The Milwaukee Braves won the World Series in 1957, nine years after Cleveland's most recent win. I don't mean this against Brewers fans in any way, as they've still suffered long enough as well, but the networks have really pushed "two of these teams have never won a World Series" without giving due acknowledgement to the longer drought for Cleveland fans.
Today is what my dad would’ve called a FF. Fucking fiasco. Me and my brother drove 8 hours from Virginia for this game, really thought it might be played with how the grounds crew was moving there for a minute, then we learn our tickets are are good for Sunday’s game. What?! That doesn’t make any sense to me if you bought a game 4 ticket you should get to go to game 4. Whatever bought tickets to tomorrow’s game, we’re not fucking leaving. Go Guards.
I'm disgusted with the ticket prices MLB has rolled out if the Guardians make the World Series. How do they expect regular people to afford to go when the cheapest ticket just to get in the building is $999?
This isn't inflation. This is greed, and it's honestly sad.
In 2016, I bought a Terrace Club ticket at face value for $275, and that even included a buffet until around the 5th inning. Yes, 2016 was 10 years ago, but the math isn't mathing. That same $275 adjusted for inflation would be around $380 today. So how did we get to $999 just to get in the building? None of it makes sense.
I know it's professional sports, and I've already had people tell me, "These games were never intended for regular people," or "MLB doesn't care about regular fans being at these games."
And if that's really the case, and this is how these leagues and organizations are going to operate, then maybe I need to rethink how I support them.
People are struggling. I know how much Cleveland loves this baseball team and how special the opportunity to see them win a World Series would be to so many people. We're talking about generations of fans who have supported this team through everything, and now many of them are being priced out of what could be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
To me, that's a slap in the face and another level of disrespect.
I'm not saying tickets should be free. I'm not even saying they should be cheap. I'm saying be fair. There's a difference between charging a premium for a major sporting event and squeezing every possible dollar out of loyal fans.
The people of Cleveland have helped fund this ballpark and supported this franchise for decades. These organizations love to talk about community, loyalty, and the fans, but where is that same loyalty when it comes time to give those fans a chance to be part of something special?
You can make money without being greedy. And you can celebrate a city's loyalty without pricing that same city out of the experience.
Granted this was 2016, and I understand the ticket prices go up, but I was able to sit in section 551 of the 2016 World Series and paid approximately $350 for the ticket. Four of us went together and got all four tickets for about $1400. I got the email for pre-sale World Series tickets holy crap are they expensive? One bleacher seat is almost $1000. How the heck is anyone supposed to be able to afford these?
This is probably known by this point, but I was full on changing plans to go on Sunday (with original Saturday tickets). So just incase someone missed it. Go Gaurds!
