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Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 2:43pm.

The Cubs opened up registration for playoff tickets at Wrigley Field today. Basically you register online and winners are "randomly" selected to be able to purchase tickets for either the NLDS and NLCS (you may get lucky and win both). If you're chosen, you are limited to one game and two tickets for that series. You have until noon CST on September 19th to register for any possible NLDS games at Wrigley.

For those with more experience with this sort of thing, if you are a "winner", are you guaranteed tickets or just the right to enter the Virtual Waiting Room?

Ticket prices and full schedule after the jump...

Section -- NLDS -- NLCS

Club Box - IF -- $100 -- $150
Club Box - OF -- 75 -- 125
Field Box - IF -- 75 -- 125
Field Box - OF -- 65 -- 110
Terrace Box - IF -- 60 -- 100
Terrace Box - OF -- 55 -- 90
Upper Deck Box - IF -- 60 -- 100
Upper Deck Box - OF -- 55 -- 90
Bleacher Reserved -- 60 -- 100
Terrace Reserved - IF -- 40 -- 70
Terrace Reserved - OF -- 35 -- 60
Upper Deck Reserved - IF -- 30 -- 50
Upper Deck Reserved - OF -- 25 -- 40
Standing Room Only -- 25 -- 30

Please see the schedule below:
POSTSEASON REGISTRATION PERIOD BEGINS:
12 noon CT, Tuesday, 09/03/2008

NLDS REGISTRATION PERIOD ENDS:
12 noon CT, Friday, 09/19/2008

NLDS RANDOM DRAWING:
Friday, 09/19/2008

NLDS WINNERS NOTIFIED VIA E-MAIL:
Monday, 09/22/2008

NLDS SALE FOR WINNERS:
12 noon - 6 p.m. CT, Tuesday, 09/22/2008

NLCS REGISTRATION PERIOD ENDS:
12 noon CT, Monday, 9/29/2008

NLCS RANDOM DRAWING:
Monday, 09/29/2008

NLCS WINNERS NOTIFIED VIA E-MAIL:
Thursday, 10/02/2008

NLCS SALE FOR WINNERS:
12 noon - 6 p.m. CT, Friday, 10/3/2008

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#1 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:05pm.

5 game lead, 23 to go for both teams.
Cubs go 10-13, Brewers need to go 15-8.
Unfortunately, considering the schedule disparity, that is a little too likely for both teams for me to get too excited yet.

#3 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:25pm.

It's a little more comforting if you look at making playoffs (9 games up over the Phils, 10 over Cards) vs. winning the division.

#6 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:34pm.

of course. As far as I'm concerned, Cubs have effectively clinched a playoff spot. But, if they go in as wild card at this point, that would seem to be very demoralizing.

#2 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:10pm.

I went to game 2 of NLCS 2003, I will wait for WS.

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#4 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:30pm.

I'm with you...While I've never been to a playoff game, I determined in 2003 that I would only fly home to Chicago for a World Series, and nothing else.

WS or bust.
I've got World Series tix to games 3 and possibly 4...as I did in 2003, which made the whole collapse especially painful for me.

#5 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:32pm.

I already told my wife, that's what I'm saving money for.

WORLD SERIES OR BUST!!

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#7 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Chad on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:39pm.

Fly home? They'll be playing in your backyard! (God willing)

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#8 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:45pm.

Even if the Cubs play the Angels and I could get tickets for the Anaheim games...I'd still go to Chicago to see the first World Series game at wrigley in 63 years.

I'm lucky enough to have a step-father who has had season tickets at wrigley, 8 rowns behind homee plate...so I can't miss that opportunity.

Unfortunately, one way or another, he won't have those tickets for too many years.

#9 Uh-oh

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:50pm.

Z scheduled for MRI tomorrow. According to WSCR.

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#10 Press conference before tonites game

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:16pm.

Reporting from WSCR-
Z was scheduled for MRI today, but Z left. (!!!)
Lou-Dr Griswald(Sparky) examined Z today, Z left before MRI.

press-Was Z in pain?

Lou-pause-Don't know talk to Carlos.

press-Was it shoulder or elbow?

Lou-pause- Don't know talk to Carlos.

jacos~Very confusing~

Lou said Carlos was not available for MRI today. It was availabe but he did not take it.

Lou sounds a little angry.

Lou will talk to doctor this evening, has not talk to Carlos.

Lou won't really know until MRI.

WHY NO MRI, CARLOS!??!?!?

WSCR making it sound like Carlos is being evasive. He is suppose to be at ball park, but press has not seen him.

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#12 Re: Press conference before tonites game

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:17pm.
no good will come of this...

#15 Re: Press conference before tonites game

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:23pm.

Whatever it is...it can't be good.

Since us Cubs fans are impatient and only assume the worst...let's relook at our pitching rotation for the playoffs minus Z.

Game 1 - Dempster
Game 2 - Harden
Off
Game 3 - Lilly
Game 4 - Marquis (If up 2-1), Dempster (If down 2-1)
Off
Game 5 - Harden

Not awful...but certainly not something opposing teams would be too afraid of in the playoffs.

#33 Re: Press conference before tonites game

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 8:18am.

Put a big queston mark after Harden.

Makes it looka lot worse.

#18 Re: Press conference before tonites game

Submitted by 433 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:41pm.

My guess: Z is in pain but wants to pitch. Knows the MRI may show something is wrong, so emotions get the best of him and he walks out, muttering something like "I'm fine, I don't need an MRI."

#23 Re: Press conference before tonites game

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:48pm.
MRI machine probably not in the same office, usually at a hospital (Dr. Hecht can confirm). But the Trib link in the story below makes it sound like he didn't show up to a later appointment, rather than just walking out.

#11 Other teams playoff tickets

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:15pm.

Philles have registration also

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/ticketing...

Mets, Brewers, DBacks and Dodgers don't have anything yet

only checked the Angels in the AL and it seems if you subscribe to their online newsletter, you get first dibs at tickets after season ticket holders and mini-plan holders.

http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/ana/ticketing/200...

#13 Kevin Hart called up

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:19pm.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/press_releases/pr...

think that might have been mentioned already...

#14 Sabathia wins again

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:21pm.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/players_of_the_month...

CC and Manny win player of the month honors...b2b for CC.

Cliff Lee and Melvin Mora in the AL. Rookie of the month hasn't been announced yet.

#16 Re: Sabathia wins again

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:28pm.

Haha - Hee Sop Choi was the last Cubs Rookie of the Month (April, 2003) before Soto.

#17 No No-No for C.C.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:34pm.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_relea...

the offical scorer's decision is upheld

#20 Re: No No-No for C.C.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:44pm.

It was a questionable call that I think easily could have gone either way...but there is just something wrong with a retro-active no hitter, so I'm glad they upheld it.

My Prediction: Cubs will have clinched the division before the last weekend...and CC will throw a no-hitter against the Cubs scrubs on the last Friday of the season, allowing the Brewers to clinch the Wild Card

#25 Re: No No-No for C.C.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:55pm.

I hope not, I like the Cubs dueling no hiter streaks.

The call was pretty bad, and so was MLB's excuse for not overturning it. Essentially it came down to him trying to barehand it. If you try to barehand it, it's automatically an 'exceptional play' - even if you don't have to barehand, which was the case here.

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#19 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:43pm.

Sounds stupid to skip an MRI, but you have to wonder what guys in 1908 did. They probably just waited until their arm quit hurting and started pitching again. I'm not taking sides, but sometimes small pains can be blown out of proportion.

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#22 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:48pm.

Pain's not the issue in my mind...I believe Z is capable of pitching through pain. But when the results are so bad as they have been with Z, with velocity way down....doesn't seem beneficial to keep parading him out there.

Meanwhile...the Cubs communication seems to be lacking these days as Z and Lou are clearly not on the same page, and Harden and Hendry/Lou are saying very different things.

I don't like this one bit.

#24 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:49pm.
his velocity wasn't down yesterday or the gun was hot. He was hitting 94-96 pretty regularly.

#26 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 5:02pm.

According to most of the articles I read today, they all said his velocity was down and rarely got above 90. I had thought the same thing as you that his velocity was fine. I wonder if the gun we get was wrong, or if maybe it tailed off a lot when I stopped paying close attention.

#27 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 5:04pm.

First two innings his velocity was real good. Seems like it dropped off and he lost control of the game.

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#30 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by nohit on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 5:23pm.

I'm wondering if they'll find the problem by scanning his arm. Might be just as productive to scan between his ears...

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#29 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 5:18pm.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_...

He hit 95 as late as the 4th. Had a few 96 mph's in there before that. I didn't see anything above 93 in the fifth.

He sits in the low 90's a lot when he is healthy as is.

#31 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 5:59pm.

again, I'm going off the series of articles I read this morning. They were obviously looking at different numbers than we were looking at.

#32 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 6:11pm.

selling fear.

Must be run by Republicans. :) 

#21 Eyes play funny tricks...

Submitted by nohit on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:46pm.

I glanced at Rob's edit "Zambrano did see Dr. Gryzlo..." and for some reason I read it as "Zambrano died".

Took me like 1 or 2 seconds to refocus and get it right. Weird. Soto an Oriole didn't even give me pause, but that sure did. :-)

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#28 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 5:08pm.

Cards blew a 9th inning lead and lost 4-3.
Their playoff chances are dying a slow painful death.

#34 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Tito on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 11:45am.

The Cardinals won a World Series with starts from Jeff Weaver and Anthony Reyes. While no one here really wants to see Marquis in the playoffs, you never know what might happen. Me, I'm cool with Lilly starting in any series.

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#36 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by jacos on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 3:49pm.

Didn't that Cardinal team leave Marquis off the playoff roster?

:-)

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#35 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Thisistheyear on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 2:41pm.

Rob,

If you get selected you automatically have the right to purchase tickets, no waiting room. However, the only ones left when you get picked could be SRO, but nonetheless you're in Wrigley for playoff baseball.

#37 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 4:06pm.
Thanks.

#38 Anyone get an email from MLB saying they won the lottery?

Submitted by snkscore on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 12:51pm.

Anyone get an email from MLB saying they won the lottery?

I signed up, as did all my friends/family, and no one has received an email yet!

Have they already notified the winners?

#39 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by jinx on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 2:27pm.

I haven't gotten an email or heard from anyone who has. Anyone?

#40 Re: Cubs Playoff Ticket Lottery

Submitted by whodooey on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 3:30pm.

No one i know has received any sort of notification yet either, and i called the Cubs ticket office, and the lady there wouldn't give me an answer. All she told me was, "The emails will go out some time today". Hopefully, we'll know before midnight, but knowing the Cubs, i wouldn't put it past 'em to wait til the last minute. Grrrrrr......eBay, here i come soon......