Greg Packer, from Huntington, N.Y., paid $200 for a $125 seat in Section 302.
"That's a bargain," he said, "because if it goes to Game 6, tickets are going to be impossible."
Well, we're going back to New York thanks to last night's hair-raising Phillies' win.
Scalpers were still asking for about twice the rate of face value for tickets a half-hour before the first pitch. Many Yankees fans took advantage of extra tickets provided by disheartened Phillies fans, but it wasn't a total open market. The Phils still had their most popular pitcher on the mound last night and still breath in their World Series lungs.
"I think what [was keeping] Phillies fans hopes alive is they love Cliff Lee so much," said Mark Savidge, of Chicago-based FindTickets.com.
"Even if they're going to lose the series, they want to come out and see Cliff Lee pitch one last game for them."
Shooting from three
A.J. Burnett's start on 3 days' rest followed CC Sabathia's and marked the first time teammates had started consecutive World Series games since Atlanta's Tom Glavine and John Smoltz in 1992. The Braves went 2-2 in those games and lost the Series to the Twins in six games.
The Yankees are 2-2 after Sabathia and Burnett. Andy Pettitte is tentatively scheduled to start tomorrow. He will be the third Yankees pitcher to throw on 3 days.
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* Celtics guard Rajon Rondo and his well-deserved $55 million contract extension tucked in his back pocket, made his first visit to Citizens Bank Park last night. Rondo played baseball as a kid and said his game most resembled Jimmy Rollins, a fellow endorser of the drink Red Bull.
