Did you cash savings bonds you got as a kid? Ever buy a child a U.S. savings bond? It could be time to nudge 30-somethings or 40-somethings to see if they cashed their bonds. Currently, there are about 47 million unredeemed matured savings bonds worth $16.1 billion.
There are 12 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in each case.
But that's only a tiny fraction of the number of balls used by teams. There's a dozen balls in each box, and each team gets a paltry 110 boxes of balls free from MLB. Considering that an average game requires about 5 1/2 boxes, MLB is only providing enough for 1/4 of each team's games.