Hey, I wasn't kidding about those final game balls being $500...
(Photo taken August 17, 2009. © Gary Dunaier. Link to upload on Flickr.com: here.)
In fact, that's a reduced price... at the start of the 2009 season, they were $600...
(Photo taken April 15, 2009. © Gary Dunaier. Link to upload on Flickr.com: here.)