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  The best seats aren't always the first tickets released  so if you don't get seats right away, try to be patient and hang in there. It may take time to get through incredibly overloaded ticketing systems, and more tickets may be released later or staggered on purpose. Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course. I didn't get Swift tickets while in the air. Like thousands of others, I got stuck in a virtual waiting room after spending much of my flight anticipating a scheduled presale that was hopelessly delayed. But eventually it did start. We had landed at our destination by then, a family vacation. My kid was playing at the hotel arcade with his uncle, and I had had one cocktail when I decided to try again. I logged into the presale and this time I got through. I got seats . . . and lost them. I got seats again, and this time they went through. Be persistent, flexible and pat...

  Brady, a former high school shortstop who moved  to center field at UCLA, transitioned back to the infield as an option after Perez’s departure, along with freshman Megan Grant and redshirt junior Seneca Curo. While Brady was working at both center field and shortstop leading up to the season opener, returning to the infield was an exciting homecoming, although it was a bumpy return at first. “It is such a big transition,” said Brady, who led the Bruins with 14 postseason hits last year. “I’ve kind of had to relearn the things that were just in my DNA five years ago, but it’s definitely like coming back to me very, very slowly but surely.” Beyond Perez's iron-woman reliability, consistent hitting and steady fielding, the Bruins miss the five-year starter's leadership, pitcher Megan Faraimo said. The reigning Pac-12 pitcher of the year says she feels a responsibility to fill the critical void.