January 31, 2011: < br> Section B90, Row JJ, Seats 5 & 6…

So I halfheartedly sat down at my computer on Saturday afternoon, not particularly hopeful that there would be any tickets left for the 2011 campaign, in light of the fact that the Sox have made some uber-amazing acquisitions, and, at least on paper, are front runners for postseason glory… And, at 2:00pm, I was right. Amazingly, I was granted immediate access to buy tickets, bypassing the “virtual waiting room” but every date I looked for was either standing room only, or “the quantity requested exceeds the available tickets” (I was looking for TWO….) And while I love the Sox, and Fenway Park, I am not driving 6 hours each way, and spending ridiculous amounts of money to stay and park in Boston, only to STAND at a Sox Game for 3 hours–not happening… So I resigned myself to the fact that if I wanted to see the Sox at Fenway this year, I was going to have to bite the bullet, and go to one of the ticket resellers online–at least the...