March 25, 2004
RETURN TO SENDER
A friend of mine had the good fortune of meeting New York Yankees manager Joe Torre the other day. Said he was a lovely man, very personal and open with his thoughts.
At the end of their meeting, he promised to send her boy an autographed ball and photo. True to his word, a package arrived about a week later with the ball and photo enclosed in this envelope.
Now, I don't know if you've ever gotten anything from the New York Yankees. I never have. Even the return address part of the envelope reeks of class.
Too bad the rest of the envelope didn't match that level.
Let's take a closer look, shall we?
As you can see here, (the address has been blotted out for privacy reasons), there are a couple notations on the envelope right above the mailing address label.
Come closer...
That's right. The package was sent with insufficient postage. Which means that the receiver has to pony up $1.98 for the privledge of receiving a ball and photo from the New York Yankees.
This from the team that has the highest payroll in sports franchise history. Not just baseball. Any sports franchise. How high? In the neighborhood of $200 million high.
You might wonder how they can afford to pay such exorbitant salaries.
Well, sending packages with postage due saved them a buck-ninety-eight.
C'mon, now. They're the YANKEES!!! I'd expect nothing less. I concur with Jeff, however-- The return address is top shelf.
Posted by: Meg at March 26, 2004 04:28 AMafter the Yanks lost to the D'backs in the World Series a few years ago Steinbrenner threatened to take away his office worker's dental plan for a total savings of $300K/yr. I'd reckon the Yanks 5th outfielder makes twice that.
Posted by: glenn at March 28, 2004 01:56 AM