Now You Can Say You Saw Roy Halladay Pitch A Perfect Game Live At Sun Life Stadium!

Everyone and their mother know that Roy Halladay pitched MLB's 20th perfect game at Sun Life Stadium on May 29, 2010, so there is no use in talking about that anymore. But a whole lot more people are going to say they saw it live now!

Over 25,000 fans were there to see it live (click here if you want to read an awesome account of a Phillies fan who was there), but now, there are going to be quite a few liars among us. Why is that, you say? The Marlins are selling unused tickets! At the right price, you (yeah, you!) can say you saw Roy Halladay pitch a perfect game at Sun Life Stadium and have the ticket to prove it! From the Palm Beach Post.

Marlins President David Samson doesn't understand all the fuss about his team selling unused tickets from Roy Halladay's perfect game.

"It's not as though there's consumer fraud going on. There are people who are well aware of the result. We're not misleading anybody. No one is buying a ticket thinking they're going to the game. No one is saying 'I wonder who wins?' '

The Marlins sold 3,000 tickets in the first four hours Tuesday, mostly upper deck seats at about $15 each, for a game that was played Saturday in front of 25,086.

The decision to sell the unused tickets has attracted national attention - from debates on ESPN's SportsCenter to an endorsement from Dom Imus. One issue is that the unused tickets - which will be sold all year to meet demand - will count toward the team's final attendance tally.

"We're a low-revenue team trying to raise revenue. I would not have expected this to get any attention," Samson said. "It's baseball history. We're just selling tickets."

The Chicago White Sox sold un-used tickets from Mark Buehrle's perfect game last year, but that drew little notice because it was the home team's pitcher who threw the perfect game. Samson dismissed the notion that the Marlins were profiting from another team's feat.

Most sales have come from the Philadelphia area.

Now if I had gone to that game, then I might be a bit miffed that there are unused tickets being legally sold by the Florida Marlins organization, but I am not, and if a Phillies fan (or a baseball fan/collector in general) wants to purchase the tickets as a souvenir that will give them something to remember the game by, then I really can't say I have a problem with that. And people are buying them, so like it or not, it is working. Sure it could get a bit irritating that made up accounts of the game will be going around, but to those that just want a part of history, I do not see a problem with the unused ticket sales.