Showing posts with label Yankee Tickets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yankee Tickets. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Why NYY Stars and Pinstripes plans to renew our tickets

From 2010 to 2012 these seats went from $12 to $20.
A week or two back the Yankees released the 2012 ticket prices and plans much to the disgust of fans, who were once again hit with rising prices. They also changed up the ticket plans, realizing that the mid-week plans were a rip off so they tossed in either two Red Sox games in or one BoSox game and opening day. This has effected us here at NYY Stars and Pinstripes, as a midweek plan holder, we now get two Boston games. Too bad the Sox games they include are the last weekend of season, when instead of seeing a race to the division title we instead will see two teams who have either locked up a spot in the playoffs or missed the playoffs.

Despite this and raising the price of our bleacher seats to $20, we still plan to renew. The question I have gotten most about this is why? I know the secondary market very well and realize that I could get many of these games for much less. But I know that I can sell my tickets for face value to friends, family and co-workers. I also like knowing what games I will be attending ahead of time, otherwise I end up not attending many games. Final reason is mostly because I plan to attempt to upgrade to a weekend plan and sell the games I can not attend.

With all the people dropping plans, now is a good time to upgrade to a better location and I think that I can finally move to a weekend bleacher plan. The pre-sale code for the regular and postseason are major pluses, so that also helps.

January 9th is the final chance to pay for your package, last year the open house and upgrades came not long after. The same should be true about this season.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

ALDS Game 5: The Hot Ticket in Town

If your planning to go to ALDS Game 5, I hope you already bought your tickets. On Ticketmaster the game is already sold out (yes even the insanely overpriced infield field level seats), and on Stubhub the get in the door price is $85 and that's for stand room.
Yesterday as A.J. Burnett shocked the Tigers (and some Yankee fans) with a strong performance, and the bombers bats came alive, the secondary market for game 5 tickets did as well. Yesterday at the start of the game, the prices on Stubhub were close to face value in some spots, and pairs of seats could be found in the Terrace and Main levels straight from Ticketmaster for face value. As game 4 went on, the prices rose, and once the Yankees started to beat up on the Tigers bullpen the ticket prices began to go through the roof and the event quickly sold out on Ticketmaster.

With Ivan Nova on the mound against Doug Fister in a rematch of ALDS Game 1 (the suspended game) the stadium is sure to be loud. During the first game 1, before the rain, the stadium was crazy, and had that great atmosphere of the  old stadium. In game 5 I expect much of the same. About a week ago, their were still Bleacher and Grandstand seats available for game 5 (not shocked since many Yankee fans including myself felt the series wouldn't go 5), I had the chance to pick up a few but passed. I am simply kicking myself now.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Yankee Stadium Expierences: Yankees vs Mets 5-21-2011

View from the top of the Gateway Mall
The night before the Yankees had lost to the Mets 2-1, and were unable to get anything going on offense, yet the pitching was great again. That last line seems to be the story of 2011, the hitters haven't done the job, yet the pitching has held up.

After that Friday performance, I was feeling down on the team, and didn't know what to expect when A.J. Burnett faced off against Chris Capuano. I wasn't feeling like listening to Mets fans, celebrate and bash the Yanks like they had just won the world series, so a win for the bombers was desperately seeked.

Once arriving in the area around Yankee Stadium, I was saddened to see that the parking lot that normally charges $20, was not opened (I later read that they were charging $40, which makes no sense) so I tried out the Gateway Mall parking (more on that later in this post). Because I was there so early, my friend and I checked out the mall, which was really confusing to navigate because of how it is set up, either way you get a nice sight line of the Bronx from the top level.

They must sponser everything!
As the gates were ready to be opened, the lines to enter the stadium stretched a long way, most games I go to are midweek games since that is what my ticket plan is full of, but the area around the stadium on this night was very crowded. Their were more vendors outside then normal, and ton of cops just standing around on the street, it had almost a postseason atmosphere to it.

As I entered the stadium, a light rain began to fall, but it let up,  but about an hour before game time, it began to pour and everyone ran for shelter. Luckily the game was not forced to be pushed back. As it rained I stood up near the batters eye cafe to stay dry, I noticed that Mastercard now is the sponsor of that area so the signs in the area has the Mastercard logo and then says "batters eye cafe". Not to whine, but they really have sponsored everything at the new stadium, it gets annoying after a while.

After it poured it was time to head to the seats, which I was able to purchase for face value during the Yankee pre-sale back in March. They were good seats in section 237 of the bleachers, they were row 10, but they felt much lower, really good seats for the value.

View from section 237
As the game began and Burnett struggled I felt like this was going to be another game in which I saw the bad A.J., after all I have a record of 3-5 when Burnett starts and I go to the game. But after the first inning, Burnett settled down and cruised for most of the night.

I have been to Subway Series games at both Yankee Stadium and at the Mets ballparks, and I can say that this was one of the most easy going crowds. Now I'm not saying the crowd was not into it because I would say this was the most into a crowd has been into a game all this season, but their was only friendly banter and good fun ribbing between Mets and Yankee fans. Their were no fights that I saw and only at one point did someone get tossed from the bleachers ( a Mets fan, for those scoring at home).

In the end the Yankees beat up on the Mets, hitting four home runs. All of which except Russell Martins homer would have likely stayed in Citi Field, but that's something the Mets can fix when they face the Yankees at Citi Field in July.

One of the TV's was broken, in section 239.
Although the score was 7-3, most fans stayed around till the end to watch Luis Ayala shut down the Mets. Frank Sinatra played, Yankee fans were sent home happy, and the world didn't end at 6pm cause of the rapture.

Last thing, I mentioned earlier about parking at the Gateway Mall, I would no recommend it. Now of course this was a premium game that had one of the largest crowds of the season, so the parking was packed but getting out of there is a mess. They don't have anyone directing traffic, and only two spots to exit from, causing a huge mess. For the $30 you have to pay, it is more efficient to cough up the extra $5 and pay at one of the garages, closer to the stadium.

Final score:Yankees 7 Mets 3

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Have fans lost interest in the Subway Series?

As we mentioned in yesterdays post, this is the 15th season that interleague play has been apart of baseball, of course the traditionalists hate it, but attendance proves otherwise. Adding to that attendance is match ups with the inter-city rivals, like the Mets and the Yankees. But when last nights contest between the two clubs, didn't sell out and tickets could be had on the cheap on the secondary market, you must question if the rivalry in the stands still matters.

It was alarming to see tickets so cheap for a Subway Series game last night on Stubhub and other markets, but the weather was a factor with the possibility of showers all night. But also remember that tickets were likely on the cheap, because both fans have had their fair share of issues with these teams.

The Yankees have played awful after getting off to a hot start, and as we have noticed tickets haven't been selling this year, even against teams like the Boston Red Sox. If they have an issue against the Red Sox, a team that many would consider a bigger rivalry, then the same issue would be had with the Mets. But it is not just Yankee fans, that have frustrations, Met fans have had a life full of misery. This year isnt much better, as the Mets have had low expectations from the start, but have gotten off to a nice start. But that doesn't mean the Mets fans are looking for some torment at Yankee Stadium, as last year they also got off to a decent start and still fell behind .500.

Even though the Yankees did not consider it a sell out they still sold 47,000 + tickets and it was the largest crowd of the season. In large part, most of the tickets that went unsold were the most expensive seats that have had a problem selling all season. The series, has not lost any of the polish, just the teams have. The fans are still into the game, but high ticket prices and lack luster teams have killed a bit of the polish of the Subway Series in 2011.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Ticketmaster introduces new interactive seat chart

For years Stubhub has used a seating map where you could simply click the section and it would tell you the row and the price. Well now Ticketmaster has taken it one step further, introducing a new interactive seating chart for Yankee tickets where you can check the exact seat you want. You can tell if the seat is on the aisle, how many seats are available and even determine if you are covered by an overhang.

Screen shot courtesy of @StadiumInsider.
I searched through a few games and realized the obvious, tons of expensive seats are available, even for premium games like this weekends series against the Red Sox, the following week against the Mets and even for weekend summer games like old timers day against the Rockies.

This is helpful though, because I realized that the Yankees aren't lying when they say all the bleacher seats are sold out, but I also realize that they hold back a lot of seats to sell as packages. If Ticketmaster and the Yankees could just lower the charges (Yanks the ticket prices, and Ticketmaster handling fees) I know I would rather be able to buy the exact seats I want knowing that they are possibly the first row or possibly aisle seats.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Yankee Stadium Expierences: Yankees vs White Sox 4/28/2011

$20 for parking near Yankee Stadium!
Rain was in the forecast, but that couldn't stop me from going to the first game in close to a month. In fact this was the first game in my plan I was going to all season, since I sold off the other games. After exiting the Major Deegan via exit 4, my friend and I found parking for $20. The lot is a pretty far walk from Yankee Stadium, but it beats paying the extra $15 and is close to the Gateway center which charges $30.

As the promotion they were giving away grass seed, the irony was that across the street where the old Yankee Stadium once stood, grass was being put down. Its a strange yet nice site to the old stadium that way, I just keep reminding myself that it's better that its turned into a park than them making its a parking lot.

Tough to see, but grass is back on
the old Yankee Stadium site.
After arriving inside the new structure I checked out what was new, the answer is nothing really. At gate two they were having some sort of group outing, and part of the area was roped off, their was no batting practice and the tarp was on the field, so instead it was time to indulge in nachos from Wholly Guacamole.

Eduardo Nunez started at shortstop instead of Jeter, he made a pair of errors in the night and my new name for him is now Error Nunez, but let it be known I like him much better then Ramiro Pena.

The game itself was exactly what you want to see as a Yankee fan. CC Sabathia was dealing and the Yanks bats came alive without Jeter or Tex. Surprisingly the crowd looked pretty good from section 235, sure their were some empty sections but nothing that would make me think that it would be the lowest attended game in new stadiums history (40,081).

The sky looked really cool after it a quick shower.
But the stupid metal side was in the way.
The game eventually turned into a blowout and some dummy's began to do the wave, I don't care that it is 8-0, I still hate it. After that the most exciting then was the Yankees scoring a few more runs and some kid accidentally tossed a Yankees hulk hand over the upper deck and it landed a few rows in front of me.

Final score: Yankees 12 White Sox 3

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Free Yanks tix for those who braved the rain against the Orioles

Nice offer by the Yankees, for those who went to last nights 7-4 victory in favor of the Bronx bombers. Aside from getting to see a win, you can also get a free ticket to an upcoming game of your choice in the Terrace of Grandstand.

Not a bad deal considering it didn't look like it was raining that hard, and the game was never once delayed. But a part of me wonders if this was set up on purpose. Looking at the Yankees press release, it says you can either get a free ticket OR get 50% off non suite ticket. The Yankees are practically out of Grandstand seats for the remainder of the year, the Terrace likely has limited inventory. But the more expensive seats are available and you can now get them 50% off so your still giving the Yankees your money instead of Stubhub.

If you were able to get any of the free tickets, let me know cause I'm curious to hear.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Yankee Stadium has become Stubhub central

Behind Soriano are some seats that didn't sell.
Doesn't seem like long ago that the Yankees were selling out every night of the old Yankee Stadium. Ticket prices were high, but fairly priced for a team that was making the playoffs each season and tickets on the secondary market were going for a premium.

Flash forward to 2011. The prices at the new Yankee Stadium are much higher then they were just four seasons ago, yet they have still sold 3.3 million tickets this season. But it seems as if nobody is going to these games early in the season. Opening Day had 48,000 plus fans, but plenty of seats were available but that could be easily blamed on weather. The next game was a Saturday, against the Tigers again, and the stadium was barley at 40,000 and it looked like much less. The crowds around 40,000 have become a mini trend here, with each of the Twins games along with the other Tigers games attendance all falling short of a sell out.

Even Opening Day could be had on Stubhub for less
then face value.
Ticket prices on the secondary market are now laughable. For all the Twins games tickets could be had for less then $1, yes you are reading that correct ONE DOLLAR! The all inclusive Legend seats that were once prices at $2,500 big ones were going for $200. Field Level seats that ran as much as $325 were going for $30, and majority of regular seats in the Main, Terrace, Grandstand and Bleachers could be had for less then $20.

So why suddenly did the secondary market crash? Some say its because the Yankees are the ones who are putting up tons of seats on Stubhub themselves. I don't understand that logic, but I could see where people begin to believe that when blocks of 20 seats are available together. But what is most likely is that supply and demand are simply down, and add that with a weak economy and over priced tickets. The new Yankee Stadium pricing was set before the economy really crashed, and at the time it looked like a great idea. But since the economy took a turn for the worse, fans can no longer afford to go to a ball game. That includes season ticket holders, how have to sell off a ton of games to break even or make a small profit. You look on Stubhub and majority of the seats that are listed are likely from season ticket holders and plan holder who can not make it to all the games they own and would like to make back some money on their seats.

But why is it that season ticket holders can no longer attend all the games? Well most season ticket holders don't attend every single game, but everything that goes with attending a ball game cost money. Transportation can cost alot especially if you are not taking the subway. The metro north, LIRR, PATH all can be expensive and a hassle at times. You must run on their schedule not your own. If you want to run on your own schedule then you try and drive, but gas prices are sky rocketing, tolls are very high and parking not costs a whopping $35! Add in some food and drinks for the trip and suddenly your spending a small fortune.

Stubhub has ruined the secondary market for season ticket holders and brokers, but for the average fan who attends just the occasional game its a great feature. For attendance at the stadium, well it might be too early to judge. 2007-2010 was unique since it was the final seasons of the original Yankee Stadium and then the opening of the new one, but prior to that the stadium didn't sell out each night. If the trend continues then the Yanks should worry.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Yankee season tickets have arrived

The booklet they came in.
Just like last season the players are on the tickets









I like the tickets this year. Yes they are similar to last season, but still very nice. My biggest issue is that in past years they gave out $5 coupons for tickets, this year they gave out only 50% off coupons and only three of them.  A better marketing idea would have been two buy one get one coupons.... oh well

Friday, March 25, 2011

2011 Yankees Opening Day tickets have arrived !

They came in the mail today! I am very excited for the new baseball season especially opening day. Don't be too jealous if you don't have tickets since mine are in 433 (or in Guam), since Ticketmaster has been releasing alot of seats, and Stubhub has alot of deals. Until then, admire the 2011 stock tickets that the Yankees will be handing out this year. Not bad in my eyes, but very similar to last season.

Remember when taking a picture of tickets to always cover the bar codes.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Yankees ticket presale: Golden for some, a bust for others.

If only the 2011 tickets, will look that nice.
Leading up to the public sale on Friday, the Yankees have been having presales for individual game tickets for full season ticket holders, partial plan holders, Yankee Universe members and the Staten Island Yankee season ticket holders. After each day it seemed like a major disappointment. I can attest to that, well sort of.

I had the chance to purchase Yankees tickets on Tuesday during the partial ticket plan holders presale. My goal was for Opening Day, old timers day and one of the Mets games. I was able to get two of the three. Netting OTD in the main and Opening Day in the grandstand, the Mets I never saw a ticket below $150.

I was one of the few lucky ones to actually get Opening Day or OTD, many were unable to find any type of ticket for any of the premium games. For the entire Mets series I never saw anything below $150, for only one of the Red Sox games did I see Grandstand seats and that was for obstructed view seats for the September series.

The reason behind this? No it's not cause the Yankees were being nice and trying to hold seats back for the public but they are instead they are still trying to sell partial season plans. It makes sense since I was trying for random weekend games and only selecting grandstand and nothing was coming up.

Overall a bad job by the Yankees, many season ticket holders have said that this was the toughest presale ever. It shows once again that the Yankees don't care about their season ticket holders, they rather sell the tickets as a package (which is the right business decision). But a little word of advice when it comes to that, since the Yanks are trying to to sell the packages instead, if those packages don't sell in the weeks prior to the event those tickets will be released on Ticketmaster.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Newest Place to Find Cheap Yankees Tickets: ScoreBig.com

With the start of the baseball season under a month away, it will be time to head back out to the ballpark for the great American pastime. But with an economy like this, and the growing expense of going to the ballpark, the best thing to do is save money on tickets. The newest site for cheap tickets is ScoreBig.com.

Unlike StubHub, on ScoreBig you are able to make an offer for how much you would like to pay for tickets, so if you feel that you only want to pay a certain amount, you can offer just that. The drawback is you can only put one offer in per price range every 24 hours, so if you put something ridiculously low then you wont be able to return and make an appropriate one for 24 hours.

What is good about it is they don't charge a service fee at all and they ship out the hard tickets, so their will be no Internet printouts (I hate those and they are easy to fake).
The one major issue I had with this is that you cant choose what exact section you want your seats. You will not know what row or section until you receive the tickets, instead what you have to choose from is what price and stadium level you want to sit on.

Currently their are just a few Yankees games listed, but the Mets, Devils,Islanders, Nets and Knicks all have tickets listed. You will need to be "invited" to join the site so if you click here, you can join.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Yanks still desperate to sell season tickets; Presale update

The "moat" at Yankee Stadium blocks the peasants
in the cheaper seats away from the few rich guys.
Once again the Yankees are having an open house to purchase season tickets. This Saturday the Yanks will once again try and peddle their expensive seats to new customers.

It is reaching how pathetic that the Bronx bombers are begging for new customers, maybe if they lowered the prices they would have to do this. One of the biggest thing I miss about the old Yankee Stadium was the affordability (or more of it at least).


Pre-sale Update:

Today a bit more info about the presale (all the original info can be had here ) all the dates listed are correct at this time, and new for this year you can get 8 tickets for premium games and 4 tickets to Opening Day. This is an increase from 4 tickets and 2 tickets from last season.

Either way, cant wait for the day that my Yankee tickets arrive at my door, it will be a sign that baseball is back.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

2011 Yankees tickets information

Snow is back on the ground but baseball season isn't far away, and that means baseball in back in the Bronx. If you would like to head the Bronx and see the bombers you can always head to Stubhub, but if you rather get your tickets ahead of time and straight from the Yankees, the day is coming soon.

According to sources the dates are as follows for bomber tickets to go on sale:
Full season ticket holders pre-sale: Monday, March 7th
Partial season ticket holders pre-sale: Tuesday March 8th
Ticket opportunity winners: Wednesday March 9th
General public: Friday March 11th

These are all tentative dates, the sales should start at either 10AM or at Noon. In 2008 Opening Day was also held on March 31st at Yankee Stadium, that year tickets went on sale on February 28th, so its a bit later this year.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

For ticket sellers it could be a wet April


The Yankees open the season at home to take on the Detroit Tigers on March 31st; those tickets are already going for steep prices, but for the 19 April home games the same can’t be said, with tickets starting for as low as $4. 

The ticket prices don't have anything to do with weather just yet, but it is startling to see the secondary market so low this early. In past seasons you would occasionally see the low resale of tickets in early April, mostly due to poor weather, but that wouldn’t happen till closer to the date of the actual game. Here are some reasons for the April swoon.
  • Not the strongest group of opponents: The Orioles have improved but nobody will ever get them confused with the 1983 Orioles that won the World Series. The Twins and White Sox are OK teams, but not teams worth freezing outside for.
  • Rain, rain go away: We all know the term “April showers bring May flowers". So does anyone want to buy tickets to these games in advance with the chance that the games could be rained out of delayed?
  • Gots to get an Edukation: Yes before you correct me I realize that is wrong. But in April school is still in session for everyone. College students begin to prepare for finals and high school students and younger must wake up early the next day for school during the week.
  • Why pay more? Why pay more from the Yankees or season ticket holders when secondary sources are already guaranteeing cheaper prices. Aside from Stubhub, the newest ticket site is ScoreBig.com, a site guaranteeing that you can buy tickets from them for less than face value.
  • Sleepy Bombers: In 2004 the Yankees were 11-10 in April, 10-14 in 2005, 13-10 in 2006, 9-14 in 2007, 14-15 in 2008 and 12-10 in 2009. So the Yankees are not a team that gets off to an impressive start. Unless you’re a Mets or Red Sox fan that’s venturing into Yankee Stadium to see the home team lose, it’s not very intriguing to the Yankee faithful to see the team lose, while suffering through a rainy, cold night.
So far on average the lowest ticket price for the 19 April games come out to $6.79, which includes weekend dates. As April gets closer and closer the ticket prices will likely continue to drop on the secondary market, but that trend should end once the weather and the team heat up.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

65th annual Old Timers Day date likely June 26th

Old timers day 2010
Although the Yankees have not yet released a promotional schedule, the best bet for the annual old timers day is June 26 against the Colorado Rockies. The game is currently slated to begin at 2:05, the same time it started in 2009 when the Yanks opened the new house with old timers day on a Sunday.

Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra
are always around on OTD.
Since the new stadium has opened the Yanks have put old timers day on a Saturday and on a Sunday. The event was always held on Saturdays at the old stadium, but once they moved to the new stadium there was some discussion it would be rotated back and forth from Saturdays and Sundays to accommodate weekend plan holders who use to have the plan in there ticket package.

Old timers day is annually held each season between late June and early August, the Yankees introduce their old players and then have the old timers play a quick two inning game for the fans, before the start of the regularly scheduled contest.

If you are interested in taking the risk on buying tickets for the annual game, ticket prices are fairly reasonable at the moment on Stubhub, but once the date is officially announced those prices are sure to go up.

Friday, February 4, 2011

2011 15 game Bleacher plans sold out

Around Christmas the Yankees began to call season ticket holders who were looking to upgrade or switch plans. At the time, us here at NYY Star and Pinstripes tried to move our mid week bleacher plan to a 15 game weekend plan. The ticket rep said that nothing was available. Flash forward to the first week of February, with spring training right around the corner, the bombers put ticket plans on sale to the public. The sale was done online, no option for bleachers were available, that meant a call for the Yankees ticket office. The rep that I got on the phone broke me the news, no bleacher plans were available for 15 game plans and higher, he said that they were sold out for the entire season and the only plans available in the bleachers were the smaller 11 and 12 game plans.
View from section 235.
This should come to no surprise since bleacher tickets are very hard to come by, they are the cheapest tickets in the stadium, have a great resale value and allow you to wander any where in the stadium, even levels of the park that you may not have tickets for.

Individual game tickets for the Yankees have not gone on sale yet, but should go on sale before the end of the month. The Yanks do still have ticket plans available but the 15 game weekend plans have very slim pickings.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Yankees season ticket invoices slowly creeping out

The fans may be fat from the Thanksgiving feast, but there wallets will soon be empty. The Yankees have begun to send out invoices for the 2011 season, but in all fairness are giving fans an affordable option to pay. The Yankees are giving fans payment options, of course they want to get the money up front but are breaking down the payments into four simple installments. The four payment will be made in 25% increments over the course of mid-December till the middle of March. At that time you will be forced to pay in full or you will no longer keep your tickets. On a side note that means that ticket upgrades wont be made until mid-March, cutting it close to the opening day date on March 31st.

That said not all fans have received the invoice in their Yankee account or in the mail. But should expect them this upcoming week.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Yankees Raise 2011 ticket prices

The cheapest non obstructed seat at Yankee Stadium will now be $15. With the poor economy, many teams are cutting ticket prices but the Yankees are not. Today it was announced that the Yankees will increase six categories, including the bleachers, main level and field level. It was first reported on the LoHud blog here , but then Lonn Trost confirmed it on Mike'D up. Trost claimed that the reason the Yankees increased the prices is because they studied the secondary market and realized many of the seats were being sold for an increase. The entire Trost interview can be heard here.  The Yankees have already changed the prices on the its website seating chart.

I will say that I still plan to renew my seats, and will actually attempt to upgrade my seats to a weekend plan. But it stinks that the Yanks have upped the bleacher seats, although the price is still fair and a great deal. I am befuddled as to why the Yanks would ever increase the seats on the lower level, as it is already the seats are empty and I don't care that Trost attempts to tell me that the seats have been sold, I don't believe that. I do believe that many fans do walk around and get out of their seats.

I will continue to follow the situation throughout the off season, and update my site as soon as any other ticket news it out.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

World Series Ticket Pre-sale = Epic Fail

Earlier today the Yankees announced that season ticket plan holders had a pre-sale to buy World Series tickets. The problem was not many holders were able to get tickets.

From reading around on different Yankees message boards not many fans had success today finding tickets. I know personally that I went on at 1pm and tried for Grandstand in game 5, and got nothing. At the same time I was on another computer and tried game 3, best available, and got nothing. This was a similar trend for many others who logged on right away and came away empty handed.

The very few fans who were able to score tickets to games 3-5 at Yankee Stadium, got either very expensive field level seats, or seats in the wings of the grandstand. Some didn't even bother searching for pairs or tickets and went straight for single seats.

Of course they're are all different reasons why less fans got seats. One is that Fox and MLB take many tickets away for personal use, add that in with a smaller stadium, and your going to get less supply. The Yankees also guarantee seats for all fans who have full season and 41 game plans for every game throughout the postseason. The Yankees also have tons of fans (and scalpers) who have partial plans, so if 15,000 fans are all trying for a limited supply of tickets, its going to be tough. It also doesn't help that since the American League lost the all star game, there will be one less home game.

The public sale for World Series tickets will be Monday, don't expect much, but its always worth a shot to try.