So Ken Griffey Jr. hates coins?
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He pays his teamate Josh Fogg back with $1500 in cents.
Ken Jr was quoted as saying:
<< <i>“I’m a man of my word,” said Griffey. “And when you owe a man $1,500, you pay him. And I’d like to thank the lovely people at National City Bank for helping me with this joke. There isn’t a whole lot you can do with pennies. Just think, each box weighs 16 pounds, so the man has 60 bowling balls in his locker.” >>
Ken Jr was quoted as saying:
<< <i>“I’m a man of my word,” said Griffey. “And when you owe a man $1,500, you pay him. And I’d like to thank the lovely people at National City Bank for helping me with this joke. There isn’t a whole lot you can do with pennies. Just think, each box weighs 16 pounds, so the man has 60 bowling balls in his locker.” >>
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<< <i>Someone outta tell Ken that he just gave Fogg AT LEAST $1,600 worth of metal, and probably much more assuming a decent distribution of pre '82 cents. Better than 15 pieces of small green paper anyday! >>
At the amount of money these guys make daily, I don't think the extra $100 factors into things....he likely would have done it for double the amount just for the funny factor.
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<< <i>Where do you get your metal smelted for free? >>
How much is a roll of 1964 quarters worth? Standard answer at spot of $16.74 is 12x face, or about $120. BUT WHERE WOULD YOU GET THEM SMELTED FOR FREE? It doesnt matter Dbldie, because its just a commodity until there is an end user. You are always full of negative energy when responding to my posts. Are you unhappy with your life pal?
<< <i>Where do you get your metal smelted for free? >>
You can sell them on ebay and usually get around 2x face.
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<< <i>ARod.....$28,000,000 a year, 155 games, 3 at bats per avg game.......$60,215 per AB, thats alot of pennies >>
Thats slightly misleading as it doesnt account for his defense, or practice sessions. Take my line of work as an example. $75,000 a year....average of maybe 18 fires per year...thats $4,166 per fire I go to. But consider all the other runs I go on as well, ambulance assists, auto fires, carbon monoxide alarms, false fire runs, etc.
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<< <i>ARod.....$28,000,000 a year, 155 games, 3 at bats per avg game.......$60,215 per AB, thats alot of pennies >>
Thats slightly misleading as it doesnt account for his defense, or practice sessions. Take my line of work as an example. $75,000 a year....average of maybe 18 fires per year...thats $4,166 per fire I go to. But consider all the other runs I go on as well, ambulance assists, auto fires, carbon monoxide alarms, false fire runs, etc. >>
my exFIL was at the house on Madison and (Hamlin? or so) He was out multiple times per day in the winter. So even less per run for him.
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<< <i>ARod.....$28,000,000 a year, 155 games, 3 at bats per avg game.......$60,215 per AB, thats alot of pennies >>
Thats slightly misleading as it doesnt account for his defense, or practice sessions. Take my line of work as an example. $75,000 a year....average of maybe 18 fires per year...thats $4,166 per fire I go to. But consider all the other runs I go on as well, ambulance assists, auto fires, carbon monoxide alarms, false fire runs, etc. >>
my exFIL was at the house on Madison and (Hamlin? or so) He was out multiple times per day in the winter. So even less per run for him. >>
Madison and Leavitt....engine 26, truck 7. When did he retire?
<< <i>You are right Bochi.....its probably like me giving you $1.50! >>
That would certainly be like $1600 to me
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<< <i>Another pedigreed hoard! >>
Actually, you hit on something.
If he sold the cents, individually on ebay, with the picture and the story, he would likely earn more than a few dollars per penny
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<< <i>ARod.....$28,000,000 a year, 155 games, 3 at bats per avg game.......$60,215 per AB, thats alot of pennies >>
Thats slightly misleading as it doesnt account for his defense, or practice sessions. Take my line of work as an example. $75,000 a year....average of maybe 18 fires per year...thats $4,166 per fire I go to. But consider all the other runs I go on as well, ambulance assists, auto fires, carbon monoxide alarms, false fire runs, etc. >>
my exFIL was at the house on Madison and (Hamlin? or so) He was out multiple times per day in the winter. So even less per run for him. >>
Madison and Leavitt....engine 26, truck 7. When did he retire? >>
that's the one. I thought it was farther west......he died 20 years ago.
<< <i>ARod.....$28,000,000 a year, 155 games, 3 at bats per avg game.......$60,215 per AB, thats alot of pennies >>
What a waste of good money. They still can't win chit.
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<< <i>Another pedigreed hoard! >>
Actually, you hit on something.
If he sold the cents, individually on ebay, with the picture and the story, he would likely earn more than a few dollars per penny
I was thinking the same thing, except he could autograph the boxes and sell them that way.
The other thing that comes to mind is why Griffey would owe Fogg $1,500. Is there a more plausible explanation than he lost a bet? Surely this would run afoul of the article of the Constitution that gives Congress the responsibility to investigate Major League Baseball.
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