I’ve been living in Boston, just a few miles from Fenway since September ‘06. In that time I’ve never tried to get to a game, but this morning I was determined to get tickets to opening day and a couple more games.

I spent this Saturday morning for 2 hours in virtual waiting rooms, trying to get tickets. Every 30 seconds you “might” get a chance to tickets - if there are even any left.

I have some advantages in the whole process because I’m a geek.

4 computers, 4 different IP addresses, 9 browsers under my control.

That makes 9 browsers X 2 requests/min X 120 minutes = 2160 opportunities to get tickets.

I’m a shoe-in right? Wrong. I got in once. I was excited for my Opening Day chances. 4 tickets, best available (and all section iterations) - NOPE, 3 tickets, best available - NOPE, 2 - NOPE, 1 - YAY! Wait a minute, how useful is 1 ticket? I bought it on principle. I’ll be at a Red Sox game in ‘08. By myself. Go Sox.

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