that has a postseason chance.

One per team. So signing up with the Sox won’t disqualify you for future Cubs tix.

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

by Al on Sep 23, 2008 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shouldn't be an issue

Think of the logistics to manage that across teams. Besides if you do get Sox tickets, it won’t matter because they’re going to collapse. The Twinkies are in their heads (and Torii Hunter isn’t even there any more).

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Sep 24, 2008 6:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs