Update #2: We've done it! But we still are interested in finding a fourth. We've got a few weeks to come up with the cash for the extra seat. The seats are in Sec 114, row 25. Prime Ichiro heckling zone. More info below..
Update: See my new post down at the bottom. We've got three folks interested and need a fourth. The sooner the better, because a lots of people are buying the 4 for 2 deal (it is pretty awesome). The seats near the field and near home plate are apparently going fast. I mentioned FanFest in the OP, but the rep suggested locking this in before FanFest to get the best seat selection. Wanna play?
Got $1300 now and want to go to a bunch of games? or Want to hang with LL'ers when going to the occasional game?
There are still 2 for 1 season tickets available on the Field level. I would like to gauge interest in an LL "group" for buying a block of tickets, but would want to know a few things:
1) Assuming you don't have $1300 to drop right now, but were going to go to the occasional game, would you preferentially consider buying seats from a block of other LLers?
I ask this first because the one of the main issues for anyone wanting to buy in is selling tickets for games that they can't attend. Personally, I am busy and travel a decent amount, so would probably only go to 20-30 games. My friends who did this last season broke even* for the season, but also spent many many hours on craigslist/meeting up with folks. My first thought to mitigate this is something like this:
Those who pay up front obviously get the choice of whatever games they want, up to say, 5 days prior - Then remaining seats are open to LL members until say 2 days prior. Then craigslist/whatever. The hope is that random LLers would be interested enough to make selling the extra seats less of a pain. The M's have a new web tool that might facilitate this.
and of course this all depends on the answers to question number
2) Are you interested/able to purchase season tickets in the very near future? Obviously there is a lot to figure out like which section, whether we like each other, ticket lottery details, etc. But all of this will depend on the general response. Not looking for commitment - just an expression of interest (you can also email me directly) If there is enough, we can have non-virtual beer thread or something. Oh yeah, and if we really get our act together we could have a "choose your seat" party at FanFest.
This is something I have always wanted to do. And I really couldn't think of a better crowd to do it with than a bunch of beer swilling stat nerd fans.
*yes - broke even. meaning free baseball. there is the potential to make or lose money on this depending on how many games you go to and how well/much the extra tickets sell. but it should be pointed out that "losing" in this context means going to more baseball games. ALSO GUARANTEED PLAYOFF TICKETS!