Crap, my views coincide with Woody Paige...

In his article today he ends by saying:

Here's my proposal:
Everybody who buys one or more tickets at the website must type in his name, address, credit-card number, naturally, and an ID (driver's license) number. Each ticket-purchaser will be able to get a computer printout (as airline passengers do online).
Then, at the gate on game night, the person who purchased the tickets must present the computer printout, the ID and the credit card for admission. The purchaser and his companions must be together, and each would receive a wristband.
The procedure would slow the process of permitting ticket-holders to pass, but we're accustomed to airport waits, and it would guarantee that those who bought the tickets were using them and prevent scalpers with 30 computers from buying tickets and reselling them online or in the street.
Coming from a fool, this plan is foolproof.

It's funny because I had the exact same idea as he did yesterday after thinking about me and Mrs. Mendoza's upcoming Vegas weekend and thinking about how the airline tickets have to match "your official ID" and thought if the Rockies really truly wanted to keep the tickets out of money-grubbing across-the-country ticket brokers' hands and wanted the true fans who will actually use them and not resell them (even with the opportunity to make 10 times what one paid) they should do this.

I hate to say it but come Monday at 10:05 am there will be 2.3 million angry and pissed off Denver-metro'ites who will suddenly be faced with having to pay at least $400 (for worst seat in the house- rockpile) if they want to see the Rockies in their first World Series.
Lets just hope that that anger and bad karma is channeled towards the Rockies' management, who got rid of the line lottery, and MLB, who is taking at least 15k tickets each game, instead of 'Kaz-H-Bomb-Atk-itzki' and the awesome Rocktober (greedy trademark pending by the Rockies) pitching staff.
We'll see.

On a side note, it appears as though Manny Ramirez has now built up enough ill-will with the Baseball Gods due to his recent verbal sideshow antics and laziness on the field (ie "the longest single baseball history" yesterday) so that now the Red Sox should get thoroughly embarrassed by the Indians (or Rockies) in front of their own fans.
But don't worry, Manny, you always have next year to try to build up goodwill with the Baseball Gods.

Mendoza's 5280