Register for $oxtober: Bring Your Credit Card

Is anybody else sketched out by this? In order to register for a chance to buy postseason Red Sox tickets (should they, er, make the postseason), you have to give Major League Baseball and Sports Illustrated your credit card number. We understand the rationale—nobody wants scalpers registering thousands of times—but have we reached that point in our society where anybody is willing to

give away valuable access to their money, credit history, and financial future simply to have a vanishingly small chance of being given the opportunity to maybe buy some Red Sox tickets? Did we just answer our own question? Teddy Williams! Kelly Greene contributed to this post .

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Register for $oxtober: Bring Your Credit Card