Irish Hurling at Fenway

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This will be really cool. Wonder what tickets will go for.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/dublin-hurlers-to-play-galway-in-fenway-park-in-november-1.2352467

The Dublin and Galway hurlers will play off in Boston’s Fenway Park as part of an Irish festival to be held at the venue in November.
The AIG Fenway hurling classic will take place on November 22nd, a day after Boston College take on the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in a much anticipated college football game in the same venue.
The game will form part of an Irish Festival at Fenway Park on that weekend where organisers say “all aspects of Irish culture and music will be celebrated”.
 

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wiffleballhero said:
Fenway seems a little small for this, no?
 
From the link posted above:
 
The match will played in a Super 11s format; an eleven aside adaptation of traditional hurling where only goals can be scored, developed specifically to allow hurling to be played in venues where the pitch size is smaller.
 

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MalzoneExpress said:
 
From the link posted above:
 
 
Lame.  The bizarre goals/points scoring is one of the most interesting things about the sport.  And it's fun to see people who've never watched it before try to figure out who's winning when it's Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-15.
 

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SumnerH said:
 
Lame.  The bizarre goals/points scoring is one of the most interesting things about the sport.  And it's fun to see people who've never watched it before try to figure out who's winning when it's Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-15.
Yea I was disappointed to read that. Especially since most of the scoring is done via the field goals or whatever they are.
 

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SumnerH said:
 
Lame.  The bizarre goals/points scoring is one of the most interesting things about the sport.  And it's fun to see people who've never watched it before try to figure out who's winning when it's Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-15.
Dublin is probably losing as they didn't even bother show up until almost a full month after Mayo took the field.
 
edit: wait, that might be wrong, The month comes after the day in Europe.
 

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SumnerH said:
Don't make me hobble over there and hit you with my cane you politically incorrect whippersnapper.
SumnerH said:
The bizarre goals/points scoring is one of the most interesting things about the sport. And it's fun to see people who've never watched it before try to figure out who's winning when it's Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-15.
Even Mona Lisa Vito knows that this is a trick question.
 

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Laser Show said:
This will be really cool. Wonder what tickets will go for.
I got a STH presale link today and I was looking up prices for a guy at work from Galway. Tickets in the field box/loge/grandstand are $25, tickets in roof box/pavilion are $30.
 

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Jim Ed Rice in HOF said:
I got a STH presale link today and I was looking up prices for a guy at work from Galway. Tickets in the field box/loge/grandstand are $25, tickets in roof box/pavilion are $30.
Oh that's fantastic. Thank you!