Tuesday, March 27, 2007 |
Pickoff Moves
Today's Birthdays
Bill Collins BRO b. 1882, played 1913, d. 1961-06-26
Wes Covington LAN b. 1932, played 1966
Newt Kimball BRO b. 1915, played 1940-1943, d. 2001-03-22
George Magoon BRO b. 1875, played 1898, d. 1943-12-06
Adam Melhuse LAN b. 1972, played 2000
Vince Sherlock BRO b. 1910, played 1935, d. 1997-05-11
Bill Sudakis LAN,CAL b. 1946, played 1968-1971, 1975
How To Order Baseball Tickets
Well, it ain't like it used to be:Ask for a box seat these days, and you get more options than voice mail. As seating charts evolve into color-coded mazes and teams charge an assortment of prices for the same seat, some box seats are more equal than others.Sites like StubHub.com and eBay have encouraged team owners to broach hitherto unimaginably high prices. Similarly, online sales now mean that ticket prices can change from the day they first go on sale; flexible pricing means the teams can discount hard-to-move games, such as the Dodgers' series with the Pirates last year.The Dodgers sell 24 categories of seats, 11 with "box" in the name, with box prices ranging from $20 to $100 a ticket.
"It is a bit confusing," said Joe Sciuto, a Dodgers fan and the principal at the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks. "The box seats used to be the field level. Now you've got seats in the second deck being called box seats."
And you might pay more for your seat than the fan seated next to you. The Dodgers sell tickets in the field box section for $20, $30, $35, $37, $40 and $45, depending on whether you buy on game day, before game day or as part of a full-season, partial-season or group ticket package.
What's the ticket price? The Dodgers offer you 104 answers in all.
But there are limits; both the Dodgers and Angels have said they won't engage in online auctioning of seats, despite some pressure from MLB to do so. "It looks like we're just trying to get as much revenue as we can get," said Robert Alvarado, Angels' director of marketing and ticket sales. "You're not sitting there trying to do a bait and switch on people."
Quote, Unquote
"I don't think my skills have depreciated," said Anderson, who will open his 13th season with the Angels on Monday night against the Texas Rangers. "In fact, I know they haven't. It will happen one day, but I'm not there yet."— Garret Anderson, whose .433 slugging percentage was the lowest he's posted since 1998
News
- More evidence the National League could use the DH thingy, as the Dodgers appear poised to demote James Loney and Andy La Roche to the minors.
- Jason Repko is done for the season.
- Hong-Chih Kuo will miss 4-6 weeks.
- The Albany D.A. is expected to call Gary Matthews, Jr. to testify about his involvement with HGH and online pharmacies.
- Former Dodger Duaner Sanchez, previously the victim of a separated shoulder during a collision in a taxi, has lately been diagnosed with a broken shoulder that will keep him out through August.
- The Padres released Todd Walker after he hit .225 in spring training, only a month after getting a $3.95M salary in arbitration. The team owes him a $971,311 buyout.
- Ex-Dodger Toby Hall will miss most of the season for the White Sox, with a torn labrum.
Labels: angels, dodgers, minors, spring training
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