Dallas Keuchel's girlfriend Mackenzie Valk works for a business called Golden Sport Collectibles that specializes in 24 karat gold baseballs that are usually signed by well-known baseball players. The business is also sponsored or owned by Rawlings, whose name is displayed prominently at the top of their logo. I'm not sure exactly who started the business, but with a spokesperson like Mackenzie Valk, they could do alright in the Houston area.
Mackenzie herself released a short video promoting one of the baseballs signed by Christian Yelich. Dallas Keuchel's girlfriend appears to be as sweet as can be and says something to the effect of "If you like gold baseballs follow Golden Sport Collectibles, and if you like blondes who like baseball, follow me." In this day of social media marketing, I guess you've gotta' put a little pep into your Twitter spots.
One of the most interesting things she posted was a picture of long panels of what appears to be strips of leather that have been painted gold. Now, this whole 24 karat baseball thing is sort of suspect to me, because it leads me to wonder if they are actually using gold dust to put on these baseballs. If they are, isn't that sort of a ridiculous use of gold? I mean, what if you need the gold back one day? How do you get it off of your goofy collectible baseball so that you can barter for food? Or do you just use the baseball itself as gold currency?
Mackenzie spends a lot of time at baseball games cheering on her boyfriend and the team in general. I sort of wonder if it's not a drag for some women to have to go to the games when their boyfriend is a pitcher and doesn't play most of the time. Like, I get that she's a fan, but that's a massive time commitment if you're hitting up most of the home games. Mackenzie spends a good deal of time in New York City as well, and it likely has to do with her job at Golden Sport Collectibles, but maybe she just has friends or family there. She'll often go there and say that she'd rather be in Houston cheering on Mr. Keuchel.