The Schmuck (ehemm WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING) Who Gave Jeter His Ball Back - Page 11

You're entering grad school and making silly typos, neglecting to put quotation marks around words to point out that you're referring to them as words, and using a run-on sentence. Come on.

NYR is getting unfairly piled on here. Other comments in the thread aside, the 3000 hit situation is not even debatable- the guy is a schmuck for giving that princess his ball back.

Had I caught that HRl I would probably have contrived some kind of paid webcast event where I light the ball on fire.

Could you translate his sentence into English, since you seem to understand it? Edit: Minor League baseball is really fucking fun. I'd much rather take my kids to 9 minor league games, and 1 MLB game (just for a taste) then only MLB games.

youarematt, a dog is not a kid.

Translated: New York Ranger, I find it alarming that, despite being an educator, you have mixed up "your" and "you're." This is a common typographical error, but it is one that I associate with uneducated or lackadaisical buffoons. Please do better, for the sake of the youth of New York.

i was typing on my broken ass iphone! new york ranger, as a primary school teacher i would hope you would have a better grasp on the differences between "your" and "you're"

The little dear is twelve today. Seriously, if I had a kid, I would take him to minor league games. They are really fun. I am reiterating this for those of you who have decided to become good little breeders.

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You are so frisco.

NYR, I'm actually legitimately curious here.

I've been to Yankee Stadium, the old one, but still, I've got a sense of prices.

I remember my meatball parm was like 12 bucks. For easy math, 15. That means if I had four that would be $60.

Walked around the gift shop, I got a souvenir bat for Yankee Stadium's last season. That was like $13. Again, simpler math and say $15. You have two kids, right? So that's $30. I guess maybe kids will be mollified and you'll have to get them something else. Some Derek Jeter knickknacks are $20. So we're looking at $70 total for two kids.

I did sit in like $20 seats, they were good and it was against a good team. I could see the game and it was fun, especially being accosted by a cadre of drunk hot chicks. (Side note: wish my dad wasn't there. A real buzzkill for the ladies).

Now... with some actual numbers... I'm looking at a $210 outlay. Maximum.

I really don't know how you need or can find ways to spend another $190 with out some modicum of self restraint. And I have an excellent ability to spend money, FWIW.

My question is: do you buy souvenirs for your kids every time you go to a game? Are they conditioned to want doodads when they visit a place? Because, now I'm not telling you how to lead your life, but I think the problem here isn't so much the Yankees and professional sports writ large.... it is you. Seriously. If kids need more than two pieces of crap when visiting stuff... probably spoiled (and if they "have to have" just one thing... you get the drift). If you "have to" have an ultimate experience when you go to a game... it is you. As was said elsewhere...we get so caught up searching for the best, we miss what is just merely pretty good and often that is great. And you save $200 bucks.

Sorry dude. That's just the way it is.


So basically what you are saying is edinatlanta doesn't fail again?


Minor league is the shit.

Seriously NYR, drive out to Staten Island (or, another money saving tip... mass transit!) and watch the Empires. Shit is so much more fun, and you can have the "ultimate" experience for probably much less than my still incredibly fun and spoiling experience.


Real talk: this is the best answer.

Not sure if its head and shoulders above MLB, but the Minor League ballparks and games (IMO) do offer better promotions and accessiblity to players (who tend to sign autos and baseball without nagging). If you're a prospector its good to get down to some A and AA games. Also its a good opportunity to see guys on rehab assignments you may not get to see in the majors.

It is fun, I grant that. A few years ago, the blOwrioles AA affiliate (Bowie Baysox) played a season or two at Memorial Stadium (the O's old stadium before they moved to Camden Yards) and as high schoolers a bunch of us from the baseball team went to watch a few games.

We sat right above the dugout. I remember one of my teammates bumming some chew from one of the players.

In hindsight, that sort of seems like an iammatt kind of story, except the chew would be coke and the player would be Joe Montana or something.

Happy Birthday to your dog, btw.

This shows you also do not really understand the concept of "supply and demand," although you clearly think you do. Also, something tells me you would be against price discrimination, based on the concept's title alone.

Looks like kharma's working in the kid's favor. Modell's and Steiner sports each pledged $25k to the kid, Modell's also kicked in a lifetime discount, and steiner (or Modell-forgot which) gave the kid a 2009 world series ring worth 40k

Miller also said they'd pick up his tax bill. Did anyone really think that someone wasn't going to do that? It is just great PR and you get a customer for life