Posted on 11/03/2016 6:40:07 AM PDT by Scythian_Reborn
Karen Michel, a fan from Whiting, told MLB.com she was hoping that there might somehow be an extra ticket available at the Progressive Field box office. After being told the game was sold out, she spotted Murray walking by and decided to follow him.
"He turns around and says, 'Here, here's a ticket,'" Michel told MLB.com. "And he kind of shuttled me into the door. I thought it was just a ticket to get in. But it was a ticket to sit right here."
You can see her here next to Bill Murray. She got to sit in a $15,000 seat with Bill Murray and hang out with Murray, Eddie Vedder and others all night, amazing, she didn't give up, what a cool story more ...
Apparently Bill Murray is great with the public. He is just a nice guy. He has a house in Charleston and my friend sees him out and about and has known people he intersects with. He will sit down at your table at an empty seat, eat something from your plate, just acting like he was always there, join the conversation, stuff like that.
Interacts! Not intersects! That sounds dirty! Damn you, autocorrect.
Do you really think that if Kissenger decides at 4PM he wants to go to the game, that the management couldn't accommodate him? Most of the time Kissenger has something else to do so his tickets become available.
I don't do it so much anymore, but tickets are always available at events like this. 50,000 people have tickets and some get sick or something comes up and they ask a friend who is going to sell their ticket(s). I drove from 100 miles away to see the final game of the 1969 Series and got a pair of tickets at face value in time to call my father and tell him to come join me at the ballpark.
Concerts are much tougher because there are usually fewer than 4000 tickets available. But I usually have no trouble getting a ticket for these either. (On several occasions people have just given me a ticket, and now I have done the same for other people when I have been the one with an extra ticket.)
ML/NJ
Bad taste
Never.
I know about VIP tickets.
But everyday schmoes?
I met him at a college basketball final four game in New Orleans. Cool guy.
You’re right, guess my mind is in the gutter this morning. Sorry if I offended anyone.
The donor pays taxes on gifts over a certain amount, not the recipient...
There were always gobs of people looking for tickets, even among the people who followed the whole tour.
I saw them something like 8 times.
I clicked the link, and didn’t get the story.
My son works on the tour of a well known musician. Bill Murray showed up for one of the concerts and took the whole band and crew out bowling after the show. They had a ball, and my son said he is a real guy.
Way to go Bill. Your kind deed was rewarded by the Cubs’ victory! What a game!
Looks like a lot of Cleveland fans couldn’t resist the $$ that Cubs fans were willing to pay for tickets.
Bill is the coolest guy in Hollywood. Probably ever...
HA!
So, you think that will stop the IRS from telling this woman that its “income”?
The IRS isn’t interested in the facts.
He really is a nice guy; met him years ago while working security at the Pebble Beach Pro/Am. He asked if I was Dan Aykroyd’s secret love child ( I bear a passing resemblance), stuck 2 hundred dollar bills in my palm when he shook my hand all while thanking me for being a good sport.
I met Joe Pesci later that same day, and he was not acting in Goodfellas or Casino. He is that guy, sans all the violence. Very friendly and genuine fellow.
“Who shows up to a World Series game thinking that maybe there’s an unsold or unclaimed ticket at the gate?
Is that a thing?”
Yes. It’s called “faith”.
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A gift is pretty well defined by the IRS. The lady did nothing in return for the gift, so it's not income to her.
Murray may be on the hook for taxes, depending on the fair market value of the ticket, and any scalping laws of the location of the venue, since gift taxes are based on fair market value, there may be grey area there, but no, the IRS would not be able to come after her for any income on it. At minimum, if the ticket really had a value of $15,000 for the actual selling price, then he'd be liable for $1,000 which is the value of the gift over the $14,000 exclusion.
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