With Bonds Up, Cheap Seats Become Priceless
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By Monday, the right-field bleachers at Miller Park were sold out in anticipation of Barry Bonds's 700th homer while many of the best field-level seats remained.
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The news was relegated to the back of the papers and mentioned only in a note, but the significance was impossible to ignore. On the same day San Francisco&#39;s Barry Bonds hit his milestone
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A day after rolling out another hike to baseball&#39;s priciest tickets, Red Sox brass scrambled to show the Nation&#39;s faithful that the extra cash will be put to good use.
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Sometimes the biggest rewards are hiding out of sight.
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Although it can be had free, rest is becoming a luxury item.
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Electronic bidding began for Barry Bondsâs 755th and 756th home-run balls, with the price for the record-breaker starting at $100,000.
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People are sometimes more extravagant with currencies that have high face values.
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This energy powerhouse looks cheap, despite recent setbacks.
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The New York Yankees are raising ticket prices for most of their top seats by &#36;10 next season, with the best box seats going for &#36;90.
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The industry faces upheaval as finances worsen and low-cost carriers gain ground.
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On a gloriously sunny San Francisco day last April, a friend and I paid $150 for tickets worth less than $80 to see the San Francisco Giants play the Milwaukee Brewers at SBC Park. Of course, like thousands of others on that chilly Monday afternoon, we weren't there so much to see the game as to get a chance to ...
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Barry Bonds is beat. His legs are aching, he's exhausted and mired in one of his worst slumps ever. Looks like that chase for 755 could take a while.
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The World Series champion Boston Red Sox raised their ticket prices by an average of 7 percent for next year, with the price of field boxes increasing by &#36;10 to &#36;85.
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If you're a Red Sox season ticket-holder hoping to witness the team's second World Series title in four years, brace yourself: It's going to cost you.
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Even bonds can lose money -- sometimes lots of it.
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You would have been better off with bonds.
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While low-priced stocks can be cheap for a reason, they might also present some great, overlooked investment opportunities.