"Shot heard" ticket stub

[bachscore]

Has anyone seen the variation tickets from the last play-off game '51 at the Polo Grounds? The box seat tickets are labeled with "po-2" but there are, I believe, two variations. One, labeled "9A" has been displayed at the HOF. Another I am trying to verify is labeled "9B". I'd appreciate any help on this. Tomorrow when my son comes home from school I will post images if anyone is interested, as I am not very adept with the computer stuff and he is.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a photo of that ticket from the 1951 playoff game 3 at the polo grounds.

[Danielh41]

Wow, a lower section ticket to one of the most historic baseball games ever played only cost two bucks...

[Gary Dunaier]

Wow, a lower section ticket to one of the most historic baseball games ever played only cost two bucks...
$2.00 in 1951 is equivalent to $16.18 in today's money. Still a pretty good deal, compared to today's prices for a lower level ticket... :applaud:

[bachscore]

Thanks. Yes, I recognize the PO-2 ticket. Have you ever seen or heard of the variations? Thanks.

[jimmyjimjimz]

why is there no date on it? or is the date on the side that they ripped off?

[JohnCropp]

It probably didn't have a date because they didn't know what date it would be played on, just like playoff tickets today.

The PO-2 may even be a referrence to this being the second playoff off game played since the tickets were printed up. They may have just pre-printed tickets for when they would need them at the last moment which would have been the case since the game would not have been played if one of the teams had a different result on the last day of the season.

Does anyone know if the playoff tickets were sold in advance or on the day of the game?

I'd imagine that a box office manager's job was a bigger deal back then than it is now!

For all of it's ridiculous surcharges, online ticket sales sure make alot of lives easier, don't they?

[ipitch]

The PO-2 may even be a referrence to this being the second playoff off game played since the tickets were printed up.

It was the 3rd playoff game, but the 2nd playoff game at the Polo Grounds. So, "PO-2".

[bachscore]

Yes, the "po-2" delineated that it was the second play-off at the polo grounds, so it stood for "play-off 2" and since it was best of 3 they didn't know if it was going to be played. Yes again, as with the "Bucky Dent game" at Fenway the markings were obtuse. That game says "E2" and features a pix of Yaz on it but is also NOT dated, as most (all?) playoff tix today are not dated. The Dent game is another "tough" ticket to find. Larsen perfect game tickets are easier for collectors to locate (more people at the game, also most of the Dent game attendees may have tossed their stubs in disgust, a costly option, as they now retail for hundreds).

My 1951 variation "9A" and "9B" supposedly own to the cheap nature of the Stonehams, who did not want to incur additional printing cost and so used already printed tickets for the general admission tickets. I am just trying to verify that the "9B" WAS used, as I earlier said, I have seen a "9A" variation in a HOF exhbit AND book. Thanks.

[jimmyjimjimz]

Doesn't major league baseball make a set playoff schedule though? I mean, now they do, but I'm not sure if they made one back then. When I get Yankee playoff tickets, they say like "Division, game 1" or "ALCS, game 1" or sometimes they say "Home Game 1". I dont remember what the world series tickets say, though.

[EdTarbusz]

Doesn't major league baseball make a set playoff schedule though? I mean, now they do, but I'm not sure if they made one back then. When I get Yankee playoff tickets, they say like "Division, game 1" or "ALCS, game 1" or sometimes they say "Home Game 1". I dont remember what the world series tickets say, though.

There was no set play-off schedule in 1951.

[ipitch]

Doesn't major league baseball make a set playoff schedule though? I mean, now they do, but I'm not sure if they made one back then.

It was a regular-season playoff though. No one knew for sure until the games ended on September 30th that a playoff would even be necessary.