I Didn't Get Scammed By ANYONE. Mintz May Have, But I Did Not

Yesterday, the White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the division series against their bitter rival, the Cleveland Guardians. Who'da thunk just a few ago that this team - the same team that lost 100+ games 3 years running - would be just a game away from the ALCS? Not me.

Anyways, after the Sox took business in Cleveland, it was time for Tate and I to start hunting for tickets for game 3 in Chicago. In the midst of our conversation, this guy butted into our conversation and offered to help out: 

Benjamin Mintz. 

Long story short, he met a guy on a train to Milwaukee a few weeks back he's become friendly with. Apparently said guy "loves to gamble" and "has ticket hookups in Chicago and Milwaukee" to which Tate and I responded, "great. Get the tickets." 

Fishy? Sure. But not outside the realm of possibilities, either. 

If there's ANYONE who can find free tickets - even if insanely pricey or hard to come by - it's the Mintz man. I mean the guy literally does anything he can to not spend money of his own. I don't need to delve deeply into it we all have seen it with our own two eyes. 

So I chose to wait it out. See if this guy comes through. Was it fishy? Yes. Was there a chance, be it big or small, that Mintz was getting scammed? Also yes. Was it worth the $400 risk? In my opinion, yes. 

I took every ounce of this into account when I told Tate to hold off on looking for tickets. This situation arose around 3pm yesterday. We had that entire night, all of today and early tomorrow to find tickets if these fell through. There was a Z.E.R.O. percent chance I was missing being in the stadium for this game, so I was willing to give Mintz time to pull through knowing that there was allllwaaayysss a chance, even a good one, that he didn't. 

So that's what we did. We waited until today to get real, actual tickets…and we did.  No harm, no foul. Except for Mintzy's $400 loss, which I told him I will pay him back for should he not get the tickets before the game tomorrow. I popped $3000 into $VST a couple weeks ago, so I'll take it out of those earnings. 

One more note: if this was a guy just fucking with Mintzy, that's one thing. Ha ha ha. It's a COMPLETELY different thing for a dude, who's apparently a Barstool fan, to sheist money from him on top of it. That's over the line and you're a complete cock sucker who needs to get hit in the face if so. 

Turani kept asking if I thought it was real on the Yak. I said I thought there was both a chance it was real and a chance it was fake. It didn't compute for him really. Not sure why it wouldn't, but it's possible to have both thoughts in your head at the same time in this instance, and having the entire 36 hour block of time to find tickets was enough for me to gamble on it being real. Simple as that. 

Anyways, cannot wait to be in Sox Park for game 3. What an UNBELIEVABLE season it's been. Everyone's doing their part, including me.

And I think the sox OBLITERATE the Tribe tomorrow. Obliterate them. Sox park is going to be ROCKING to Strokin'. Best vibes in sports belong in the White Sox clubhouse.