Meatloaf Is Perhaps Best Pitcher Ever

I stumbled upon an interesting story by Wall Street Journal writer, Beth DeCarbo, while trying to dig up a story from last week about the absurdities of those new stadium ticket seat licenses. We'll get to that in one second, but first, check out this piece about Meatloaf's impressive collection of sports knick-knacks, including a game soiled Cal Ripken Jr. jersey and a signed DiMaggio ball that says Meatloaf is one of the best pitchers he ever faced. Apparently, Meatloaf doesn't throw meatballs... cha-ching.

And finally, here is that must read story about the seat licenses. I'm sure you have heard a thing or two about these by now, but it's just outrageous. I used to believe StubHub provided a valuable service to both the buyer and seller of a ticket, but it is becoming clear that the service is provided to the seller of the tickets and more so, the greedy owners behind the scenes. Stubhub (now part of Ebay) basically validated this gouging in sports ticketing by providing the research via their auctions (aka, legalized scalping) to show the absolute top dollar fans will pay. And now of course, that's how much we will pay. We can now expect it to spread to all other sports and live entertainment. Good luck to the New York Hedge Funds Lawyers Jets.