Nick Siobhan ambled down to historic Great American Ball Park at 4 am early Saturday morning to get in line for Opening Day tickets.

"I've never been able to buy Opening Day tickets. I feel that this is the year!" said Siobhan, 34, of Golf Manor. "The only other time I've been willing to wait in a line this long was for the premiere of Star Wars: Episode One."

Unfortunately for Nick, by then there were already hundreds of people in line, having been camped out for days.  "I thought I still had a good chance though, so I got in line."

At 9:11 am, Siobhan was one person away from the ticket window, and giddy with excitement, when the ticket lady cackled, "Sold out sonny!! Maybe next year!"

Siobhan then burst into tears. "Dammit! One person! One lousy person! If I had cut that guy off on I-75, I would have tickets right now!"

Siobhan plans on trying his luck with an Internet purchase next year, cautionsly adding that the last time he tried that, he blew a fuse and lost power in his apartment.