The Subway Series


		There's still time to register for a Subway Series domain name

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Hurry up, people! Every minute you are not registering Subway Series domain names you are losing out on the potential to make big money off this Fall Classic.

Since the first pitch was thrown in Game 1, 110 names have been registered. Isn't it worth it to own a Web site name dedicated to the great Subway Series for the price of filling up your car three times?

Those that have registered Subway Series-related names obviously don't think it's important to have them up during the event. Subwayseriescentral.com is a blank screen, and there's nothing up for bid on subwayseriesauction.com. There's no team logo flashing on subwayserieschampion.com, and it's still up in the air whether subwayseriesmug.com will have pictures of those arrested after the final game.

Do you have any idea why someone would reserve subwayseriesthemovie.com? But, I guess that's a little more rational than setting aside subwayseriesparkinglot.com (I'm not kidding). And one final note to the individual who took Yankees-n-Metssubwayseries.com: Did you know that Rogerthrewthebatatmikepiazzabuthewasn'tlookinghewasjustryingtogetthebatout.com is still available?

Domain names for sale this week: Nynysubwayseries.com, $175
Subwayseriesexpress.com, $1,000
Subwayseries-2000.net, $4,999
subwayseriestickets.com $50,000

My favorite Subway Series memorabilia (that really exists):

A hat I saw selling for $1. Had Mets and Yankees logo and the words "Subway Seres." I'm serous about that.

Subway Series address labels that picture subway tokens surrounded by Mets and Yankees signs with the 4 and 7 train numbers.

Subway Series CD with "Who Let the Mets Out?," "The 2000 Mets NLCS Mix," "The Yankee Mambo," "How Ya' Doin' Subway Series 2000" and "New York, New York"

Subway Series box cars ($75) and milk trucks ($9.99)

The Mets and Yankees Subway Series Sub Sauce ($14)

Three 1,500-foot long rolls of ticker tape ($75)

Rawlings official Subway Series bats with facsimile signatures of every player on both teams, numbered up to 2,000 ($98.95)

Alleged splinters of Mike Piazza's bat from Game 2; comes with four box seats to Game 5, ($2,500 on eBay)

It ain't over until the fat cow sings
Velocity Sports and Entertainment, a marketing agency that managed this summer's New York Cow Parade, will be auctioning off a Yankees cow Thursday night in West Orange, N.J.

The cow, nicknamed "Moogie Berra," is autographed by 60 past and present Yankees and will be auctioned off for several charities, including the Yogi Berra Museum. Starting bid is projected to begin at approximately $2,500.

May I see your license and Subway Series registration?
Major League Baseball Properties is working feverishly around the clock to nail all counterfeit merchandise. More than 40 undercover police officers and six on-site lawyers at both Yankee and Shea stadiums are solely dedicated to nabbing counterfeiters.

Since the postseason began, they have served 111 seizure orders, which are really lawsuits, and have confiscated 12,000 units of counterfeit merchandise in New York, according to Ethan Orlinsky, vice president and general counsel for Major League Baseball Properties.

For comparison, not one piece of counterfeit merchandise was seized in either St. Louis, Chicago or San Francisco during the playoff runs of the Cardinals, White Sox and Giants. At the Yankees parade last year, 15,000 units were seized. "New York is the focus of counterfeiting activity," Orlinsky said. "The counterfeiting rats really came out of their holes for this World Series."

How much are your baseballs worth?
Here are the prices of single-signed baseballs for the members of the four New York teams throughout history, according to Beckett, publisher of several monthly sports collectible magazines:

Brooklyn Dodgers	N.Y. Giants	Yankees	Mets
Jackie Robinson, $4,000 Roy Campanella, $4,000 Gil Hodges, $2,000	Mel Ott, $8,000 Frankie Frisch, $1,800 Bill Terry, $300	Lou Gehrig, $18,000 Babe Ruth, $15,000 Thurman Munson, $2,500	Willie Mays, $90 Nolan Ryan, $90 Tom Seaver, $60

Psychics take their pick
While I have no raw statistics showing how the workload on metro-area psychics has increased throughout the Subway Series, I couldn't resist asking some psychics what they see for the rest of the series.

"As I look at the two teams psychically, the Mets do not look strong," said Marie Simpson, a professional psychic, medium and hypnotist from San Antonio, who said she has not watched one baseball game all year. "I feel that the Mets will win at least one game, in the next few days, but I feel the Yankees will win the series. I also feel a fight or argument coming soon, during the game."

Simpson said, "Roger Clemens looks as though he will not allow the Mets to gain very much in this series," which seems to suggest that Clemens will clinch it for the Yankees in Game 6 at The Stadium.

The Global Psychics Team predicted the Yankees would win in five or six, in a game that ends in extra innings. They go on to say, "Clemens is under control for the moment but may pop up again in the fourth game."

Clemens getting involved off the bench?

They also said, "Weather will interfere with at least one game, maybe two." The forecast calls for scattered showers in The Bronx on Friday, the off day, and possibly Saturday, when Game 6 would be played.

Finally, they predict a riot after one of the games (perhaps the finale) and the police will have to use "water hoses."

Darren Rovell, who covers sports business for ESPN.com, can be reached at darren.rovell@espn.com.

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