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Tickets: Bleachers, I believe ... we have to wait till the tix come in for exact info.
Ticket price: $25 ($23.10 cost, plus $1 Sox surcharge, plus money for postage and envelopes)
Dates: Sunday, June 5 vs. Anaheim OR Saturday, Sept. 17 vs. Oakland
Proximity: We couldn't get them all together, but they ARE all near each other.
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I'll be home for a visit in July and the TB series (exciting huh?) of 7/18-20 would be good for me.

I am in!

I will be out of the country the week of the All Star game, but since the first series after that is against the Yankees, I don't imagine that the outing would be that weekend anyway.

I don't care when the game is, I definitely want in.

Oh, I want to go!!!!

But realistically the only time I could make it would be a weekend game.

Count me in!

All I ask is that you try to pick a game that will not be interupted by terrential downpours.

Thanks

EDIT: Also, a game during the actual summer would be nice, i.e. not during April or September, that way college kids that go to school ouot of state will be able to attend.

I'm definitely in! Anytime, day or night, weekday or weekend.

I'd like to make this outing since I couldn't go last year. When more infro is out I'll know for sure, but I'm definitely interested.... and I'm 21 now so I can be the drunken fool this year, and give MALC a break.

I know it's a tall order, but a weekend game would really help those of us in the, well, RSN diaspora, for whom a trip to Fenway requires travel plans.

Might be interested. Depends on when the game is (I'd prefer an evening or weekend game).

Count me and the Mrs. in.

MALC, Regarding your PM, I don't think I will be able to make the pre-game gathering at the "RamRod". I'd rather play some pool or something

Cool. I'll have to stay away from all those weekday games during the daytime.

hey! there are a couple. Just covering my bases.

If FF is going to be there, even if it's a weekday game, I'm in. I HAVE to meet this woman

I am DEFINATELY IN. Now that I live in Boston, I will be readily available to meet my fellow RSNers...

That being said, I am hoping it is def going to be a weekday game as most of my weekends are already spoken for this summer which sucks major ass.... Always a groomsman, never a groom...

I would consider a trip up if it were in June or July if I could get four tickets for the family, as the wife and kids have never been to the Fens. But, please not if it is Tampa Bay, I can get tickets down here to see them easily.

I'll actually go this time and not back out on the last minute (assuming that we can actually bring people this time), but put me in the 'Weekend game' camp. I think it'd be cool if he could make an entire day out of the ordeal, instead of people having to screw out right after to catch a train or leave early because of work the next morning. That way we can hang around, get drunk, and watch MALC crash and burn while he tries to hit on FINY.

I can probably squeeze a trip to Boston in. Depends on when. Last week in April/first week in May would be perfect. My husband is going to Norway for two weeks and I'll be footloose and fancy free !!!!

GLoRSN unite! Oh that would be way too much to hope for to get us all together for one game!

As a weekend is most likely not gonna happen (It should be our first choice), I'd prefer to do something closer to the weekends. I.E. avoid the Wednesday smack in the middle of the week syndrome. It would make it more likely that I can get up there for the game if it's a Monday game or something like that.

Okay, I'm in too. Ghost, what about you?

P.S. Is that you and your better half in your avatar?

During the week or Sundays work best for me during the season. Earlier in the week is always better, but I could always drop some pill in my husband's coffee and get away for a Thursday game. Can't do it too many times or he might catch on!

I'm in the weekend boat too. I'd love to fly up for the day, take in a game and some serious with you guys, and put some faces with these names.

Count me in! I agree with ED in that I would prefer a during the week game that is closer to the weekend. Thursday might be ideal, so I'll have an excuse to take Friday off!!

I'll be there with you all in spirit.

I'd like to go this year, prefer weekends but open to anything.

I prefer group sales but you can use stubhub for large groups of bleacher seats and it isn't horrible. I took my son, nine of his friends and the eight dads to a game for his birthday last year. I got 19 bleacher seats together on two rows for $75 a pop to the Saturday September 25th game against the Yankees. I bought them in June I think and given it was the MFY I tought it was a decent deal evan though face value was $12 or $18.

I think most weekend games in the bleachers are $40-60 a pop for teams other than the Yankees and you can get up to 25 together.

A couple things:

1.) There is almost zero chance that we will score a weekend game. Last year, they told us what we had available, and it was almost all April stuff. We took the only offer we had for a non-April series, and it was a Wednesday in June.

2.) TLB, if you want to bring your boyz, just PM me and tell me how many tix you want reserved. If we have firm commitments from people on how many tickets (I know this is tough without the date in hand), then we will know how many tickets to buy. If we have 71 firm commitments, we'll buy 100 tickets and make it work. If we have 11 firm commitments, then how can we go out on the limb and buy 100 tickets or even 50? It's a tough thing to navigate when we don't have the upfront cash to just buy first and ask questions later.

3.) Please try and keep this thread devoid of one-line sexual innuendo. At the end of this, I have to go through the whole mess and try and get a consensus, and it makes my task 1,000 times harder if I have to wade through 60 chatty sex puns.

Thanks.

If you pick a game in September, I might be in. If you pick one of the TB series in July, I am definitely in and may be able to get some more folks in too.

Me, miss a chance to hang out with my fellow RSN.NETers....NEVER (especially if we can get FiNY to come)....Besides, I have to meet the infamous MALC among others that never showed to any of our Boston outings at the end of last year....

Count me in. Any game, any day. Living within 5 minutes of Fenway has its benefits.

Bump.

Looks like we're going to try and get 50 tickets to a game in June and 50 to a game in September. They go on sale Jan. 18th. As soon as we know what we got, I'll put the info and the Paypal Link up here.

We're going to try for a weekend day, but we have to take what we get. We heard a rumor a few weeks ago that they weren't even going to sell groups because they had sold so many non-group tickets up front.

EDIT:

Final details and a payment link (below as both a link and a clickable "donate" image) are in:

Tickets: Bleachers, I believe ... we have to wait till the tix come in for exact info.
Ticket price: $25 ($23.10 cost, plus $1 Sox surcharge, plus money for postage and envelopes)
Dates: Sunday, June 5 vs. Anaheim OR Saturday, Sept. 17 vs. Oakland
Proximity: We couldn't get them all together, but they ARE all near each other.
Special Instructions: Please please please put your RSN.Net screen name and which game you want to buy tickets for along with real name and address in the "screen name/real name/address" box when you pay via PayPal (it's below the financial info).
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According to the letter from the red sox in regards to the pre-sale group package opportunity starting this week for all people who bought group tickets last year the following weekend games are available (All other home games except Yankee ones are also available)

Fri, Sat, Sun

4/15 - 4/17 TB
5/6 - 5/8 Sea
5/20 - 5/22 Atl
6/3 - 6/5 Ana
6/17 - 6/19 Pit
7/1 - 7/3 Tor
7/29 - 7/31 Min
8/12 - 8/14 CWS
8/26 - 8/28 Det
9/2 - 9/4 Bal
9/16 - 9/18 Oak

There's also the Mon 4/18 game against Toronto at 11am, Marathon Day to think about.

The Patriot's Day game is one of the hottest tickets in town. That might be worth thinking about.

I like the idea of Pittsburgh in June.

Oakland in September would be appealing, too.

In a vacuum, I love the idea of the Patriots Day game. But most of the people interested in a Rooters Outing won't be able to do that one. So I think it's not viable for an outing.

Personally, though, that'd be a great one to go to, despite the gridlock that usually engulfs the city.

I was actually thinking about coming up the last week of April myself.

Put me down for four in June. It would be so sweet if it was the LAA of A. But the Pirates wouldn't be bad either since my wife is from Pennsylvania. Of course we will see them in Fort Myers, but a rematch during the summer at the Fens would be good too.

Let me know what happens. If you need a couple of other tickets sold for the game I have friends and relatives in Mass that would probably like to go too.

I should be able to make it up for a weekend game, and would need to buy anywhere between 1 and 3 tickets.

Count me in...week nights, weekends, whenever.

I wouldn't be able to do a June trip up since we're going to Sox/Cubs the first week in June. September is better for me. 1 ticket.

If we are doing a weekend game, I am in for sure. Put me in for 2 tickets. If it is a weekday, it will depend on what day, and if I can get the time off of work.

Saturday June 18th would be perfect, I already have tickets to that game

I am in any game 1 ticket

You know what? screw it, I'm in, weekday, weekend, whatever. I'll take a personal day or something. I've only been to one game at Fenway in the last two years, I HAVE to do better than that.

We have secured 50 tickets to the Anaheim game on Sunday June 5, and 50 tickets to the Saturday Sept. 17 game of the Oakland series.

I just wanted to get that out there ... I won't be able to put out formal info and a link to pay until later, but we need the money in the next two or three weeks.

The Pittsburgh series was completely sold out by the time we got through.

So we'll keep this thread open for the Supporters for a few days, then open it up to the rest of the board. If there are folks who are not Supporters and you want to give them a heads up (I'm thinking of the Chat Leper Society here), shoot them a PM.

This is all first-come, first-serve.

I will post a formal message with payment info later on today.

-MALC

EDIT: Made a typo. The Oakland game is Sept. 17, not Sept. 7!

Wow, Malc, TWO weekend games?! Well done!!!!!

yay. oh so excited.

I am absolutely in. I'll take 1 ticket for each game please!

I'm in for both as well...

Kim, you better not fag out...

I'm in for the Anaheim for 1 ticket, but I have to check about the September game because I might already have tickets for that one so put me down for a possible until I get home to check my calendar.

EXCUSE ME?!?!?!?!

Oh, do not even start with me bud. Because once I come to these games, you STILL owe me a trip to NYC.

I'll be there. There's no question.

SAT SEP 7 please .... I will be in Alaska for the other date, well on a cruise in Alaska anyhow ...

I will take 2 tickets, but 1 would be OK, if there are not enough.

PS - Good job getting weekend games MALC!

Am I missing something ??? I'm seeing on my calendar that Sept. 7th is a Wed.

I'm on for the Sept. game whatever day it is.