Sure, to you and I, $232,000 is a lot of money. But is it REALLY lot of money to a baseball team?
So yeah $232,000. With a sponsor involved in some capacity.
Now let’s look at how much other things cost. For example, it is said that Steve flew to Japan to meet with Yamamoto’s and his family.
I am going to guess – I don’t actually know – but I will guess that Steve didn’t fly commercial out of JFK and maybe even switch planes in Anchorage or however flying to Japan works.
A private Jet to Japan could cost a person $10000 an hour according to Air Charter Advisors.
I’m gonna guess that Steve wants the VIP plane. Lets use the $15,000 long range jet number.
Let’s guess he flew from Connecticut to Tokyo.
Steve probably doesn’t fly out of Hartford. He probably flies somewhere closer to home. Let’s just call the flight “18” hours. So that’s 18 hours times 15 grand which is $270,000. Chump change for someone looking to make casino money off chumps who lose money at casinos (which used to be parkland,)
$270,000. For something that COULD have been a zoom call.
My math may be off. My logic may be fuzzy. The point here is $232,000 might not be a lot for a baseball team donation, somehow associated with a sponsor..
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FWIW, the contingent of Hal Steinbrenner, Randy Levine, Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone and Matt Blake flew to Los Angeles for their meeting with Yamamoto per the New York Post.
An average commercial flight from NYC to LAX is around $1124…obviously things will change depending on your details. So $2500 round trip (lazy math) for 5 executives… $12,500. Unless they took the corporate jet. Who knows?
