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College students line up for a shot at $9 World Series tickets

The cold and rain never bothered college students anyways — especially if there’s a World Series ticket in it for them.

Major League Baseball and the Boston Red Sox partnered this postseason, offering 100 student tickets for every postseason game for a measly $9.

The catch?

You might need to line up early and play hooky from classes to score a seat. The tickets are made available on a first-come, first-serve basis two hours before each game, but fans line up far earlier than that.

BOSTON, MA – OCTOBER 23: Fans celebrate a three-run home run by Eduardo Nunez during the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game One of the 2018 World Series. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – OCTOBER 23: Fans celebrate a three-run home run by Eduardo Nunez during the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game One of the 2018 World Series. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

“I tried to get my friends here, but they all thought I was crazy,” Kevin Larney, a student at the University of New Hampshire in Durham told the Boston Globe about lining up at 6 a.m. “They didn’t want to hop on the bandwagon with me, so I came alone. Hopefully, I get in so I can show my friends that it worked out.”

Four freshmen from Eastern Connecticut State University joined him shortly after at 7 a.m. after driving two hours on Tuesday night.

Some pulled the kind of all-nighters college students are notorious for with junk food wrappers and coffee cups fueling their journey for a playoff ticket.

They valiantly tried to get school work done in the rain — making up for the classes they ditched to get in line.

“Earlier, we put up a fort, tried to do some homework, and got some food,” Josh Rubin, a student at Bentley University said. “We still have a lot of time to wait.”

Enemy fans in home territory

Even Dodgers fans got in on the action, though they would’ve preferred being up 1-0 heading into Game 2.

Boston University senior and Los Angeles native Adrienne Sheh had asked for time off from work to get in line at 8 a.m.

“I’m really excited. This is my first World Series game,” Sheh said. “I’m a Dodgers fan, but haven’t really been advertising it because I’m trying not to get hate, but a few of my friends said I’m crazy.”

Probably more surprising to the Red Sox fans lined up? There was a Yankees fan hidden in their midst.

“I’m a Yankees fan, but I got my Dodgers hat on,” Matt Malcom, one of the four freshmen from Eastern Connecticut State said. “I haven’t gotten too much hate, but I’m expecting more when we go inside.”

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