{"id":666884,"date":"2026-04-06T18:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/666884\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:48:16","slug":"longtime-dodgers-fan-81-upset-at-organization-over-paper-ticket-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/666884\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Dodgers fan, 81, upset at organization over paper ticket issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The advent of mobile ticketing has largely forced the paper ticket to go the way of landline phones, dial-up internet and other commonly used products that technology has phased out.<\/p>\n<p>One lifelong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Dodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> fan is hoping the team can at least hear him out on being able to continue to print his tickets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click Here For More Sports Coverage On Foxnews.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Click Here For More Sports Coverage On Foxnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Errol Segal, 81, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/dodgers-fan-printed-tickets-digital\/3871192\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBC Los Angeles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">NBC Los Angeles<\/a> on Friday the Dodgers told him he wouldn\u2019t be able to buy paper tickets for the entire season. He was able to buy some paper tickets on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Segal told the station he doesn\u2019t know how to use a computer and only uses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/tech\/technologies\/smartphones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:flip phone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">flip phone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He told the station it wouldn\u2019t have been a major deal if he was a season-ticket holder for only a few years, but he said, he\u2019s been one for the last five decades.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/sen-eric-schmitt-pushes-legislation-131242032.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sen Eric Schmitt Pushes For Legislation To Tackle Rising Sports Ticket Costs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Sen Eric Schmitt Pushes For Legislation To Tackle Rising Sports Ticket Costs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I had the tickets one year, five years, 10 years, that\u2019s another story,&#8221; he told the station. &#8220;Fifty years I\u2019ve had these tickets. They threw me under the bus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Segal said the team offered to buy his tickets back, but he didn\u2019t want to hear it.<\/p>\n<p>Segal told the station he hoped the Dodgers would reconsider their stance. Fox News Digital reached out to the Dodgers for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The team has a frequently asked questions sheet listed on its team website, showing fans how they would be able to access their Dodgers tickets through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mlb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Mlb<\/a> Ballpark app. One of the questions listed asks, &#8220;Can I still print my Dodgers tickets at home?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click Here To Download The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, to improve security and reduce the risk of ticket fraud, print-at-home tickets in any form are no longer accepted for entry at Dodger Stadium,&#8221; the response said.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sports coverage on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">sports coverage on X<\/a> and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Original article source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/longtime-dodgers-fan-81-upset-organization-paper-ticket-issue\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Longtime Dodgers fan, 81, upset at organization over paper ticket issue;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Longtime Dodgers fan, 81, upset at organization over paper ticket issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The advent of mobile ticketing has largely forced the paper ticket to go the way of landline phones,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,84884,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4,84885],"class_list":{"0":"post-666884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-errol-segal","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-dodgers","13":"tag-ladodgers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangelesdodgers","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-paper-ticket"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116359260316374161","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}