$1.01 Tickets for 8/29 game

by sprtsnwyn on Aug 14, 2008 5:17 PM PDT Comment 14 comments

I just got an email from the A's office, so I thought I would post it here. It'll eventually get up somewhere though.

Brad Ziegler has smashed the record for career-starting
scoreless innings set 101 years ago. The record of 25 was
previously set by George McQuillan in 1907. Zeigler's
streak began on May 30, 2008 when he made his Major League
debut. He broke McQuillan's record on Sunday, July 27, but
kept going, racking up 39 scoreless innings to complete
his three-month streak.

Ziegler and the A's invite you to McAfee Coliseum on
August 29 to celebrate the new record with a pre-game
ceremony before the A's host the Twins. In honor of
the 101 years that the previous record stood,
Plaza Outfield and Plaza Reserved tickets to the game
will available for just $1.01 starting at 9:00 a.m. on Friday.

Link

The link wasn't working when I tried it. The coupon code is ZIGGY. I think $1.01 might be too much for this team sometimes, but ZIGGY deserves it.

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Congrats and thank you Ziggy!

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by SoCalA'sFan on Aug 14, 2008 5:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Why on earth?

Why would they combine two promotions on the same night? The 29th is Jack Cust bobblehead night. Now, I realize that bobbleheads aren’t as popular as they once were, but they certainly do draw long lines of people much earlier than usual. Either the tickets for the 29th weren’t selling well enough, or they have their heads up their asses once again and can’t understand that it would make much more sense to offer the $1.01 tickets for a different game. What am I missing here? Where is Andy Dolich when we need him? (I know, SF 49ers.) When are the A’s gonna get a real marketing department?

by skigurl on Aug 14, 2008 9:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

no kidding

i will not be missing out on a cust bobblehead, so i’m gonna have to go even earlier.

who wants to skip work and tailgate?

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by flipgatey3 on Aug 14, 2008 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just glad they captured the bobblehead in Cust's most natural position.

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by Flashfire on Aug 15, 2008 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They've been doing this with the discounts for the number of hits as well

Those have always happened for jersey giveaways.

by jpl on Aug 15, 2008 6:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought the same thing, but

Then I thought, maybe they’ve sold most of the cheap tickets for that night, given that so many people come just for the bobblehead, and they’re selling off the remainder of the cheap tickets. This way they can say they had a promotion and sold it out. I already had two tickets for that night, but I bought 6 more so I could bring more people whose friendship to me I value at at least $1.01 (plus shipping & handling.)

by guapobob on Aug 15, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs