81-Year-Old Dodgers Enthusiast Faces Challenges with Digital Ticket Access

The Los Angeles Dodgers appear to be taking a hard stance against some of their most devoted supporters, and this time, the beloved team is coming across more like a corporate giant than a friendly neighborhood baseball club.

Errol Segal, an 81-year-old superfan who has been a season ticket holder for an impressive 50 years, recently found himself in a bind when the Dodgers made it clear that while they welcomed his business, they wouldn’t accommodate his outdated technology.

Despite his half-century-long allegiance, predating the invention of QR codes by decades, the Dodgers denied Segal’s request for physical tickets for the 2026 season, effectively barring him from attending the games.

Segal, brandishing his trusty flip phone that lacks the capability to run the MLB Ballpark app, explained to local reporters that he neither owns an iPhone nor knows how to operate a computer.

The crux of the issue is the team’s strict “digital-only” ticketing policy, which they refused to bend even after Segal proposed paying extra to receive traditional paper tickets.

“If I had the tickets for just one year, five years, or even ten, that would be a different matter,” Segal shared with a local news outlet. “But to have them for fifty years and then be cast aside like this feels like being thrown under the bus.”

For the first time in decades, the devoted fan is considering skipping games entirely — even after being offered a refund for his seats.

“I said, ‘That’s not fair,’” Segal recalled, rejecting the team’s buyback offer.  

The Dodgers, currently valued at an estimated $7.8 billion to $8 billion, apparently couldn’t accommodate a man who has supported them through thick and thin. The team argues that digital ticketing prevents scalping and fraud.

While digital ticketing has become the norm across sports, Segal’s story highlights the downside of an all-tech approach.

The longtime South LA business owner said he was still able to purchase a paper ticket at the stadium for a single game, but the team still won’t provide printed tickets for the full season.  

As the story made the rounds on social media, some commentators argued the solution is simple: adapt.

“Will someone show this poor man how to store and use digital tickets? It’s infinitely easier than carrying paper tix,” Jason Boyce said on X.

The Dodgers have not publicly indicated whether they’ll make an exception for Segal, leaving the octogenarian fan in limbo.

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