Therefore, if Federal taxes are raised and the interest deduction is lowered, the ideal income is probably closer to $225,000 for singles and $275,000 for couples. With this income level, the largest mortgage I recommend is $900,000.
Most costly ticket: Boston Red Sox. A Major League Baseball ticket remains the most affordable of the four major sports. The average price of a ticket to a game this season is $27.93, up 2 percent from last year, according to Team Marketing Report's Fan Cost Index.
Since most major league games average between 250 and 300 pitches, that would put the ball count at about 40 or 50 balls used per game. According to the MLB: between five and six dozen baseballs are used during each baseball game, as many as 72 balls.. Each ball costs about $3-dollars, so that works out to $216-dollars worth of balls for each baseball game.