You could buy a new car. Or put a substantial down payment on a house. Or a countless number of other things with $28,000.
For one avid baseball collector, though, that price is worthy of a baseball. Not just any baseball, of course.
The ball from Jose Bautista’s memorable “bat flip” in the 2015 American League Division Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers fetched ... you guessed it ... $28,000, a spokesman for Lelands auction said Saturday.
When the ball went on the auction block last month, the thought had been it would bring in at least $8,000.