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Hot tickets for Ortiz appearance make Sea Dogs staff big hit
by Outspoken on Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:33 am
Hot tickets for Ortiz appearance make Sea Dogs staff big hit
Would-be buyers have tried all angles since the games in which Big Papi will play sold out.
By KEVIN THOMAS
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
Portland Sea Dogs employees discovered a new level of popularity this past week.
High school classmates, old friends and friends of friends have been calling and e-mailing after years of no contact.
First come a few words of small talk, then the question: "Can you get me tickets?"
The answer is always the same.
No.
Hadlock Field, home to the Sea Dogs baseball team, will be sold out today, Tuesday and Wednesday because of one player.
David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox slugger otherwise known as Big Papi, will bring his powerful swing and engaging smile to Hadlock Field for three games.
Ortiz is coming on a rehabilitation assignment. He has been on the Red Sox disabled list with an injured wrist – a torn tendon sheath – and began playing games on Thursday for the Red Sox Triple-A minor league team in Pawtucket, R.I.
Now he is set to play three games for Portland, the Red Sox Double-A team, before rejoining the Boston Red Sox on Friday.
After word of Ortiz's visit reached the media on July 13, the Sea Dogs sold more than 7,000 tickets online for the three games.
Hadlock's capacity is 7,368, so only hundreds of tickets remained. They were bought up quickly when the ticket office opened on Monday.
After that, the search for tickets intensified.
Tickets have been put on eBay with bids as high as $300 for four tickets, which would normally cost $36.
Other people are looking for contacts, including those who work for the Sea Dogs.
"I've had easily over 100 people calling me," said Chris Cameron, assistant general manager/media relations, "including a former teacher of mine."
Some call with bribes. Todd Jamison, director of video operations, was offered the use of a cabin if he could come up with tickets.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=200604&ac=PHnws
The Associated Press
Would-be buyers have tried all angles since the games in which Big Papi will play sold out.
By KEVIN THOMAS
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
Portland Sea Dogs employees discovered a new level of popularity this past week.
High school classmates, old friends and friends of friends have been calling and e-mailing after years of no contact.
First come a few words of small talk, then the question: "Can you get me tickets?"
The answer is always the same.
No.
Hadlock Field, home to the Sea Dogs baseball team, will be sold out today, Tuesday and Wednesday because of one player.
David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox slugger otherwise known as Big Papi, will bring his powerful swing and engaging smile to Hadlock Field for three games.
Ortiz is coming on a rehabilitation assignment. He has been on the Red Sox disabled list with an injured wrist – a torn tendon sheath – and began playing games on Thursday for the Red Sox Triple-A minor league team in Pawtucket, R.I.
Now he is set to play three games for Portland, the Red Sox Double-A team, before rejoining the Boston Red Sox on Friday.
After word of Ortiz's visit reached the media on July 13, the Sea Dogs sold more than 7,000 tickets online for the three games.
Hadlock's capacity is 7,368, so only hundreds of tickets remained. They were bought up quickly when the ticket office opened on Monday.
After that, the search for tickets intensified.
Tickets have been put on eBay with bids as high as $300 for four tickets, which would normally cost $36.
Other people are looking for contacts, including those who work for the Sea Dogs.
"I've had easily over 100 people calling me," said Chris Cameron, assistant general manager/media relations, "including a former teacher of mine."
Some call with bribes. Todd Jamison, director of video operations, was offered the use of a cabin if he could come up with tickets.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=200604&ac=PHnws
The Associated Press
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