The Patriots have a season ticket waiting list in the tens of thousands, and they charge a several hundred dollar deposit just to get on the list. Once you get a chance at a ticket, the prices aren't exorbitant, although not exactly cheap.

While there are usually season tickets available without a waiting list for the Red Sox, the ticket prices at Fenway are very high. Even the cheapest upper bleacher seats go for better than 25$ a pop. While I'm not exactly a candidate for welfare, Fenway and Gillette are priced out of the market for me, even on a single-game basis. For one-tenth the price, I can get the best seat in the house at one of the 3 minor league parks within less than 30 minutes from my home.

I yearn for the good, old days, as cjets described them, when ticket prices were affordable for everyone. As a college student in the early '60s, I often cut an afternoon Electrical Engineering lab to walk over to Fenway. For not much more than a buck, we could get a bleacher seat and a beer, work on the tan, and enjoy the beauty of a warm day in May or early June. Heaven on earth! Of course, the Sox were not good in those days. I guess success spoils everything.

I'm strictly a "homer". I support Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and (reluctantly) Bruins. In college football, it's Penn State because that's where my son is going. Other than that, I support my alma mater, Northeastern, and if any of the local schools get into regional or national playoffs, I'll pay attention to them. I'm Boston-born, and except for my years overseas and traveling around the "States, I've lived in New England. There's something in the water around here that makes this happen.