Yankees COO Lon Trost — who coincidentally has the name of comic book billionaire — told WFAN last month that the reason the team no longer allows fans to print and resell their own tickets is because the rich people who buy premium seats shouldn’t have to sit next to “someone who has never sat in a premium location.” Subtext: the rich people who sit in our box seats are better than the hooligans who can’t afford those same seats at face value.
On Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver let the world know that he had purchased two tickets directly behind home plate for the first three Yankee home games, and is selling them for $.