Eric Gagne Is Buying Love, Filling Seats
wrigleyville23 —
The Brewers reliever bought 5,000 tickets to tonight's game to give away to fans. Which raises the question: Was this game not a sellout and he just bought them recently? Or did he buy up 5,000 a long time ago with plans to do this, creating an artificial shortage? I'm guessing the former, as there were only 31,164 at last night's game (for a CC Sabathia start). Brewers baseball - catch the fever! I tried to see if I could buy tickets to the game but kept getting this message, as lots of people try to get free Gagne tickets: We're sorry, we ...
Gagne the Generous
Blue Collar Baseball —
... I don't mean to be pessimistic, but this just illustrates the state of the game (as a business)today... fans still had pay a $2 fee to print the "Gagne Giveaway" tickets at home or a $4 fee to pick up the tickets at the Miller Park will call booth.
Top O' The Order: Manny and the Dodgers party on
Big League Stew —
... Here to save the Mets' season — the one and only, indestructible Carlos Voltron. (As an aside, I'll make no apologies when I say that Voltron was the second worst toy of my childhood. First by a landslide was the Snorks.) [The Onion] 3. Up to 5,000 could have seen Ryan Braun's walkoff granny — and, yes, the abs — for free, courtesy of Eric Gagne, who ponied up for the tickets. He owed the fans at least that much. [JSOnline] 4. The fine folks at Oklahoma State University do not want you ...
Friday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball —
... My faith in humanity was both restored and destroyed at the same time yesterday. Eric Gagne, who I'll wholly admit I've said some nasty things about this season, stepped up to the plate and gave away 5000 free tickets last night. Combine that with his $200,000 donation to Brewer charities and now he's only making about $9 million more than he's worth this season. At any rate, that's the good part, and kudos to him for doing it. ...
