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Hankering to attend a Phillies playoff game?

We're here to give you hope.

True, it's too late to get a seat for a first-round game directly from the club.

But there other ways to score - or dream of scoring - a postseason seat to see the Phils.

Reseller prices aren't outrageous. OK, on StubHub one operator is asking $3,999 for each of a pair of Diamond Club seats (with food, parking and more) to Thursday's Game 2 of the series against the Milwaukee Brewers at Citizens Bank Park, while scores of others are listed at $500 or more for that game or Wednesday's Game 1.

But dozens of other seats are $125 or less - pricey but not exactly shocking.

On eBay, some tickets have been selling today for from $60 (standing room) to $100.

Any shot at cancellations or turnbacks? Sorry. During the regular season, fans had two extra ways to score tickets on game day: Buying reserved standing-room tickets and hoping the box office suddenly had extras, perhaps turned in by the visiting team. Forget that for the post-season, says John Weber, vice president for sales and ticket operations. Such tickets will go to season-ticket holders or fans who entered a postseason lottery.

What about Milwaukee? Sorry, you'll have to fulfill any road trip dreams through a reseller or a travel agent. The Brewers are in the playoffs for the first time since 1982. So their games are also sold out - and even more expensive on StubHub than Phillies tickets.

Guaranteed World Series ticket. Better act fast for this one. By 5 p.m. tomorrow, in fact. If you buy a 2009 season ticket plan - they start at $350 for a 14-game Sunday plan or a 17-game plan - you get to buy a single World Series seat. If the Phillies make it. (We can dream can't we?) Deposits have to be made tomorrow, though. Go to www.phillies.com, and click on "Tickets" and "2009 Season Ticket Deposits." Or call 215-463-5000.

World Series "Ticket Opportunity." The Phillies have also been conducting a lottery in which fans can win the chance to buy up to four postseason tickets. Too late to try for the first two playoff rounds, however. But there's still a week to time to sign up for a shot at World Series tickets. Go to www.phillies.com and click on "Tickets" and "2008 Postseason Ticket Opportunity." Deadline: Oct. 9.

World Series "Ticket Opportunity," Part 2. Other clubs have postseason lotteries, too. So if you're willing travel, why not take a shot? Go to the Web sites for the American League teams still in the playoffs - L.A. Angels, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and Minnesota Twins - and enter their ticket lotteries. It seems to be too late to go for round-two games for the Chicago Cubs or Los Angeles Dodgers - the teams the Phils could face if they beat the Brewers.

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Note: Phillies set attendance records. Speaking of tickets, the Phillies set a franchise-record this season with an attendance of 3,422,583.

That breaks mark of 3.25 million set in 2004, the year Citizens Bank Park opened.

The club also had 50 sellouts, another franchise record. source>>>