Brandon Steiner interview today about the DJ3K items for sale

[T206Collector]

Check out my 3000 hits ticket that I just bought. As I mentioned before, I went to this game with my 6-year old, and it was one of the best games I ever went to. Unfortunately, our stubs had ARod on them, which are really unsuitable for framing with our photos. So I picked up this beauty. What it cost is irrelevant. Is it a good investment? Who cares?! It's going in a frame on my wall with a picture of my boy and me. And the whole thing is priceless to me.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

Check out my 3000 hits ticket that I just bought. As I mentioned before, I went to this game with my 6-year old, and it was one of the best games I ever went to. Unfortunately, our stubs had ARod on them, which are really unsuitable for framing with our photos. So I picked up this beauty. What it cost is irrelevant. Is it a good investment? Who cares?! It's going in a frame on my wall with a picture of my boy and me. And the whole thing is priceless to me.

Your point? That ticket stub is what most of us would consider to be "real" memorabilia, as opposed to manufactured garbage (e.g., plastic coins filled with "game-used" dirt.) It's no different, in principle, than, say, this ticket stub:

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Your point? That ticket stub is what most of us would consider to be "real" memorabilia, as opposed to manufactured garbage (e.g., plastic coins filled with "game-used" dirt.) It's no different, in principle, than, say, this ticket stub:

Sorry for stepping on a soapbox here, but....

In principle yes, but in reality with regards to the desirability and the collectibilty, they are polar opposites. One ticket stub is extremely scarce, limited and has a long runway as far as true ticket collectors go.

The other is a great momento of a historic game, but has a seemingly endless supply.

The number of Yankees season ticket holder = huge
The number of MT full, season tickets because of the e-ticket phenomenon over the last 5 years= huge

[David Atkatz]

True, Scott. There exists ten or so of one, and about 55,000 of the other. That's why I said "in principle." You and I may not be interested in owning the Jeter stub, but it still is not a piece of manufactured bullshit. T ha been defending "Steinerism"; I was just pointing out that that stub is too real for Steiner to ever deal with.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

True, Scott. There exists ten or so of one, and about 55,000 of the other. That's why I said "in principle." You and I may not be interested in owning the Jeter stub, but it still is not a piece of manufactured bullshit. T ha been defending "Steinerism"; I was just pointing out that that stub is too real for Steiner to ever deal with.

Just for the record, this is a season ticket holder stub. There are approximately 27,000 Yankee Season Ticket Holders. The rest of the stubs have no player images on them. And there are 12 players pictured on the Season Tickets. If they broke out perfectly, that would mean about 2,250 tickets with Jeter's photo on them. So, yes, still 2,250 vs 10. But still a bit of a challenge lately with all of the memento seekers here in NYC.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

Just for the record, this is a season ticket holder stub. There are approximately 27,000 Yankee Season Ticket Holders. The rest of the stubs have no player images on them. And there are 12 players pictured on the Season Tickets. If they broke out perfectly, that would mean about 2,250 tickets with Jeter's photo on them. So, yes, still 2,250 vs 10. But still a bit of a challenge lately with all of the memento seekers here in NYC.

Nonsense. A game stub is a game stub. (Of course, I could say that mine is for a lower reserved seat, and may be the only lower reserved stub in existence.) But I'll agree that a stub with Jete's picture is more desirable.

Don't you want to have it authenticated and slabbed before you frame it?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

Check out my 3000 hits ticket that I just bought. As I mentioned before, I went to this game with my 6-year old, and it was one of the best games I ever went to. Unfortunately, our stubs had ARod on them, which are really unsuitable for framing with our photos. So I picked up this beauty. What it cost is irrelevant. Is it a good investment? Who cares?! It's going in a frame on my wall with a picture of my boy and me. And the whole thing is priceless to me.

T206,

I genuinely do like the Jeter ticket variation and I agree that it wouldn't feel quite right to have A-Rod on the ticket that you would collect for this historic moment with your son (although they were your actual seats!).

I was actually most surprised by the fact that the Yankees have $15 season tickets...

Enjoy your DJ3K moment with your 6 year old son!

I remember my 1 year old son's 1st ML game. We were given 1st row seats at Comerica Park in 2001 for the last game of the season. Shane Halter (who?) of the Tigers played all 9 positions in 9 innings. Pretty cool!

Amazingly, my son, now 11, attended a AAA minor league game where another player (Kevin Hooper) did exactly the same thing- 9 positions in 9 innings.
FWIW, that's kind of the way it's gone with him though. He caught a no-hitter the 1st time he ever played catcher. Bizarre!