Roy Halladay throws a perfect game

[legaleagle92481]

It is the Marlins there were probably plenty of unsold tickets that they can sell regardless of what the announced attendance was. If they were not originals what are they worth? IMO not very much. Are they selling baseballs also?

[Jayworld]

According to ESPN this morning, the Marlins will be selling the unused tickets from the perfect game at face value price. Evidently the White Sox have done this previously, according to ESPN, and according to the opinions on the network, most thought this was a good idea in our free-market society. In their opinion, it allows just about everyone that wants to buy a ticket a piece of history, so-to-speak.

It does bring up an interesting question, though. Would this be carried out further, one could buy tickets to any past historical games, such as Bobby Thompson's "shot heard 'round the world" at the Polo Grounds in 1951, or Denny McClain's no hitters, or "you name it."

Interesting topic, though.

[cjclong]

Interesting point, although I doubt if there are any unused tickets to Bobby Thompson's "shot heard round the world" or any other games from ten, twenty, thirty or more years ago. The tickets would probably have to be creations rather than unsold tickets.

[CampWest]

MIAMI -- Here's a chance to buy tickets to a guaranteed perfect game -- the one Roy Halladay already threw.
The Florida Marlins will begin selling on Tuesday unused tickets to the game in which the Philadelphia Phillies ace pitched the 20th perfect game in major league history, a 1-0 victory over the Marlins on Saturday.
All tickets will be regularly priced at "face value" and on sale both online and through the Marlins' box office.
Paid attendance that night was about 25,000, a relatively large crowd for a Marlins' home game. By comparison, Florida drew a paid crowd of 10,115 -- its smallest of the season -- for Monday's game against Milwaukee.

Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press

[legaleagle92481]

According to ESPN this morning, the Marlins will be selling the unused tickets from the perfect game at face value price. Evidently the White Sox have done this previously, according to ESPN, and according to the opinions on the network, most thought this was a good idea in our free-market society. In their opinion, it allows just about everyone that wants to buy a ticket a piece of history, so-to-speak.

It does bring up an interesting question, though. Would this be carried out further, one could buy tickets to any past historical games, such as Bobby Thompson's "shot heard 'round the world" at the Polo Grounds in 1951, or Denny McClain's no hitters, or "you name it."

Interesting topic, though.

i dont understand the whole face value thing. i have never been to that stadium but aren't the tickets vastly different prices like other stadiums? so in that case for a game that is past one ticket goes for 20 and another goes for 200. which sounds odd.