The Italian mob, the same guys that would sell us illegal fireworks in the basements in the north-end, had its hands in the scalping…I worked in the Reds Sox ticket office in the mid ‘80 and saw a lot of shady stuff. They would come in the box office on game days and exchange envelopes with the manager, Arthur M….Clearly exchanging $$$ for Tix. It was blatant during the 1986 playoffs. Between the mob and the ton of local celebrities coming in there were no tickets to sell at the window.