Get your Nick Johnson tear-flavored dirt! Only $1,400!
We've already covered one of the more maddening, or at least confusing, tenets to Yankee fandom, the idea that there is some sort of "class" associated with being a Yankee. This class precludes facial hair, naturally, as well as overzealous celebrations. Why? Because old men say so.
So maybe it's piling on the Yankees a little bit today -- it is Mother's Day, after all -- but Phil Mushnick's column in today's New York Post is not to be missed. If you're rich, stupid, and looking to cement your True Yankee Fan status to anyone who would dare question it, well, have the Yankees got a deal for you!
"2005 Opening Day Batter's Box Dirt Collage" for $120 (call me cynical, but the dirt looks suspiciously similar to 2006 Opening Day batter's box dirt). Ian Kennedy's "Yankees New York Yankees Clubhouse Locker Room Name Plate" is selling for $500 (how a locker name plate was used in a game escapes us, but Shelley Duncan's is a steal at $300).The real kicker is a Kyle Farnsworth name plate for ... $100. One hundred freaking dollars. For that, you could buy a GTA 4 and an XBOX Live subscription and actually play online with Kyle Farnsworth, which would be way cooler. As long as you're prepared to take a legendary series of virtual kicks to Niko Bellic's virtual crotch, that is.
For $250, you can own Jose Veras Jose Veras ' alleged "game-used" Yankee duffel bag (I can't recall Veras using that duffel bag in a game, either, but that's the beauty of the hidden duffel bag trick).
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. having formerly worked for Steiner Sports, they've been selling game used Yankee items for over 3 years now. Phil must have been busy tracking the daily progress of Mike and the Mad Dog to notice.
Posted at 3:35PM on May 11th 2008 by sleahy21
2. Do we get a Fanhouse expense account? Somebody get us that Farnsworth nameplate, dammit!
Posted at 4:21PM on May 11th 2008 by B
3. I heard they are selling Derek Jeter used toilet paper.
Posted at 5:45PM on May 11th 2008 by NYRanger26
4. This isn't anything new. The Mets are doing the same thing for the last year at Shea. Teams sell this stuff and do you want to know why?
Because people buy it. Hating teams that do this is just dumb.
Posted at 5:54PM on May 11th 2008 by tom