SeVeN » World Series http://seven.collective-b.org Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:47:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Chicago Cubs: The Magic Number is One http://seven.collective-b.org/2008/09/20/the-chicago-cubs-the-magic-number-is-one/ http://seven.collective-b.org/2008/09/20/the-chicago-cubs-the-magic-number-is-one/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:37:13 +0000 SeVeN http://seven.collective-b.org/?p=288 Stepping away from politics for a few minutes, I noticed that the Chicago Cubs are on their way to clinching the National League Central title. They are currently in a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are just one win away to start on the journey to the Worlds [...]]]> Stepping away from politics for a few minutes, I noticed that the Chicago Cubs are on their way to clinching the National League Central title. They are currently in a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are just one win away to start on the journey to the Worlds Series. I am not some avid sports fan, but I have been keeping my eye on their progress. For the team to be this far is pretty exciting.

What a year this could turn out to be for Chicago. Their prodigal son, Barack Obama winning the Presidency of the United States and the Chicago Cubs winning their first World Series in 100 years. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

]]> http://seven.collective-b.org/2008/09/20/the-chicago-cubs-the-magic-number-is-one/feed/ 0 I Need a Miracle http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/23/i-need-a-miracle/ http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/23/i-need-a-miracle/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:23:50 +0000 SeVeN http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/23/i-need-a-miracle/ World Series tickets for Game 3 and Game 4 at Coors Field are sold out. There are still limited tickets available for Game 5. At least that gives me something new to look at on the refresh page. It also answers the question of whether or not the Rockies web site was going to [...]]]>
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World Series tickets for Game 3 and Game 4 at Coors Field are sold out. There are still limited tickets available for Game 5.

At least that gives me something new to look at on the refresh page. It also answers the question of whether or not the Rockies web site was going to let us know when tickets were sold out.

The suffering is almost over. Thank God!

]]> http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/23/i-need-a-miracle/feed/ 0 Who Has My Ticket? (Holds finger up in air) http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/23/who-has-my-ticket-holds-finger-up-in-air/ http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/23/who-has-my-ticket-holds-finger-up-in-air/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:59:11 +0000 SeVeN http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/23/who-has-my-ticket-holds-finger-up-in-air/ The Rockies completely struck out yesterday with their attempt to sell World Series tickets. They are blaming their ineptitude on a ‘malicious’ attack:

The Rockies were forced to stop the online-only sale of tickets after about two hours Monday after 8.5 million hits overwhelmed the servers set up to take the orders. The Rockies later [...]]]> The Rockies completely struck out yesterday with their attempt to sell World Series tickets. They are blaming their ineptitude on a ‘malicious’ attack:

The Rockies were forced to stop the online-only sale of tickets after about two hours Monday after 8.5 million hits overwhelmed the servers set up to take the orders. The Rockies later said they were victims of an attack, but neither the team nor the company hired to run the sale – Paciolan Incorporated – have offered any specifics of exactly what happened.

Given the volume of traffic the Rockies reported and the fact that the attack shut down sales, computer security expert Dave Marcus said it could have been a denial of service attack – in which computers overwhelm Web servers with repeated but false requests to connect.

Whatever.
They resumed ticket sales today at noon. I guess I should say that the refresh pages came back up at noon. Whether they are actually selling tickets has yet to be seen. The only difference I see is that the countdown clock now starts at 120 seconds instead of 60. Other than that it’s pretty much deja’vu.

This is a pretty brain-numbing process. Every time the clock gets to one I catch my breath hoping for something, anything different to happen. Instead it’s the same ‘Time out’ or ‘The connection has been reset’ errors.

Update 1: (From Fox News)

DENVER – Colorado Rockies spokesman Jay Alves met with reporters at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, 75 minutes after ticket sales resumed for the team’s three home World Series games to assure fans that the on-line-only system is working slowly – but that it’s working.

The pace of sales is “picking up,” said Alves, adding, “We’re confident with the on-line system.”

Update 2: (From 9News)

Rockies Spokesperson Jay Alves reiterated in his 3rd news conference Tuesday that ticket sales are continuing online and that the pace is increasing with 1,500 tickets per minute. He is planning another news conference for shortly after 2 p.m.

]]> http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/23/who-has-my-ticket-holds-finger-up-in-air/feed/ 0 Take Me Out to the Ballgame http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/22/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/ http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/22/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:33:33 +0000 SeVeN http://seven.collective-b.org/2007/10/22/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/ The Colorado Rockies have made it to the “Big Show” – the World Series baby!!!! Tickets supposedly are going on sale today; online only. We have been sitting here refreshing four computers since 10:00 this morning. Apparently the Rockies’ servers shit the bed sometime around 1:00. Now we wait. And refresh.

Please wait for [...]]]> worldseries96×45.gifThe Colorado Rockies have made it to the “Big Show” – the World Series baby!!!!
Tickets supposedly are going on sale today; online only. We have been sitting here refreshing four computers since 10:00 this morning. Apparently the Rockies’ servers shit the bed sometime around 1:00. Now we wait. And refresh.

Please wait for the server to become available. The site is experiencing heavy loads at this time.

To improve your ticket-buying experience and to make it as pleasant as possible, this site permits entry to a limited number of patrons at a time.

This page will refresh when the countdown timer below reaches zero. When this happens, the system will automatically try to access the site again.

If this page refreshes too many times, you may want to try again later. Thank you for your patience.

Countdown: 59

The day is far from over and with only several hundred tickets sold thus far, it could get interesting. The Denverites have already taken to the streets. There could be rioting.
Read this update:

Rockies World Series Ticket Onsale

This morning, after more than 8.5 million hits on the Colorado Rockies website, Paciolan (Pack-ee-o-lan), Major League Baseball’s ticket vendor, experienced a system wide outage that impacted all of its North American customers. As a result, the Colorado Rockies have suspended the sale of 2007 World Series tickets scheduled to be played at Coors Field.

“It’s been an extremely frustrating morning for our fans and the entire Rockies’ organization,” said Keli McGregor, Rockies’ team president. “We are working diligently with Major League Baseball and Paciolan to resolve the issues impacting online ticket sales for the 2007 World Series.”

Although some ticket transactions (less than 500 seats) did take place this morning, virtually the entire allotment for all three games of the World Series scheduled for Coors Field remains intact. A plan for the sale of the available World Series tickets will be announced as soon as the details are available.

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