This blog began as a way to record my musings about preparations and travels to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada February 16-27, 2010. From that amazing experience came this ongoing story of becoming a sports fan. You can follow my tales of awe, agony, and all the emotions in between as well as view pics from seasons of Phillies baseball. Along the way is a little Eagles football thrown in for fun, and even some astronomy and weather related tales. I feel lucky to have witnessed some historic games, some heartbreaking losses, but all wonderful when told from this new fan's point of view.

Blog Archives postings:
Dec 2009-Feb 2010
Olympics
March 2010-Dec 2011
Baseball and more
2011 The Phillies do again, winning the Eastern Championship for the 5th straight year.
April 2012-Sept 27 2012 Not the best season for the Phillies
2013-We wait and see!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Buying Phillies tickets In the dark of December

Who knew that around the darkest day of the year, that Phillies fever would be a source of greatest heat. Philadelphia is all the buzz since Cliff Lee decided to forgo a Yankees contract and relocate to the town that loves its team. Much has been written about why he decided to sign here, and much has been debated and discussed. the result, though is that one day this week, I found myself sitting with my friend discussing the various options for buying tickets. the 6 pack choices were already slim-we eventually ended up buying some 400 level seats. but wait, there is a way to get into a lottery to buy opening day tickets or Red Sox tickets. A lottery? Last year, I went online in February and bought a ticket in the 100 3rd baseline section for a mere 45$ (I was splurging ). Go to Stub Hub this year, and the 400 level seats are that much. So the lottery it is.
We found out that there will be individual tickets available on Feb 17-we cackled about meeting up at midnight to discuss which games to go to. We did decide that connecting by phone would be good enough, but it did make us giddy thinking about it.

Now, I am the proud owner of two 6 pack tickets for April-Sept. My mother is laughing out loud right now.What has happened to her daughter to transform her into a fan. Having a winning team helps! A beautiful ball park helps. Having other friends as excited as I am-and new ones too. That helps.