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Outside the park, the giddiness of those lucky enough to have tickets only seems to amplify the desperate look in the eyes of those still clinging to hopes of a ticket appearing.

Fans in the lot plead with a photographer to purchase his press pass.

Ronnie “Woo Woo” Wickers’ goodwill receives a less friendly reception than Brian Jacob Hill’s harmonica playing.

Cindy Malag of Bridgeport won tickets for Game 1 the night before on the radio. She couldn’t get to sleep. “This is the best thing that could ever possibly happen in my life,” she says.

She’s not the only one to feel that way.

Fathers and sons march into the gates wearing hats and jerseys from their childhood that they had saved for this moment.