81-year-old lifelong Dodgers fan left devastated by brutal new policy
For decades, Errol Segal has been the embodiment of loyalty for the Los Angeles Dodgers. At 81 years old, he has held season tickets for 50 straight years, witnessing generations of baseball history from the same seats. But now, technology is threatening to keep him out of the ballpark.
Segal, a lifelong fan who doesn’t own a smartphone and has never used a computer, was informed by the Dodgers that paper tickets would no longer be available for the 2026 season. Under the team’s new “digital-only” policy, the flip phone he still uses isn’t enough to gain entry.
“I don’t have an iPhone. I don’t know how to use a computer,” Segal told local reporters, holding up the phone he’s relied on for years. Even offering to pay extra for printed tickets didn’t change the team’s stance. “Fifty years I’ve had these tickets. They threw me under the bus,” he said.
The policy is designed to combat fraud and ticket scalping, a practice that has become widespread in professional sports. Still, it leaves Segal, a South LA business owner, in an unexpected dilemma: attend fewer games or stop coming altogether. The Dodgers have offered him a refund, but he declined. “I said, ‘That’s not fair,’” Segal explained.
While he can still buy a paper ticket for a single game at the stadium, the team will not provide them for the entire season. The situation has drawn attention on social media, with some suggesting Segal should simply learn the digital system. “Will someone show this poor man how to store and use digital tickets? It’s infinitely easier than carrying paper tix,” commented Jason Boyce on X.
The Dodgers, valued at around $7.8 billion to $8 billion, have not indicated whether they will make an exception. For now, one of the franchise’s most devoted supporters faces an uncertain season, caught between loyalty and technology.
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