The 2008 World Series Champions Philadelphia Phillies will put tickets to their 2009 games at Citizens Bank Park onsale to the general public beginning Febraury 19th. The Phillies are holding special lotteries for Opening Night, Mets and Red Sox tickets.
Tickets for regular season games for the Chicago White Sox (the President’s favorite team) and the Houston Astros go on sale this weekend.
The Chicago Cubs have announced that tickets to their 2009 games will go on sale starting February 20.
The Boston Red Sox will put tickets for their entire 2009 home schedule on sale to fans on Saturday, January 24th. This is the best opportunity for Red Sox fans to purchase tickets for highly sought after ducats for games against the Yankees, Mets and other interleague games.
The New York Yankees will pu 2009 spring training tickets for Legend’s Field on sale to the general public on January 9th. The New York Mets have select regular season ticket packages onsale January 9th. The Baltimore Orioles have announced that regular season tickets for 2009 will go on sale next week including the home opener versus the New York Yankees.
The New York Yankees have announced a special ticket promotion for its New Yankee Stadium. The Yankees will open their new ballpark with an exhibition series versus the National League’s Chicago Cubs April 3rd and 4th with a special 25 cent bleacher seat promotion. The 25 cent bleacher seat will match the bleacher price of seats when the Yankees opening the original Yankee Stadium in 1923. Yankees season ticket holders will be able to recieve the 25 cent bleacher seats for free with any remaining bleacher going on sale on a date to be announced.
The Philadelphia Phillies are one win away from their second ever World Series Championship, their only series win coming in 1980. The Phillies lead the Tampa Bay Rays three games to one.
Philadelphia has not had a professional sports team win its league title since the Philadelphia 76′ers swept the Los Angeles Lakers in 1983.
Game Five is scheduled for tonight at Citizen’s Bank Park with Cole Hamels pitching for the Phillies and this Game Five is a very hot ticket as fans look to be part of baseball, World Series and Philadelphia history.
If the Tampa Bay Rays can start hitting and find a way to defeat the Phillies and their ace, the Rays will force Game Six back at Tropicana Field.
The 2008 Major League Baseball season is not even over yet, but the St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they are raising 2009 ticket prices for their season ticket holders. The Cardinals decided not to raise prices on 70% of New Busch Stadium citing the recent economic news. On average, 2009 Cardinals season ticket prices will rise 1.6%. The Cardinals will play host to the MLB All-Star Game in July 2009.
The Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies will play each other in the World Series which begins Wednesday at Tropicana Field. Even with a historic comeback in Game 5 and a Game 6 win, the ghosts were not with the Boston Red Sox tonight. Tampa Bay outdueled the Red Sox 3-1 to win Game 7 and the 2008 ALCS and become American League Champions. This will be Tampa Bay’s first trip to the World Series and has been Tampa’s first trip to the postseason after ten years of futility. The Rays may believe they can do anything now that they have disposed of the defending world champions in a grueling seven game series. There are a lot of great young players on both the Phillies and the Devil Rays and it should be a great and evenly matched World Series.
The Boston Red Sox forced Game 7 of the ALCS by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 and trying up the ALCS 3-3. Josh Beckett pitched a solid five innings for the Red Sox. Kevin Youkilis and Jason Varitek hit key home runs for the Sox. Just a few short days ago, the Rays were seven outs away from the World Series with a 7-0 lead over the Red Sox. Now, game 7 will be held Sunday and the winner will go to the World Series. The Red Sox are 9-0 under Francona with elimination on the line in the Championship Series.
Unless something drastic occurs, the 2008 World Series match-up will feature the Philadelphia Phillies versus the Tampa Bay Rays. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays each have a three game to one lead in their respective League Championship Series. With a win tonight over the LA Dodgers, the Phillies will advance to their first World Series since 1993. The Phillies have only won one previous World Series in 1980. Win a win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays can advance to their first World Series ever. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays finished the 2007 season with the worst record in the American League.
