Cubs to have post-season ticket lottery

[Jon]

I'm trying to tell myself that no news is good news.

Nah. The trend seems to be that the rejection emails are sent out after the success ones, whether by the Cubs for the luxury seat opportunities or other teams for the playoffs.

[UMFan83]

I'm trying to tell myself that no news is good news.

Nah. The trend seems to be that the rejection emails are sent out after the success ones, whether by the Cubs for the luxury seat opportunities or other teams for the playoffs.

 

I hate you for telling me that

[nilodnayr]

I'm trying to tell myself that no news is good news.

Nah. The trend seems to be that the rejection emails are sent out after the success ones, whether by the Cubs for the luxury seat opportunities or other teams for the playoffs.

 

I hate you for telling me that

 

I've been Mr. Pessimistic throughout this whole thing, but Jon has to be Mr. Bearer of Bad News (note, not badnews).

 

Sooo, about 7,500 per game means a bit over 10,000 unique ticket purchasers. I'm guessing they'll allow 3x the amount of people through the VWR (to ensure it sells out), so maybe 30,000 people will get the good email.

[ChiCubsFan]

i've resorted to looking on the cubs.com message board to see if anyone has been selected. so far, nothing. however, there was one poster who copied and pasted an email from the Mets he got and changed the dates and the Mets to the Cubs, but forgot to replace Shey Stadium with Wrigley Field. The detectives over at cubs.com were able to figure out it was a fraud. Edited September 22, 2008 by ChiCubsFan

[KPet]

This was taken from this website back in March about those people who put up a craigslist ad asking for face value tickets to a big event. No doubt that there will be plenty of postings like this in the upcoming weeks.

 

http://macgsworld.blogspot.com/2008/03/ticket-madness-for-nats-opening-day.html

 

HELP ME...I need great seats to the best game of the season at face value because....

 

( Please check as many as you need )

 

I'm ....

____ A disable Vet

____ A single parent of ___ kids

____ On a fixed income

____ Returning Iraq War Vet

____ A true Nationals fan

____ Unemployed

 

and I'm ....

____ Going to my first professional game

____ Taking my (disable/veteran) Dad to his first game

____ Taking my (kid/poor alcoholic abusive neighbor's kid) to his first game

____ Taking my ______ who is a returning Iraq War Vet

____ Too cheap to pay what the tickets are worth

 

Therefore you should help fund my day out and take money out of your pocket for my benefit.

 

I could not possibly enjoy baseball or my first pro baseball experience during a normal game, like a Thursday against the Marlins. It MUST be the only really great game of the season.

 

I am a true (ONE GAME) fan, and therefore only want great tickets to the best game of the season. I will not go to see the Nationals just to see the Nationals.

 

I will only pay face value, because it is face value...which I believe is

___ NOT the price of an average seat to an average game

___ NOT dependent on the game

___ NOT the bonus for being a season ticket holder

___ NOT the reward for also paying face value to NINE Marlins games each year

___ NOT any different for FRONT ROW or 25th Row.

 

And while you're at it.....I need face value tickets for

_____ Lakers @ Wizards

_____ Cowboys @ Redskins

_____ Penguins @ Capitals

_____ LA Galaxy @ DC United

 

All morons can apply within

 

And while we're at it....the 3/29 Exhibition game came free with season ticket packages. Since you didn't pay for them....I'll take them for FREE Too.

 

And for those of you that won a lottery or a new car....since you didn't pay for those either...I'll take them for FREE too.

[UMFan83]

Do you think people at the administrative offices of the Cubs have their emails all ready to go, but are just sitting there refreshing this thread and laughing at us all squirm as we await our Cubs playoff destinies?

[ChiCubsFan]

thank geo i have a study session to go to now. it will save whatever tiny bit of sanity i have left. hopefully i get some good news when i return. good luck to (ME!!!!!) everyone.

[Jon]

I'm trying to tell myself that no news is good news.

Nah. The trend seems to be that the rejection emails are sent out after the success ones, whether by the Cubs for the luxury seat opportunities or other teams for the playoffs.

 

I hate you for telling me that

 

I've been Mr. Pessimistic throughout this whole thing, but Jon has to be Mr. Bearer of Bad News (note, not badnews).

 

Sooo, about 7,500 per game means a bit over 10,000 unique ticket purchasers. I'm guessing they'll allow 3x the amount of people through the VWR (to ensure it sells out), so maybe 30,000 people will get the good email.

Hey, I've been pretty pessimistic, too.

[RammyFanny]

Any day now...

[BleacherBadger]

Whatever happened to the negative, source-less "insider"?

 

Someone make fun of her too much?

[evv98]

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

 

I can just picture Sam Zell at his desk ordering his secretary to register herself and all of her friends.

 

Word is that all prospective buyers of the team got their emails this morning, with the exception of Mark Cuban.

[wade]

I'm trying to tell myself that no news is good news.

Nah. The trend seems to be that the rejection emails are sent out after the success ones, whether by the Cubs for the luxury seat opportunities or other teams for the playoffs.

 

I hate you for telling me that

 

I've been Mr. Pessimistic throughout this whole thing, but Jon has to be Mr. Bearer of Bad News (note, not badnews).

 

Sooo, about 7,500 per game means a bit over 10,000 unique ticket purchasers. I'm guessing they'll allow 3x the amount of people through the VWR (to ensure it sells out), so maybe 30,000 people will get the good email.

Hey, I've been pretty pessimistic, too.

 

Well, surely to Geo someone on here will get tickets, and no one has posted yet that they have, so I'm still clinging to 'no news is good news', so there.

[Jon]

Yeah, I don't think the emails have gone out yet.

[UMFan83]

Len, can you please tell the Cubs to send out the #$%#*($% emails when you see this?

[big_shooter17]

So, what do we think, 5 o'clock is the latest that we should know?

[KPet]

I'm thinking 11:59 p.m. CST.

[Mizzou]

This is ridiculous. Why wait so long? Just send out the emails!

[SouthSideRyan]

You try pulling out 20,000 ping pong balls in a timely fashion. Be patient.

[Jon]

You try pulling out 20,000 ping pong balls in a timely fashion. Be patient.

Are they trying to raise a sunken ship?

 

I think that will be my first and only mythbusters reference. But we'll see.

[nilodnayr]

You try pulling out 20,000 ping pong balls in a timely fashion. Be patient.

 

Yeah, just ask Winona Ryder.

Edited September 22, 2008 by nilodnayr

[nilodnayr]

You try pulling out 20,000 ping pong balls in a timely fashion. Be patient.

Are they trying to raise a sunken ship?

 

I think that will be my first and only mythbusters reference. But we'll see.

 

Man, I went in a completely different direction.

[tulsacubfan]

You try pulling out 20,000 ping pong balls in a timely fashion. Be patient.

 

According to the "important dates and times" schedule on cubs.com, the drawing was done Friday. You would think 3 days was plenty of time to get the emails ready!

[big_shooter17]

It is ridiculous that you do a draw on one day (electronically mind you) and then it takes 3 full days already to do the notifications (electronically mind you).

[SouthSideRyan]

It is ridiculous that you do a draw on one day (electronically mind you) and then it takes 3 full days already to do the notifications (electronically mind you).

 

Are we sure it's email notifications? I'm gonna run home and check the mail from Saturday. See if it's mixed in with the missing kids.

[Garwilly]

It is ridiculous that you do a draw on one day (electronically mind you) and then it takes 3 full days already to do the notifications (electronically mind you).

 

Are we sure it's email notifications? I'm gonna run home and check the mail from Saturday. See if it's mixed in with the missing kids.

 

You have a pile of missing children?