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Field Box 34, Saturday at 3:00, I have a ticket. My gf's Dad gets us the Ernst & Young field box at fenway as an anniversary gift. I am the only baseball fan out of the 6 of us going... the only reason he chose this game was because he knows that I am a Cards fan. I've lived in Boston for 6 years and have never seen the Cardinals play here. I don't think that I've ever been this excited to go to a game in my life (never been to a playoff game...). I get the tickets back in March.

Enter my best friend, the Yankee fan. He moves to [expletive] New Mexico (who lives there!?) and decides that his wedding is going to be THIS weekend. Sunday night wedding, but the rehearsal is on Saturday and of course he has the nerve to ask me to be in his wedding party. The bastard. I call him, tell him that I can't be there for the rehearsal, but that I promise to practice at home (I already know how to walk, what the [expletive] are we rehearsing?). I tell him that I'll buy the tickets for 6am on Sunday, which are more expensive than the Saturday morning tickets, so that I can still spend the day hanging out with him before his wedding. He flips out, tells me that I can't be in his wedding if I can't be there for the rehearsal, but that I am welcome to come to the wedding if I still feel like it. This is my best friend, he's like a brother. The gf's Dad spends a mint on the Cards tickets so that I can hang out with the family (gf will be fiance, so being with her family is important) but I have to tell him that I can't go anymore. GF is crying, BF is being a [expletive], I have to fly to Santa [expletive] Fe on Friday, but most importantly, I am not going to be at the Cardinals game on Saturday. What's worse, the friend that she's bringing to sit in my [expletive] seat is a goddamned Red Sox fan!!! [expletive]!

Sir, he is no friend. Missing rehearsal really is not a big deal.....I can't believe he pulled that card on you. Anyway, you made your choice....gotta live with it.

Not to rub salt in the wound, but I lived just north of Boson from 2002-2004 and we went to Fenway when the Cards were in town. Had a blast....ton of Cards fans partying on Yawkey. Fortunately, I moved in Sept 2004, prior to the "Debacle that will not be named" of October 2004.

I was at this game.



It was awesome, outside of the starter for St. Louis (Stephenson). Nomar kept killing us to add another inning.

who the hell does a sunday night wedding?

omaha_red wrote:who the hell does a sunday night wedding?

Jewish people?

Isn't this the second time you have had Red Sox tickets washed out because of a wedding? You need to communicate better with your friends, pocket schedules maybe.

i understand you're upset and the timing is terrible and yeah.. you could
probably miss the rehearsal.. but if it comes down to your best friend vs.
a baseball game.. is it really that tough of a decision?? again.. i understand
it sucks.. but good friends are pretty damned important in life..

omaha_red wrote:i understand you're upset and the timing is terrible and yeah.. you could
probably miss the rehearsal.. but if it comes down to your best friend vs.
a baseball game.. is it really that tough of a decision?? again.. i understand
it sucks.. but good friends are pretty damned important in life..

You might have missed it, but I am going to the wedding and the rehearsal. I just wish that he would have realized that it's just a damn rehearsal and that I would be there for the wedding.

You think that's bad. I was in a friend's wedding in 2006 that just happened to coincide with a certain Game 5.

obucard wrote:You think that's bad. I was in a friend's wedding in 2006 that just happened to coincide with a certain Game 5.

Did you have tickets? I had tickets to game 5 but couldn't get back from Boston because it was my first week with my new job. I've had more tickets to cool events that I never got to go to that anyone I know.

In fact, I can look at the ticket sitting in front of me right now. My little brother got to go in my place, and he saved the ticket and mailed it to me....it's a game 4 ticket (because of the rain out) Sec 452, row 5, seat 9.