There isn’t much, in these inflationary times, that you can buy for one American dollar.
Baseball Things You Can Buy For One Dollar
On Wednesday, though, we learned that majority ownership in the New York Mets could be had by David Einhorn for just one single greenback:
If the Wilpon family does not pay back Einhorn’s $200 million investment in three years, the hedge fund manager can obtain a 60 percent stake in the team for an additional $1, Forbes reported. So his total investment for control of the team that some have valued at more than $1 billion would be $200,000,001.With the Wilpons seemingly in financial trouble, it seems entirely possible that David Einhorn might wind up with control of the Mets franchise for just that extra buck. (Just how would he have to pay this? Cash? Check? Could he give Fred Wilpon 100 pennies?)
This put me in search of other baseball things that you can buy for one single dollar. If Einhorn would really rather not have the Mets for that extra $1, here are some other choices:
Hot dogs in the Wrigley Field bleachers: During every Wednesday Cubs home game this season, you can stuff your face with Vienna Beef hot dogs for just $1 each, but only in the bleachers. Signs were posted at the concession stands limiting purchases to 10 at a time after the first such date, when people asked for as many as 30 at once.
A 2006 Colorado Rockies baseball pocket schedule: This eBay listing is for a schedule for a Rockies team that went 76-86 and finished fourth in the NL West. Here's a link to that complete schedule, for free. There! I just saved you a buck. (Plus 75 cents in "expedited shipping".)
A 1976 Topps Ron Blomberg baseball card: Just marvel at the hair, alone:
The mind boggles. And there’s free shipping on that one.
A Grandstand Reserved ticket to the Orioles/Rangers game on July 5: Cheating by a penny here, there is a ticket -- a pair, actually, in section 339 in Rangers Ballpark for 99 cents to see Baltimore take on Texas in this game that's almost even on a holiday. Less than a Wrigley bleachers hot dog to see major league baseball!
A baseball with "two unidentifiable autographs": Yet another 99-cent eBay listing, a photo of this baseball shows a partial autograph with what appears to be the number "33" below it. Who could it be? Nick Swisher? Carlos Villanueva? Clayton Richard? Cliff Lee? Or some past star like... Jose Canseco? Less than a buck and it's yours. (You'll pay $4.41 for "expedited shipping", though. If you just can't wait.)
Tickets to Washington Nationals games: There's a catch. You have to be a kid 3-12, or a senior 55 or older, to get $1 tickets to games on June 23 vs. the Mariners, or Sept. 4 (Mets), Sept. 8 (Dodgers) or Sept. 11 (Astros). The Nats are averaging 21,033, 14th in the NL, and about half capacity. But, hey! It's Major League Baseball! For a dollar!
Or maybe David Einhorn would rather just have the Mets for his buck. That’s major league baseball, too.
Right?
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