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Originally Posted by bnorth
Now I bet the real fans who only want it because it came from Jeter while they watched him sign it will keep lining up for the experience. I get paying extra for an experience. Kinda like the $12 soda at the game. It is just part of the price of the experience.
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One day in the summer of 1966 I met Mickey Mantle outside Yankee Stadium. It was about the seventh inning, he had left the game early, showered, dressed, and walked out. No one there but him and me. He signed a baseball for me, got in his car and drove away. It was an experience I haven't forgotten these past fifty-nine years. And unless I develop dementia, I doubt I'll ever forget.
Standing in line after having paid my money, finally getting to stand in front of my seated hero while he signs whatever is put in front of him without looking up, and then quickly moving on? An experience I'd much rather forget. And probably will.