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The 2011 MLB regular season has officially begun, and that means a Red Sox – Yankees matchup can only be days away.

The Boston Red Sox play their first home game of the season this Friday against the New York Yankees. There is plenty to be said about the historic rivalry, but baseball fans from around the country will be interested to see how the new, expensive lineup of the Sox matches up against the Yankees who made very few off-season moves.

Red Sox tickets are some of the most in demand in the country, and when the New York Yankees come to town, they are even harder to find. Check below for some of the best value Red Sox – Yankees tickets this weekend.

• The average ticket prices to this weekend’s Red Sox – Yankees games are $301 on Friday, $207 on Saturday, and $150 on Sunday.
• Last year’s home opener for the Sox, which was against the Yankees as well, had an average ticket price of $393. That’s a 23% drop of average price on the ticket market from 2010 to 2011. Last year’s initial match was also MLB Opening Day so demand was naturally a bit higher.
• This year, the overall average price for all 81 games at Fenway is $138. In 2010, the overall average price (as of April 5) was $133.

Best Deals for the Yankees @ Red Sox Series (4/8 – 4/10):

Yankees @ Red Sox, Friday April 8

• Grab tickets in the Infield Grandstand section 22 for only $149. That is 46% off the average price of similar tickets in this area.
• The Green Monster is one of the most iconic images in baseball: sit on top of it for only $295 this Friday. Green Monster tickets can be found for 67% off the average price right now at FanSnap.

Yankees @ Red Sox, Saturday April 9

• Sit in Field Box 72 for $138: these tickets are going for 69% below the average ticket price.
• The Green Monster is calling again: get one of the best seats in Fenway for only $169.

Yankees @ Red Sox, Sunday April 10

• The last of the series, this Sunday’s game could be the series decider. Find great tickets in Field Box 82 for 52% off the average price of $308. That’s right, a ticket in this section can be found for $145.
• Tickets in Dugout Box 14 will get you up and close to the action, and these tickets are going for $439 right now.

Spring training is well underway, and for the next month, baseball fans can get a preview of what their teams may look like come the regular season. It’s the last chance to have those arm-chair debates about who might be better this season, or what teams may be “this year’s” San Francisco Giants, as come April, its time to play ball.

Opening Day is officially  March 31 this year, with the first two official games are scheduled as the Atlanta Braves at the Washington Nationals and the Detroit Tigers at the New York Yankees. By the end of the day on April 1st, every team in the league will have played a regular season game (or two).

If our Spring Training Ticket Preview is any indication of what ticket prices may do on Opening Day, we would expect to see Philadelphia Phillies tickets, Boston Red Sox tickets, and New York Yankees tickets in the highest demand. Check out the Hottest Opening Day tickets, according to their average price, below.

MLB Opening Day Tickets: Thursday March 31st

1. San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers: $185
2. San Diego Padres @ St. Louis Cardinals: $175
3. Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees: $173
4. Milwaukee Brewers @ Cincinnati Reds: $171
5. Los Angeles Angles @ Kansas City Royals: $111
6. Atlanta Braves @ Washington Nationals: $60

It is a strange day indeed when New York Yankees tickets are not among the hottest in the league. Perhaps this is a product of the growing skepticism around the team and the holes in their pitching staff.

No surprise to see the World Series Champion San Francisco Giants at the top; tickets to their opening away game in LA are averaging $10 more than Padres-Cardinals tickets.

MLB Home Openers: Average Ticket Prices (more…)

As the All-Star break approaches — the long MLB season’s half-time equivalent — here at FanSnap we’re taking a look at each team’s success based on… ticket demand of course. FanSnap is the most comprehensive ticket search engine in the U.S., displaying ticket data from every major ticket marketplace and every major ticket broker who sells direct online. Of the 60+ most trusted ticket sites online that FanSnap searches, we created the “Fansnap 60 Index.” FanSnap Tickets Reports are based on data gathered from the FanSnap 60.

The Boston Red Sox started the season with the highest ticket demand. Even with a start that wasn’t what Boston fans hoped for, ticket demand has remained strong. The fact that ticket prices have remained stable throughout the first half of the season at Fenway speaks to both the die-hard attitudes of Sox fans, the relatively small capacity of Fenway, as well as as fans willingness to endure rough spots during the season (at one point during the season they were more than 10 games back).

In Minnesota, there is a very different story. Twins fans appear more and more interested in the home team, considering the increase in prices from the beginning of the season to current prices ($72-$97). The $25 dollar increase is largest increase in the MLB. Twins fans are becoming believers. In the A.L., The Yankees and Jays are also seeing demand increase. Conversely, the Mariners, Orioles and Angles have seen softening demand as the season has progressed.

In the N.L., Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros fans were very excited to begin the season, but the last few months of sub .500 baseball are reflected in the overall drop in ticket demand. Perhaps most surprising is the lack of enthusiasm in L.A. for the Dodgers. The Dodgers nearly made the World Series last season had it not been for the Phillies. This year, the ticket demand for the Dodgers is among the lowest in the MLB. The Phils have the highest ticket demand in the N.L. It’s ebbed slightly since the beginning of the year. Even with the huge fan buzz around Stephen Strasburg joining the Nats a few weeks ago, ticket prices on average have gone down a bit for the Nats as the season has gone on — even as ticket prices for Strasburg starts have given lift to the overall average Nats ticket demand.

Examining market price averages is one useful way to examine the market trends and help quantify relative fan demand for events. It is important to note, however, that FanSnap regularly finds market prices for comparable tickets varying by 25%, 40%, 60% or more at any given time. Also, all market prices quoted include both the ticket price and the commission charged by the ticket site, so fans can compare tickets from several sites all at once, ‘apples to apples.’

We also looked at average ticket price for a team at an out-of-town ballpark.  From this number, we can show which team in the American League and the National League has had the largest impact nationally.  Essentially telling us how much excitement an away team brings to a select number of venues.

The two “hottest” away teams — by far — to go see are the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. The average away ticket prices are $95 dollars for Yankees tickets, and $80 dollars for Red Sox tickets. After the Red Sox and Yankees come the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at $57 dollars and the Minnesota Twins at $56 dollars. The Cleveland Indians generate the smallest average ticket price when on the road, averaging about $37 dollars.

It is clear from the average ticket prices that the front runner in the NL is Philadelphia Phillies tickets at $56.92 and then St. Louis Cardinals $54.18.  The lowest average ticket price on the road is Cincinnati Reds tickets at $29 followed by Florida Marlins tickets at just over $31.

When comparing the American and National League over average away ticket prices, A.L. teams drew an average price of $52 dollar compared to the N.L. average of $42.90 dollars. This is not incredibly surprising, considering the fact that teams in the A.L. are usually the bigger market teams that command higher ticket prices.

For All Star Game tickets, Home Run Derby tickets, and tickets to the second half of the MLB season, be sure to check out Fansnap for any and all games throughout the rest of the year.

Rookie Stephen Strasburg will look to improve to 3-0 today against the Kansas City Royals. If he strikes out as many as he has in his last three starts (14, 8, and 10 K’s) Strasburg will stir up even more talk about the possibility of him being voted into the All Star game this July. He is that good. And this Wednesday, Nationals Park will be packed yet again to see if Strasburg can continue to dominate.

The great news for National’s (and Strasburg) fans is that tickets are still available to see the rookie pitch. Find a seat in right field for $23 dollars, 44% less than the average price of $41 dollars. Or, get closer to the action and sit behind the away dugout for $87 dollars a seat.

And so the rivalry continues… Is it better to be a Sox fan or a Yanks fan? It seems like this is the consensus: While it’s better for your eternal soul to be a Red Sox fan, it’s much better for your wallet to be a Yankees fan.

That’s right, for the upcoming three home series at Yankee Stadium, the average ticket price is currently $79.73, while at Fenway, for the next four home series the average is $134.31. That means Red Sox fans will pay an average of 68% more for tickets into early August.

That being said, in a comparable seat breakdown for both team’s upcoming home games (SEA @ NY, TB @ BOS), prices are pretty similar :

Yankee Stadium…………………….vs………………….Fenway Park

Grandstand Outfield 408 – $36          vs.          Outfield Grandstand 5 – $45

Field Infield 127 A – $219                    vs.          Loge Box 144 – $188

Field Dugout 115 – $289                      vs.           Field Box 16 – $219

In the next month or so, both teams travel to three of the same cities.  This is what we found at those parks.  With the exception of Seattle, Yankees away games average a slightly higher ticket price.  That may be a very small silver lining for Sox fans.

Upcoming Red Sox and Yankee Away Series: Average Ticket Prices

Count one for Yankees fans, they certainly have the edge when it comes to finding deals on tickets in the near future.  It’s probably because there isn’t a bad seat at Fenway Park.  With that in mind, here’s some of the best ticket deals available currently for the next Red Sox home game against rival Tampa Bay Rays:

Location………………………..Low Price………………..Average Price………………..You Save!

Bleachers 38……………………$45ea………………………$63…………………………….29%

Right Field Box 8……………..$71ea……………………….$102…………………………..30%

Right Field Roof Box 33……..$85ea ………………………$186…………………………..54%

Infield Grandstand 29……….$85ea……………………….$120…………………………..29%

Field Box 71………………….. $144ea………………………$284………………………….49%

This week, the New York Mets begin a six game home stand against the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins. Both series will be important to all participants, as the Mets are two and a half games back of the Atlanta Braves in the National League East and the Twins and Tigers are first and second in the American League Central, respectively.

The Mets are looking to stay strong at home. They have won their last 10 of 11 at Citi Field, giving them the second best home record in the National League. Both the Mets and the Tigers are 9-3 in interleague play. Coinciding with these three games, the Twins will take on the NL East leading Braves this Tuesday through Thursday before heading to New York on Friday. If there was ever a crucial week of baseball pre-All Star break, this would be it.

If you are looking for reasonably priced New York Mets tickets to any of their home games this week, look no further than Fansnap. For fans looking to catch the rubbermatch of the Tigers-Mets series, find a Promenade reserved seat for only $20 bucks, almost half off from the average price of $37 dollars. This Saturday, see the Twins play the Mets in Excelsior Club 313 (one section up from behind home plate) for 51% percent less than the average price, $85 dollars.

The transition between weeknight to weekend games provides an understandable upward trend in average overall ticket prices, as more fans are willing to see these games when they are not in the middle of their work week. Wednesday the 23rd against Detroit, prices are averaging around $55 dollars, as opposed to Sunday’s games against Minnesota averaging $100 dollars.

Out of all 15 MLB games this weekend, the lowest average prices of tickets can be found in Denver when the Rockies take on the Brewers ($30.25), as well as in DC when the White Sox are at the Nationals ($30.00). The highest average price ticket are found in Boston for the return of Manny ($136), as well as New York for the Mets- Yankees game ($116).

With fifteen different Major League Baseball match up’s this Father’s Day, there is plenty of competitive baseball to watch. We expect some great games because of the intense divisional races in both the National and American leagues. Teams throughout the country realize the importance of putting on a good show for father’s everywhere. There are many good story lines to follow, as well as star studded pitching duels that will surely please fans.

The race for first place in the American League East is between three stellar teams: the New York Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Boston Red Sox. The Rays and Yankees are tied for first, with the Sox playing much better baseball in the past month, bringing themselves within 2 games of the lead.

The Yankees host the Mets on Sunday, and star pitchers C.C. Sabathia (7-3, 4.00 era) and Johan Santana (5-3, 3.13 era) are set to face off in what will be the best pitching battle of the day. The Mets are motivated to win this game as well, considering their half game deficit behind the first place Atlanta Braves in the National League East. To find tickets, check out Fansnap. You can find two great seats in Inflield Box 214 (along the 1st base line) for $193 dollars each, which is almost half the price of the average ticket sold in that same section.

The Rays go on the road to take on the Marlins this weekend, and Sunday’s starting pitchers will be aces John Johnson (7-2, 1.86 era) and David Price (10-2, 2.31 era). On average, tickets to these games are lower than in New York, and you can find a seat behind home plate for 22% off of the average price for 69$ dollars.

The Red Sox play the Dodgers, and tickets to Sunday’s game are the highest on average in the country at $136 dollars. Much of this has to do with the anticipated return of Manny Ramirez to Fenway Park since his trade to LA two years ago. The Dodgers are hoping for victory out East, as back home in The National League West, there is also an intense competition for first place between the Dodgers, the San Diego Padres, and the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers are tied with the Pad’s for first with the Giants a half a game back in second.

The Padres are at home against the Orioles, with relatively low average ticket prices of $60 dollars. This should be an interesting pitching match up between Jon Garland (6-5, 3.05 era) and rookie Jake Arrieta. Arrieta has won his first two big league starts, shutting down the potent Yankees batting order and beating the Giants last week. Catch this game and save 35% on Lower Field Box seats, which can be located on Fansnap.

Canada and the Blue Jays host the Giants in Toronto on Sunday. You can sit right behind the away dug out (Premium Dug Out 126) FOR $69 dollars which is 40% off the average prices found at Fansnap.

On Father’s Day, the minimum price for a ticket in all of the Major’s is in Atlanta for the Braves-Royals game at $4 dollars. The highest priced ticket in the MLB, $4,428 dollars (for a luxury infield suite) is in Florida when the Marlins host the Rays.

Find tickets for all fifteen games this Father’s Day here.

In the midst of a smoking hot AL Central pennant race, the Detroit Tigers hold a four game lead over the Minnesota Twins.  These two teams play head-to-head seven times in the next ten days.  HUGE!  The surprise?  Twins and Tigers fans can see these games for as little as $4!

Want to sit behind home plate?  At this moment, there are $40 tickets available in Minneapolis and $63 tickets available in Detroit.  Unbelievable.

As in all markets, prices in the ticket market are set by the balance of supply and demand.  There are lots of tickets available for these important games, so local baseball fans get a great experience at an amazing bargain.

After Edgar Renteria’s grand slam sealed the San Francisco Giants’ sweep of the Colorado Rockies this weekend, the teams are tied for the National League wild card slot, with about a month to go.

One can’t help but look ahead to the remaining three games the two teams have to play in mid-September.  The Rockies are hoping they don’t see Lincecum, Zito, and Cain again.  Or Sanchez for that matter.  Beware, Panda crossing!

Never mind that the Yankees are 0-8 this year against the Red Sox.

The Yankees are battling for the best record in baseball with the Dodgers.  They have won three in a row.  They are two and a half games up on the boys from Boston.  Bronx Bomber fans are already calculating their magic number.  This weekend is as good a chance as any for the Pinstripes to reassert their dominance.

While the Rays may have something to say about it, nothing beats a Yankees-Red Sox series, even during the dog days of summer.  However, lots of season ticket holders must be out of town on vacation as there are thousands of ticket listings available for as little as $50 a ticket.*

Haven’t seen a game in the new Yankee Stadium yet?  Have a look at all the Red Sox-Yankees tickets on FanSnap this weekend!

Thu, Aug 6 at 7:05PM 800+ tickets from $80*

Fri, Aug 7 at 7:05PM 6,000+ tickets from $72

Sat, Aug 8 at 4:10PM 6,000+ tickets from $79

Sun, Aug 9 at 8:05PM 10,000+ tickets from $50

Of course, on FanSnap you can see the tickets from all four games at once!

Compare all 4 events

Play ball!

* price = ticket prices + commission per ticket as of Aug 6, 12:30AM

ESPN asked the question on SportsCenter last night – “Who are this year’s Tampa Bay Rays?” – the cinderella team of 2009?   The leading candidates just might be the San Francisco Giants, who are currently ten games over .500 and smack in the middle of the wild card chase, led by their super pitching staff.

Everyone knows the Giants have pitching. 2008 Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum. Young stud Matt Cain. Three hundred game winner Randy Johnson. Even Barry Zito, after a grueling offseason program, is returning to his old form. Quick, who is the #5 flame thrower on the Giants staff? I bet you didn’t know. No one did, until last night.

Jonathan Sanchez tossed the MLB’s first no-hitter of 2009, the first in AT&T Park, and the first for a Giant since 1976. Great, Giants opponents are thinking, now there are no nights off against these guys!

The Bay Area was mesmerized last night during the game. Giants fans were texting, IM’g, tweeting, and phoning each other to turn on the TV. It was the most excitement Bay Area sports fans have had since the Warriors “We Believe” post season run a few years ago.

Making the story all the more fun was that Sanchez had just been inserted back into the rotation, replacing the injured “Big Unit.” An erratic few starts had led to his recent demotion to the bullpen. There were even trade rumors. My guess is he’s feeling better now.

To top it off, in a true “Field of Dreams” moment, Jonathan’s father, up from Puerto Rico to see his son start a Giants game for the first time ever, was on hand to “hug it out” after the game.

For most of the year, Giants tickets have been going for as little as $7 on the ticket providers searched by FanSnap.  If the Bay Area Boys, led by “Big Panda,” keep this up after the All Star Game, this may very well change. Right now, a ticket to see these guys may be the best bargain in baseball.   Let’s Go Giants!

Mike

(UPDATE: July 8, 2009)

Prices WERE dropping until the players were announced.

Demand for tickets to the MLB All Star Game jumped since last Thursday. Get-in prices for tickets to the mid-summer classic in St. Louis went up more than $100 in less than a week while the average price for a ticket has also increased. The Home Run Derby also looks to be a hot ticket this weekend.

MLB All Star Weekend – Futures and Legends Game (July 12)  4,000+ tickets from $14*

MLB All Star Weekend – Home Run Derby (July 13)  3,000+ tickets from $241*

MLB All Star Game tickets (July 14)  3,000+ tickets from $495*

* prices and availability as of July 8, 2:00PM PT.

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As Major League Baseball’s 2009 All Star Game, being held at the new Busch Stadium in St. Louis, approaches, this week the average market price of tickets to the game has finally started to drop – over 7% in the last few days, to about $900.

FanSnap searches dozens of ticket sites for available listings and has been monitoring asking prices and availability of tickets for the game for weeks.  Average asking prices have stayed firm, even increasing in recent weeks.  Baseball fans continue to have a tremendous array of ticket choices all over the stadium, from behind home plate in the “cell phone seats,” to the deepest reaches of the bleachers where only Albert Pujols can go yard.

In the past week, All Star Game ticket listings have actually increased to over 4,400.  As the game nears and ticket sellers need to move their tickets they are doing the logical thing – starting to drop their asking prices!

Don’t forget the other great weekend events.  Real baseball fans know that the winner of this game gets home field advantage on the World Series.  That’s critical.  More importantly, someone always wins a new house, based on who wins the Home Run Derby.  Now that’s drama!

It is a great weekend of events, and look at all the ticket choices!

Futures and Legends Games (July 12) * 5000+ tickets from $10*

Home Run Derby (July 13) * 5000+ tickets from $184

All Star Game (July 14) * 4000+ tickets from $359

St. Louis is a great place to visit.  It’s not too late…

* prices and availability as of July 2, 10PM PT.

The Dodgers-Padres game in San Diego tonight marks the return of Manny Ramirez, after his suspension for testing positive for performance enhancing substances.

Do you think fans hold a grudge?  Not according to the big changes in available ticket listings and asking prices the past few days as it was confirmed tonight would be his return.

FanSnap searches dozens of ticket sites for available tickets.  In the past week, check out the swing in Dodgers-Padres tickets prices for tonight’s game:

June 26:  862 tickets, $86.90 average asking price*

June 27:  781 tickets, $86.90 average

June 28:  472 tickets, $97.50 average

June 29:  394 tickets, $102.85 average

June 30:  324 tickets, $110.00 average

July 1:  521 tickets, $118.80 average

July 2:  465 tickets, $112.20 average

I guess baseball fans just think it was Manny being Manny!  There still are lots of tickets available for the weekend series.

* asking price equals ticket price + commission

Mike

Start spreading the news…

Lovers of the nation’s pastime, driven by the great choices and values to be had, have been all over FanSnap this summer searching for MLB tickets.  Vacationing fans are visiting ballparks.  Baseball fans are sitting in seats they never thought they could afford.

What teams are baseball fans searching for most?  And where are they playing on July 4th?

1.  New York Yankees tickets:  Jays @ Yankees, 8,000+ tickets from $16*

2.  Boston Red Sox tickets:  Mariners @ Red Sox, 2,000+ tickets from $16

3.  New York Mets tickets:  Mets @ Phillies, 4000+ tickets from $19

4.  LA Angels tickets:  Orioles @ Angels, 3,000+ tickets from $14

5.  Chicago Cubs tickets:  Brewers @ Cubs, 6000+ tickets from $20

6.  SF Giants tickets:  Astros @ Giants, 2,000 tickets from $11

7.  Chicago White Sox tickets:  White Sox @ Royals, 700+ tickets from $6

8.  LA Dodgers tickets:  Dodgers @ Padres, 1000+ tickets from $20

Most interesting as they are both in the Big Apple and have new ballparks, Yankees searches outnumber Mets searches two to one…

Me?  I am going to SF’s AT&T Park Saturday to see Cy Young winning phenom Timmy Lincecum blow away Astros!  Happy Fourth of July!

Mike

* ticket availability and price (ticket + commission) as of July 2, 2PM PT

The New York Times ran an interesting page 1 story by Ken Belson yesterday on the thousands of early season empty seats in the new baseball parks, the new Yankees Stadium and Citi Field. In contrast to the typical situation where unsold seats are up in the nosebleed sections, the twist in NY is that many of the unpurchased seats are among the best on the house.

The teams are being pointedly second-guessed due to the very high face values they set for these premium seats. Obviously, the general economic downturn, together with the collapse of the financial industry, has made the situation much worse. Teams (and concert promoters) have longed talked of using “yield management” pricing models similar to the airlines and hotels to maximize their revenues. Perhaps the Yankees and Mets example is a testament to just how difficult this is to pull off.

Two interesting points here.

The first is that some have suggested that perhaps the teams chose their price structures emboldened by the asking prices they have historically seen in the resale market for tickets, expecting to keep more of what they perceived the market would bear. If so, there are two problems with this thinking.

• the “asking prices” that one sees on ticket marketplace and broker sites are what is being offered at any given point in time, not where the actual transaction prices end up. As one can see by doing any ticket search on FanSnap, there is a large variation in the asking prices, and sellers change their prices constantly.  Not every one is an equally motivated seller.
• ticket resales have grown to a multi-billion dollar market due to meeting fans’ legitimate needs to buy and sell. If there was no demand, there would simply be no market. What are ticket market buyers paying for? Sure, they can get access to great tickets and what used to be called “sold out” events. What is not always appreciated is that fans also greatly value the convenience of being able to buy tickets when they want, not on the team’s sales schedule.

No surprise that if team prices were set based on asking vs. transaction prices, and expecting fans to pay a premium for tickets offered at the beginning of the year, there were few takers.  It’s a long season.

The second point is that market prices for tickets (just like any other commodity) are ultimately determined by the balance of buyers vs. sellers. As I told Ken, with economic circumstances motivating so many season ticketholders to sell, and with so many fewer buyers available, market prices have plummeted, in some cases even below the original face values.

Essentially all of the 250+ comments on the article were critical of the teams and lamenting that with the new higher face values, “regular” fans have been priced out of going to see their favorite teams. It is gratifying that the solution for these fans is actually the ticket resale market (which people often equate only with premium prices), which is producing market prices to see the Yankees and Mets in their awesome new stadiums for less than $10 a ticket.  Of course, one can actually find some pretty amazing tickets for great values as well.

Isn’t it ironic?

Mike

The FanSnap team was excited to read “Tightwad Tod’s” column today in Consumer Reports.  He said,

“…when I checked FanSnap for tickets to a host of events there were plenty of bargains. They may not be the best seats or the hottest games, but I found tickets to see the Redsox in Boston for as little as $15, and seats at the new Yankee and Busch stadiums in New York and St. Louis for $8 and $3, respectively.

Reasonably priced tickets were available to other events as well, though you might have to travel to Fargo, N.D., Columbus, Ohio, or Charleston, West Va., to score the knockout deals, such as $20 to go country with Keith Urban, $22 to see Elton John and Billy Joel tickle the ivories, or $33 to get your scream on with the Jonas Brothers.”

Thanks, Tod.  We couldn’t have said it better ourselves!

There is a wide choice of tickets available as season ticket holders skip more games than usual because of the economy.  Market prices of tickets are always influenced up or down by whether there are more buyers or sellers.  No matter what, among all those sellers, there are always a few who are particularly motivated to sell and drop their asking price.  You’ll notice their tickets right away – they are the lighter colored markers and the “best value” stars on the FanSnap Maps.

It may be a matter of getting a super deal on a ticket.  It may be a matter of splurging and sitting behind home plate, or next to the stage, for a much lower price than in past years.  Whether you are on a beer or champagne budget, our goal is to help you find great values!

Mike

162 games to go.  Everyone has a chance to win it all.  Baseball fans are all pumped up and ready to see their teams play.  New free agents.  Healthy veteran players.  Young guns with another year of experience.  Who will be this year’s breakout team – like the recent Rays or Rockies?

Watching the highlights of Opening Day on SportsCenter tonight (in their first broadcast from the new LA studio), I thought I would check out whose fans are the most pumped up.  The top ten most searched-for MLB tickets on FanSnap:

1. Boston Red Sox tickets (home)

2. New York Yankees tickets (home)

3. New York Mets tickets (home)

4. Chicago Cubs tickets (home)

5. LA Angels of Anaheim tickets (home)

6. Chicago White Sox tickets (home)

7. San Francisco Giants tickets (home)

8. Los Angeles Dodgers tickets (home)

9. Philadelphia Phillies tickets (home)

10. St Louis Cardinals tickets (home)

There will be many great values to be had this year as more season ticketholders sell extra tickets than ever before.

Play Ball!

There’s nothing like a home opener at Fenway.  Red Sox Nation is lined up to see Beckett vs. Shields and the upstart Rays.  We have been watching FanSnap ticket listings for opening day in Boston for a while now.  In the last several days, fans have been wolfing up tickets!

As of tonight, FanSnap search results still show 400+ Red Sox tickets available from five ticket companies – Ace Ticket, eBay, Pat’s Ticket Center, StubHub, and TicketNetwork.  While the Monster tickets are gone, there are still tickets available all over the park!  Check out the zoom, and view from seat, features on the FanSnap Map for Fenway to see the values.  Thinking of going?  Better check quick!

Can’t make the game tomorrow?  No problem, a FanSnap ticket search shows thousands of ticket listings per game all season long, including that first Red Sox-Yankees home stand. 

Also, many thanks to Thomas Grillo for his profile of FanSnap in tomorrow’s Boston Herald!

Mike