Red Sox Ticketing System Is The Eighth Circle of Hell

I've heard Yankees fans complain recently about the Yankees ticketing system and why they think it's unfair. But the truth is that those trying to buy Red Sox tickets have it worse. On January 30th, Red Sox fans (and those, like me, who don't like the Red Sox but want to buy tickets) entered the Red Sox virtual waiting room for their "automatic" ticketing system. This is the worst system I've ever seen. No matter what time you get onto the system, you get put into the same pool that keeps on refreshing and refreshing. There is no advantage for getting there early except for more frustration. Once you get in, the system is usually too overloaded to get any tickets and, at times, you get kicked out of the system...and right back into what Red Sox fans have deemed "The Eighth Circle of Hell".

I decided to capture a few select reactions from Red Sox fans on Twitter. Here's the results:

chriscorcoran sets up our review:

Some have done this year-after-year. DiagoFuji is sick of doing this yet again:

Then there's those who are jealous of their friends' success. jjdulak is among that crowd:

If you can't run an errand and get in, it's a problem. So says staceylynn619:

Some people hashtag their feelings like TwoBusy:

schoolsandcamps wants to add some "humor" to the situation with a little play on words:

The "best" error I saw was when the system "couldn't determine which MLB team's home schedule you were looking for". So, like ram0na, you got in to the system only to be kicked out because the system was confused if you were looking for tickets in Kansas City or Boston:

Some thought they were out of the 8th Circle of Hell...only to be knocked back into it like SteveWojnar:

Some people, like badlydrawnjeff, know that it's 2010 and it's time to improve this stupid system:

And some smart fans, like achurchill, never even bothered to try:

And for those lucky to get in, they were usually unlucky enough to get this message as shared by mcutler:

So, Yankee fans, before you complain about buying tickets when they finally go on sale in the next couple of days, remember that despite the pain you may feel, you are not stuck in the Red Sox Eighth Circle of Hell.