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Nabbed a single for Game 6 and 7. Seems like nothing available for Game 1 and 2. Still searching though.

Aren't you in that division as well?

I'd love to be in a salary league with you!

lol. You're an idiot for even suggesting that.

There are hardly any ushers in the 200 level down the baselines. I think they have 1 usher for like 3 every sections after the TD Zone. I was in 212 yesterday and didn't see an usher until like 7th or 8th inning in my section.

I think what you have is a situation where people are taking down their listings and figured that they are just better off going to the game rather than let their tickets go at half of face value. Alongside I'm sure there are people who saw all the cheap seats available are buying now since they likely will be heading downtown shortly in the next hour or so.

I used to collect all dem bobbleheads back when I was in high school and university. Now I just can't force myself to lineup at 9:30 or 10 AM on a Sunday morning and then have to wait around 2.5 hours in the ballpark before first pitch. If its a bobblehead I really want, I'd rather just buy it off Kijiji afterwards for $25-$30.

Though he's a bottom of the lineup hitter in Ned Yost's championship caliber lineup and only plays left field...

Oh I know. Bautista annoys me sometimes as well. Though I'm sure most casual Blue Jays fans love Bautista and think he's innocent since he wears a Toronto uniform. Otherwise, if he played in New York or Boston for that matter, he'd be public enemy No. 1 here like A-Rod is/was.

If he continues to have a David Ortiz type of career offensively into his early 40's, wins a World Series, its possible. Slim chances though.

Not a big fan of giving Lowe 3 years. Before this season, he was on the scrapheap. His only other good season was in 2009.

You should still be able to find decent prices, though if you wait before game time they likely will drop especially single tickets. Not sure if there is a Staples or a post office near by where you could print something. I know scalpers yesterday weren't giving into Stubhub prices though near game time. They know that you are required to print them for entry, so they hold that against you.

Bautista reminds me a lot of Kevin Youkilis. Whined and complained about every call and felt that any pitch close to the plate should be a ball for him. If Bautista played for New York or Boston, Toronto fans would hate him trust me.

If you can be patient and wait until 10-15 mins before game time to buy a ticket on Stubhub, then do it. Download the app and its easy to purchase seats on your phone. Only thing is you need to print a hard copy of your ticket.

From the looks on Stubhub, everyone has an assigned spot so its not general admission like during the regular season. Cheapest pair is $290 USD in the bleachers (not including fees and conversion rate) for tonights game.

I don't even think he had his A stuff in game 1. He walked like 4 or 5 guys and did get into trouble, though the Jays didn't take advantage.

It's disgusting. I hate f***ing Toronto fans. There are maybe only 15,000-20,000 loyal baseball fans in this city. The rest just attended games after August 1st and will continue to do so for the Home Opener, Canada Day, and Bobblehead/Jersey giveaway days.

Not in Chicago.

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Agreed. We saw AA take that chance this season at the trade deadline. If the Jays decide to keep both EE and Bautista next season, then hopefully more is added to the roster in order to get back to the postseason again in 2016. This is a fantastic core and with players locked up like Donaldson, Martin, Tulo, Pillar in their prime, young arms like Stroman, Sanchez, Osuna taking that next step, and with Bautista and EE making far below market value, you need to take advantage since likely a better window will never present itself. Also, consider the Yankees and Red Sox not being the powerhouses like they once were in the late 90s/early 2000's, and with Tampa Bay keeping it cheap, the AL East is available for the taking.

Yeah I've just checked on Hotels.com for tomorrow night and everything is booked solid. That is weird. There are some nice hotels available at a decent price near the Airport. Otherwise if you want to stay downtown, I'd do the AirBNB route.

Whats going on in the city this week? Can't think of anything big that would make hotel room availability limited and expensive...

I think there were a lot of factors at play. Like you said everybody kind of abandoned ship when the Blue Jays were coming back down 2 games and even more now down 3-1 in the series. Toronto fans are awful. It goes to show you that the casuals will only show up when the team is winning or playing the Yankees. When this team is down at rock bottom, they'll jump ship right away (evident from seeing less demand for the ALCS). Secondly, Rogers marked up ticket prices to the postseason way too high for the ALCS. The ALDS was reasonable, though prices in the ALCS are kind of absurd when you think about it. Cheapest 500 level seats face value come out to $111 with Ticketmaster fees. So right off the bat, as a seller on the secondary market its going to be tough to mark them up since it seems like many people don't want to spend close to $300-$400 on a pair of crappy tickets. At least with the ALDS, it was easy to mark up a $60-$70 ticket, since people were willing to spend $200-$250 for a good pair in the 500s. Additionally, the price points for tickets have not been fair and I think someone who bought flex packs should write into the Blue Jays ticket department and complain. Basically a seat in 113D or 130D is the same price point for a seat in 123 for example behind home plate. Why is that? Overall, Rogers took advantage of all the hype and charged astronomical prices for these games. So paying face value was already expensive for the average person, so it would be quite hard to sell tickets at 2x the value, unless you got lucky selling your tickets to some idiot over StubHub weeks in advance. Additionally, some poster made a good point earlier. People with season tickets and flex packs bought up so many extra seats thinking that they'd be able to sell them at like 3x to 4x the prices to defer the costs for their tickets. So then you see a huge increase of tickets made available in the secondary market, with prices sky high earlier on. Like me and some other posters said, those tickets weren't going to move at those crazy high prices, unless some people got lucky. Tickets weren't moving at those high prices + the Jays coming back to Toronto down 2 games created panic and leading almost everyone dropping their tickets close to face value, which still was even tough to sell as is. Most scalpers I know maybe made $20-$30 over face on each ticket they sold for Game 3 and 4, and even took losses for other tickets. Overall, everyone who got their hands on postseason strips early thought they were going to make a huge profit on their extra postseason tickets, which wasn't the case. This created a flooded market of tickets available with not that high of demand. Also, consider the Rogers Centre holds 50,000 people, it wasn't that tough to get a ticket in comparison to events held at the ACC or smaller ballparks like Wrigley or Fenway. Lastly, MLB screwed over Toronto with the start time for home games. Only one night game, for 6 home postseason games? That played a huge role. The 12:30 and 4 PM starts made it tough to demand a high premium on tickets since most people work 9-5. This created less demand and more tickets flooding the secondary market. If the Blue Jays played perhaps 1 or 2 more night games (one on a weekend especially), then I'm sure there would have been a higher demand for tickets.

I've used airbnb a couple of times when travelling, though never in Toronto. Just make sure you book with someone who has great reviews and has a superhost badge.

Wow seriously? When did Toronto all of a sudden become Manhattan? You should be able to find something decent downtown between $150-$200. Check Hotels.com or Expedia.