CINCINNATI — Major League Baseball has some advice for fans coming to Cincinnati for the All-Star Game: buyer beware.
Baseball officials and local authorities on Wednesday outlined plans to target sales of counterfeit tickets and merchandise, hoping to minimize lost revenues and keep fans from being ripped off by knockoffs or shut out of the July 14 game.
"Be smart," said Ethan Orlinsky, an MLB senior vice president. "One of the things we do is ... try to protect the fans against bad experiences."
Orlinsky said high-demand events attract sophisticated counterfeiters selling cheaply made caps and T-shirts for $20 to $40 and bogus tickets for hundreds of dollars.