Where do I spend my playoff time & money?

by JoToPo on Sep 25, 2008 10:25 AM CDT Comment 10 comments

I live in California and am trying to decide where to go to see CUBS playoff games. I saw just one game this year - Dempster's 12 strikeout win over Maddux at Wrigley. I purposely skipped west coast games this year to save travel and ticket money for the playoffs.

I don't think I can afford world series tickets, and I want more of a thrill than the division series, so I've narrowed my choices to NLCS. Road tickets are about half the price of Wrigley tickets. We're pretty close to confirming that we won't play PHI inthe first round - and I think we will play them in the NLCS. So I think these are my choices:

Buy tickets now to both NLCS games 3 and 4 at PHI. If the CUBS don't make it then I have to deal with selling my game tickets. If PHI doesn't make it then I'll get ticket refunds but now I've got no game to see.
Buy a ticket to NLCS game 2 at Wrigley.

So what do you suggest? Is it better to see just one game with your brethren win or lose? Or see two game amidst the enemy (I sat through two losses at Candlestick in '89 - not a lot of fun)?

THANKS!

John

Poll

Where to go for CUBS playoffs?

Two games at PHI?

4 votes

One game at Wrigley?

43 votes

Other? (got a better idea?)

1 votes

48 votes | Poll has closed

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Pick what you want

and hope for the best. I hope you have fun.

If you’ve never been to Wrigley for a playoff game then it may just be your choice. I fear though a Cubs ticket will be more than 2x anywhere else, except Boston of course. But that won’t happen until the Cubs 3rd series this post season. :^)

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Sep 25, 2008 11:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If things break your way...

… maybe you can see Cubs/Dodgers games in LA during the NLCS. I believe those games are still not yet sold out.

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

by Al on Sep 25, 2008 11:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That's True ... or maybe NLDS?

I guess I don’t see the Dodgers winning a series against PHI. Another cosideration is if the CUBS play the Dodgers in the NLDS and we win the first two games, then game three tickets will probably be real cheap – and intra-CA flights are pretty cheap.

a win is a win.

by JoToPo on Sep 25, 2008 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just go to Wrigley.

Win or lose – you’ll remember it for the rest of your life.

The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions

by dat cubfan daver on Sep 25, 2008 11:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

That’s where I’m leaning …

a win is a win.

by JoToPo on Sep 25, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

WRIGLEY.

No other option, man. It’s the best there is.

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Sep 25, 2008 1:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

WRIGLEY.

No other option, man. It’s the best there is.

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Sep 25, 2008 1:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow, you must really mean that.

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

by Al on Sep 25, 2008 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stay away from Philly

It would be a special time and it would be ruined by the fans there. It is just not an enjoyable venue for visiting fans. Take my word.

when asked about his performance against the Reds - Lieber said the following
"Well obviously I made some bad pitches today, left to many over the plate and they got good wood on the ball. The only good thing was that I was able to get back into the clubhouse earlier then I planned so I could eat."

by 1060 W Addison on Sep 25, 2008 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

Being on the road for those kinds of games is always tough, but Philly would be ugly. Alot of those fans have no inhibitions about how brutal they can treat a person. I’m not trying to over generalize it, but it is a tuff place.

by StevenABQ on Sep 25, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs