No Game. No Refund.

I have an update on what I think is a terrible mistake by Major League Baseball. They have abdicated their authority, granting individual teams the right to have individual policies when it comes to refunding tickets to cancelled games.

I was supposed to be in Milwaukee over the weekend to watch the Cardinals and the Brewers. I paid for it.

The Cardinals, one of the class organizations in professional sports, automatically refund single game ticket purchases made by fans through the end of May. We all know there won’t be any baseball in May.

The Cubs and the White Sox are a little less cool about the whole thing. But they will refund single game tickets until the end of May if the ticketholder requests it.

The Brewers owe me $700 bucks. I bought tickets for three couples. It was easier that way. They want to make this as difficult as possible for me. I must apply for my money on-line. And at this point they are only honoring tickets sold for April games. Nothing for me. My games were in May. I get to pound salt.

I foolishly decided I wanted to see the Cardinals in Milwaukee for my birthday. I should have waited for them to come to St. Louis where I would have enjoyed one of the best fan experiences in professional sport…

When baseball returns, I will root for the Cardinals and whoever is playing against the Milwaukee Brewers.