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Diary of a Rockie Fan:
And finally we had to watch this.
Ticket brokers have hit the mother load. Thank you, Montforts for once again bringing reality to the dream we’ve been living in this past month. You still own the team and you still have very little clue as to what you are doing and even worse leaders.
I don’t think even Cub fans would tolerate this…and that’s saying something.
What will probably get lost in the emotion of most fans NOT getting tickets is the complete disconnect the Rockies ownership has with the fans.
There’s a lot to learn from this. Regardless of what the Rockies said, the decision to sell online only tickets was made because that was what was most convenient and cost-effective to THEM, not fans. We’re not stupid, we understand the economics of the issue. We just thought given the opportunity to do something right and redeem the reputation of the Rockies and baseball in general in this town - they would have jumped on the chance to get a share of the Bronco love. They missed it. They completely and utterly blew it.
Instead of making a decision based on what was best for the fans, the Rockies took the easy route. Then when it failed, they insisted that everyone else around them adjust to them, not them serve their fans.
You know what would have been awesome? During that 8 day vacation, do a lottery, sell the tickets at Coors Field, open up the stadium for the fans to see practice, have the players sign autographs for those in line. Heck, do it on a Sunday and watch the Broncos get pounded on.
That would have captured the city’s heart and left a great taste in our mouth regardless the outcome of the series or how little tickets were available.
But they didn’t do that. They didn’t even try it. Instead the fans got soundbites of defensiveness and spin doctoring and after all the years of horrible baseball - we deserved better.
I’ll still pull for the Rocks. I hope it’s a sweep…for more than just the obvious reasons.
Tags: Colorado Rockies, MLB, Montforts, World Series Tickets
11 responses so far ↓
1 daveb // Oct 23, 2007 at 1:46 pm
What a joke! And what’s worse is they’ll just keep saying the same old thing…”this was the best way”. They have once again screwed up a golden opportunity (and further evidence that they can make money if they put a good product out there).
2 MikeS // Oct 23, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Sorry dude. Wish it had turned out better. Still hope Boston wins.
3 wayne // Oct 23, 2007 at 3:37 pm
You have a dairy? Didn’t know you even liked cows.
Sent via my blackberry while riding the 221.
4 Grant // Oct 23, 2007 at 3:58 pm
dairy, diary - who the heck cares?
Besides that, your mom is a cow…
And so is your face.
And are we supposed to be impressed that you have a blackberry or that you are not slugging today?
(Think I might be a bit over-sensitive about spelling…)
5 kurt // Oct 23, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Could the Rock’s handling of tix serve as a metaphor for how the church often functions?
Couldn’t help read about the Rockies ticket debacle and think about how often “the church” can gunk up the works and miss opportunities to better connect with the congregation and community. We just had our church annual meeting and although it went okay, many of the logistics turned into a comedy of errors due to bad communication, laziness, and essentially a lot of “who’s on first?” type of thinking.
6 Grant // Oct 23, 2007 at 4:21 pm
K - I completely agree and was going to go there with the post but it was already fairly long.
7 wayne // Oct 23, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Hmmm…someone forgot to take their meds this morning.
I slugged this morning. No drivers this afternoon.
You should just be impressed because, while my face may be a cow, I’m still the Stallion.
8 Len // Oct 23, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Me too, the Rockies stink! just agreeing with you.
Chat with you about the games as they progress. A friends dad got Tix for all three games in CO. He lives in CO and is a Sox fan.
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10 clay // Oct 24, 2007 at 9:54 am
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