Yankee Tickets and Bleacher Creatures

I tried to buy Yankee tickets yesterday when they went on sale to the general public but didn’t have any luck getting any reasonably priced tickets for their premium games such as games against the Red Sox, Mets and Phillies. I look for seats in the bleachers first and those seems to be gone immediately due to the inexpensive price of bleacher tickets ($14 per ticket and by the way, didn’t Yankee tickets used to go on sale in January? Why so late the last two years?). It’s my personal preference to sit in the bleachers over any other section of the stadium. Although the bleacher sections don’t have the same “spark” to them as they did in the old stadium, they still can get wild from time to time, especially during big games.

For most games, tickets are available for seating that can run you over $300 per ticket. Instead of spending $600 on two seats for a regular season game, I can put that money toward playoff tickets from a secondary ticket broker.

Recently, I’m starting to rely on secondary brokers more often. Last season, I bought Yankees vs. Red Sox tickets in the bleachers for August (the four game sweep series) at Barry’s Tickets for $45 each. Then, I bought bleacher tickets for Game 2 of the ALCS against the Angels (a 13 inning Yankees win) for $65 each the day before the game and just printed the tickets out online. 

Why do I enjoy the bleachers so much? I first got a taste of the bleachers at Game 3 of the 1999 World Series. I sat in section 39, home of the Bleacher Creatures. I was 13 years old and I loved the atmosphere. It could have been because of the game (Chad Curtis won it with a solo home run in the 10th inning over Atlanta), but to this day, I’d argue there’s no better place to watch a Yankees game from than the bleachers, specifically the right field bleachers. Why else do I love the bleachers so much? Because of Bald Vinny and role call, Rick Flair, the late inning songs, the YMCA remix, the chants and plenty more that I can’t say in order to keep this blog clean. I’m barely scratching the surface. 

Unless I am given free tickets, you’ll find me in the bleachers. Even then, I’ll try to scalp those tickets and buy some bleacher tickets the day of the game.