I haven't blogged in a few weeks because really I have had nothing come to mind to blog on, plus Admissions has been extremely busy as we made our way to the fall semester, however, something made me upset today and I had to get it out of my system.

Everyone that knows me or has ever been to my office, knows what a baseball fan I am.  And I am not one of those baseball band wagon fans that just became a fan last year when the Tigers started doing well and went out and bought a pink Tiger hat.  No way, I'm not that girl.  I have been a fan since I can remember.  I was at Tiger Stadium for game 5 in 1984 to see Alan Trammell and the Tigers win the World Series and I was at Comerica Park when the Tigers came dangerously close to breaking the record for the most losses in a season in 2003 with 119 losses.  I haven't missed an opening day since I was six.  And every spring I watch game 5 of the 1984 World Series on DVD to get pumped up for the season.  I cried in 2005 when the Tigers fired Alan Trammell and cried again last fall when the Tigers lost the World Series.  I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried either, after all, baseball is my passion, and sometimes your passion gets you worked up right?  One thing is for sure, I'm no band wagon fan.

So the other day when I was going through my mail I noticed I had a letter from the Detroit Tigers.  I was so excited like a little kid at Christmas.  I knew it was my letter for playoff tickets.  Since I'm a season ticket holder, I get the chance to purchase tickets for all three rounds of playoffs.  I tear open my letter to see where my seats are.  Since I'm not a full season ticket holder, I don't get to sit where I normally sit.  My season tickets are right on third baseline, 17 rows up.  They are a little more money, but worth it.  Now like I said, I don't have a full package, so I know I won't be sitting in my usual seats, I will probably be over a section, just like I was for opening day.  I open the letter and I can't believe what I'm seeing, I'm positive it's a misprint.  Section 325...what in the world?  This can't be right.  My section is 139.  I can't sit in 325.  I have never sit in upper deck in my entire life.  I am positive this is a misprint, it must be 125 or something.  So I call the Detroit Tigers sales office to find out what is going on.  The guy on the phone tells me that this isn't a misprint, and my seats are in 325.  How can this be?  And here is what I did not know and I'm sure what a lot of fans didn't know.  Major League Baseball (MLB) comes in and takes HALF the tickets in Comerica Park which holds roughly 43,000.  So they take over 20,000 tickets and give them away to important people, like if a celeberity wants to go to the game, they get a ticket, or a big wig at GM wants to go, they get a ticket.  I am so mad, I can't even speak.  I paid $1400 in season tickets and now another $750 in playoff tickets to sit in the upper deck, while some who doesn't even care about the Tigers is sitting in my nice close seat??  Why can't MLB take the tickets in the upper deck for crying out loud?  Why can't they sit their important people up there.  That's just not how it's done I was told.  So here is how I see it.  The fans, who support their team by buying the tickets are getting the shaft.  Basically they are telling me that they don't care about their fans.  We are not important enough to sit in the good seats.  I sure do give the guy an earfull on the phone.  I know he doesn't care, but it makes me feel a little better.

I have to admit, I do get worked up rather easy about things I care about, like this.  I'm a lot like my dad.  I call him "angry old man."  He's turning into one of those old men who get worked up about everything.  Then he starts banning places.  We can't shop at Target, eat at Red Lobster, subscribe to the Bay City Times newspaper, buy a vehicle made by Chevy, stay at a Holiday Inn...you get the idea.  At one time or another, somebody did something from one of these places that made my dad mad, and he called and complained.  So maybe I'm a lot like him.  But I honestly think I have a valid point here.  What do you think?  I am turning into Dick Bishop Jr. or would you be mad too?

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 9:54:33 PM (Atlantic Standard Time, UTC-04:00)    Comments [3] |