The chance to see the White Sox win their first postseason game at home in 120 years has made Wednesday’s game against the Guardians at Rate Field the “priciest ticket in the divisional series round” amid the club’s “historic turnaround,” according to Chris Casacchia of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES. A single ticket on TickPick “jumped to $327 on Monday, up from $250 Thursday, making it the most expensive American or National League Division Series game on its platform.” The average purchase price for Game 3 on TickPick “continues to rise and could end up as the most expensive Sox ticket in five years.” The team last hosted a Game 3 in the ALDS in 2021 against the Astros. Game 3 has a price premium of “roughly 330% over the team’s regular-season average price,” with fans paying “four times the price of a typical Sox ticket.” Demand for this year’s Sox home playoff tickets on TicketNetwork are “much higher than that of other teams.” Overall prices for the other ALDS and NLDS games are “comparable to recent years,” from 2021 to 2025, but the “anomaly are Sox games, which are outpacing all others by a wide margin” (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 10/5).
MORE THAN WELCOME: In Chicago, Paul Sullivan wrote Rate Field “will be packed” for Game 3 on Wednesday, and the Sox have “called for another ‘Blackout Game’ where fans are asked to wear the team’s primary color.” White Sox CRO & CMO Brooks Boyer said that “all are allowed to hop on, no matter their fandom.” Boyer: “They are easy to root for and have become ‘America’s Team’ if your team is eliminated.” Sullivan wrote this Sox team is “easy to like, with no real superstars” and a “crazy Japanese slugger” in 1B Munetaka Murakami (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 10/5).