Red Sox fans have it good when it comes to the hometown team, but it's not always easy.
On one hand, the team has delivered two World Series titles in four seasons, and we're looking awfully good as we prepare for the 2008 season. But on the other, tickets to see the Sox play at Fenway Park are the hardest in MLB to acquire and they come with the biggest price tags. And while Bostonist was happy to see the reports on Saturday about the joy brought from the now-annual Christmas At Fenway festivities, we couldn't help but feel awfully grinchy.
That's what 13 hours of the Virtual Waiting Room will do to you, especially when you don't end the process with any tickets to justify the frustration.* The oft-maligned online ticket purchasing device screwed this Bostonist over big time, and we're wondering how many other hopeful ticket buyers were feeling a similar sting.
We know there are people out there: the message boards over at Boston.com were full of people posting throughout the day. We also know that scalpers got their hands on the goods and have already posted Sox Pack tickets on eBay (surprise, surprise!).
So we ask you: how did the process go? Did you get tickets? How long did you stare at that 30-second ticker? What did you do to pass the time - any clever discoveries (such as the Sox Pack design referenced at Cursed To First)? Are you starting to wonder about whether Theo and Company have blocked your IP address? Or were you in and out in no time?
Leave your thoughts on the VWR and any anecdotes from Saturday in the comments. We're here for you. We feel your pain. Let's all heal together.
*No, we did not stare at the computer for 13 hours straight. But we did leave the window open to see whether it was going to work out or not. And it didn't.
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