Derek Jeter memorabilia is ridiculously, preposterously expensive

Derek Jeter retires this week, as we’ve heard six times per minute for the last seven months via loudspeakers implanted inches away from our eardrums by the New York Yankees. And whenever a sports thing goes away, memorabilia dealers spring to let us know that we can spend our money to own a part of that sports thing.

Case in point: spend $400 on a sock.

Not two socks. One sock. Not only is this gross, it doesn’t seem particularly unique -- dude probably wore hundreds, if not thousands of pairs of socks over his 20-year career. This is one singular sock.

Also, it’s a sock.

Watch this hilarious Katie Nolan video:

And yes, the things she talks about are also real:

A wristband is $400. A glove is $850.

Owning sports memorabilia is nice, and we understand that. However, a word of warning: now is not the time to purchase any sort of Derek Jeter memorabilia. A sock should not be worth $400. Wait a few weeks or months or years for the prices to drop. That sock will still be there.