As you may have read somewhere today, the Yankees have begun auctioning off a multitude of snazzy items from their old stadium. While a 4' x 80' piece of sod for your putting green might certainly wet the appetite to spend-spend-spend, the Hernia mole managed to uncover a list of even better, one-of-a-kind specialty items not included in the online sale.
So get out of that Yankees Special Edition Locker Bed, slap on those Mattingly sideburns, throw on a Randy Levine wig and start bidding now.
- Joe DiMaggio's JFK punching bag: $43,000,000
- Old west riding boots worn by Wade Boggs: $12,000
- Mel Hall's Eazy-E wig: $7,000
- Joe Torre's crusted wall boogers: Dugout - $15; Office - $11
- Everything ever found in Rubén Rivera's locker: $16,000,000
- Paul O'Neill rejected hair plugs: $7,500
- Johnny Damon's authentic industrial strength Spaceballs blowdryer: $4,000,000
- Special combo: Mickey Mantle's and David Wells' game day shot glasses (used): $192,000
- Clippers used to cut the hair of Chad Curtis and Joe Girardi: $4 (w/ barber, $24)
- Jesse Barfield's cannon ball training set (600 lbs.): $1,500
- Steinbrenner's King Arthur throne made from Tiffany silver: $700,000
- Matsui peep booth (girl included): $3,500
- Brien Taylor uniform (still in plastic case): $4.99
- Giant bags of sod from the lockers of Jeff Weaver and Doc Gooden: $250,000 each
- Darryl Strawberry's 10 "get out of jail free" cards: $24,000 (or $2,400 each)
- Video of Dan Pasqua being traded: $3.00
- Hot dog bit with small piece of bun stuck to it (said to be once chewed by Cecil Fielder): $50
- George Costanza's bomb-proof desk: $10,000
- Lou Pinella's "NYC girls I haven't banged yet" list: $50,000
- Various Jeter groupie skags trapped in basement: $20 apiece
- Luis Polonia's 75-pound glove (can be used as loveseat for living room): $75,000
- Luis Polonia's black book (many girls now legal!): $47,000
- Buck Showalter's cherished "Black Tail" collection: $12,000
- Sal Fasano's old mustache trimmings: $400 a whisker
- Steinbrenner's frozen head collection: $4,200,000
