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  • The rain check message informs ticket holder that if. . .
  • game is rained out, ticket may be redeemed for cash. . .
  • or exchanged for ticket of equal value for a future game!
  • That is how rain checks worked for most of 20th Century!
  • Nowadays, it's more restrictive and can be used only. . .
  • . . . on the day of the rescheduled makeup game!    
  • If you present a rain check for a ticket not bought directly from the ballclub (if you got it from a ticket
    service, for example, or a season ticket holder) the club may not honor the rain check. . .


  • As for that "redeem for cash" concept. . .
  • That's pretty much dead today, but they will let you
  • . . .apply the value of the rain check to the price of a ticket for a future game

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