O's PLAYOFF TIX!! Greatest story ever!

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http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2012/08/22/baltimore-orioles-playoffs-tickets-sale.html?ana=twt

Baltimore Orioles to put playoff tickets on sale

Baltimore Business Journal by Jack Lambert, Researcher/Reporter

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 2:26pm EDT - Last Modified: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 2:45pm EDT

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An image of what the Orioles' American League Championship Series tickets look like.

Jack Lambert

Researcher/Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal

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The Baltimore Orioles, for the first time in 15 years, are getting ready to sell playoff tickets.

The Orioles plan to send out invoices to season-ticket holders Thursday for the 2012 playoffs. Single-game playoff tickets for non-season ticket holders will go on sale in mid-September, said Greg Bader, a spokesman for the Orioles.

The Orioles are 67-56 as of Tuesday night and hold the second wild-card spot in the American League.

?We?re going about this as if we are going to be in the playoffs,? he said. ?And we are 100 percent ready when and if that day comes.?

Beginning this season, two wild-card teams will play a one-game playoff with the winner gaining entry into the divisional round.

Fans with full season plans are being given the option to buy tickets for all of the potential 10 home playoff games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards this fall.

Tickets for the wild card and divisional round games cost about the same as a prime regular season game, Bader said. Championship series tickets would cost about 50 percent more than prime regular season games, and World Series tickets could cost fans three times as much as regular season prime matchups.

?We made the suggestion based on what we believe is appropriate,? Bader said. ?We made every effort to keep the pricing on the low end.?

The Orioles, who suggested the pricing for postseason tickets to Major League Baseball, do not plan to add any additional seats in the stadium if they make the playoffs, Bader said. Oriole Park at Camden Yards holds 45,971 fans.

About 90 percent of MLB season ticket holders usually purchase playoff tickets, Bader said. Once the team figures out how many tickets it needs to block off for season-ticket holders and the league itself, the rest will go on sale to the general public.

[brvn52]

Tears of joy. :boogie:

[Austin]

I wish I had the energy to go through every thread from this past off-season and quote all the sarcastic "print the playoff tickets!" comments. I'm sure I had one or two myself.

[canonfaz]

I can't imagine the joy I would feel watching the Orioles play a playoff game!!!!!! This season is so much fun. Still LOTS AND LOTS OF WORK TO DO THOUGH!

[LookitsPuck]

I don't know what I'd do if the Orioles make the playoffs. I'd probably combust from sheer joy.

[Austin]

Does not compute.

This image makes me want to cry.

[Hank Scorpio]

I wish I had the energy to go through every thread from this past off-season and quote all the sarcastic "print the playoff tickets!" comments. I'm sure I had one or two myself.

95% attributable to Milligan.

[MDK02]

So awesome.. we gotta make it!

[NewMarketSean]

"We signed Endy Chavez, better print the playoff tickets."

"OK!"

[Orioles0615]

That's fine and dandy but there are 40 games left.

[Floater]

How many do season ticket holders get the option to buy?

[Brendan25]

I wonder how much they will be.

[jofalfa]

Does not compute.

This image makes me want to cry.

That is just.......beautiful.

[ScottieBaseball]

That's fine and dandy but there are 40 games left.

You're missing the point, Debbie Downer.

It's just cool that the O's are still in it enough that on August 22nd, along with the other teams in the playoff hunt, the time has come for the O's to initiate the process of printing playoff tickets.

[howboutthoseos]