Baseball's Gotten Mighty Expensive

From the October 2013 AARP Bulletin "A Boomer's History of the World Series

"October brings the 109th World Series. The fall classic has seen lots of changes since the Boomer Generation dawned in 1946, when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox (could it happen again, they're both still in) and 2012, when the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers.

Here are a few:  (1946 first, 2012 second);

WORLD SERIES TICKETS $1.20-$6.25-- $110 to $1,040
HOT DOG AND A BEER: 50 cents--- $10.25
PROGRAM: 25 cents--- $15

WINNING PLAYER'S BONUS: $3,742.34--- $377,002.64
RING: $100--- $10,000 (est.)

Hey, I Could Have Afforded the 1946 World Series, But Wasn't Alive. --Cooter

Liberty Island Still Closed with Superstorm Damage

From the Dec, 12, 2012, Chicago Tribune by Richard Simon.

Overlooked often in the damage done by Oct. 29th Superstorm Sandy is its impact on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, where the Statue of Liberty is located.  The iconic statue is still closed to the public, joining the Washington Monument in D.C., still closed after the Aug. 23, 2011, earthquake.

The statue and its pedestal, an old fort, came through the storm in great shape, but the docks used by boats bring visitors were seriously damaged and more than half of the walkway bricks were dislodge.

Liberty Island is among the federal sites recommended for the $60 billion Sandy Recovery measure the White House sent to Congress the week before.  The bill calls for $348 million for park service sites, of which nearly 70 were affected, including Ellis Island and Fire Island National Seashore.

Open That Lady Again.  --DaCoot