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« on: May 22, 2014, 09:44:43 PM »
They had ticket scanners 20 years ago? I didn\'t realize that. Anyway, I had a similar experience about 10 years ago, but we actually made it into the game. A group of us scalped tickets for Reds opening day - a huge deal in Cincinnati. I think we paid $75 a ticket, which in hindsite was maybe a bit low considering they were nice seats. We had no issue getting into the stadium, they just tore our tickets. When we went down to the seats, however, there were people in them. We told them that they were sitting in our seats, and we were told that we were probably the 20th group to come down with that same story. An usher confirmed that we had bought fakes, and told us to just find a seat.
Ultimately, the game got rained out, we walked out of a nearby bar with a case of Guinness, and we had dinner at a Benihana at the same table with the late Harold Dow from 60 Minutes. I\'m pretty sure he would have bought us dinner if my wife hadn\'t said, \"Hey - aren\'t you Wesley Snipes?\" Oh, the good old days...