For the past month, we have been waiting for Barry Bonds to pass Hank Aaron's home run count. Last night he finally did it. I am not really a baseball fan but I happened to be channel surfing last night and caught the San Francisco Met game (about 10 minutes before Bonds got the home run) so I decided to watch at least until Bonds came to bat. Lo and behold, he hit a beaut into no man's land (the right field bleachers) instead of McCovey cove where all the boaters were waiting because that's usually where the Bond's home runs end.
Unless you have been living in a cave on a deserted island, you know that the sports writers are saying this achievement is probably tainted because of the steroid question. I don't know what the results of this will be. What I am commenting on today is not the value of the home run, but the value of the ball which was hit.
The kid who caught it is a 22 year old New Yorker who happened to stop in San Francisco yesterday on his way to Australia with a friend and they decided to see if they could get into the game, which obviously they could. The seats, however, are in a horrible part of the stands, far back of right field. Most players don't have the power to even get near the spot but Barry did last night. The sports writers are lamenting that because of the potential steroid scandal, the ball will ONLY be worth a fraction of what it should be, namely $500,000.00.
So in a nutshell, this 22 year old kid who was looking for something to do while he waited for a flight out the next day, happened to be able to get a ticket to a baseball game where he caught a world famous ball, devalued to $500,000.00. How jaded have become when such an amount is taken to be chump change by the media? The bottom line is that by a quirk of fate, this catch will probably give him more money in one lump, than he would normally see in a lifetime.
I would love such an opportunity to acquire an amount devalued to $500,000.00. Does anyone out there have anything worth this amount they would like to get rid of and pass on to me? I would be more than happy to take it off your hands. $500K might not be the 3 million other sports stuff is worth but to me and I am sure the kid who caught the ball last night, it sure sounds like a darn special amount.
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Lucky kid. Talk about being in the right place at the right time...
no kidding. He was pretty bloodied by the time he climbed out of the pile but I too would have considered the beating for a $500,000.00 ball.
Who would think "only" and "500k" would be used in the same sentence?
wow, I would be happy with 10 percent of that
it's amazing what some things can fetch these days.
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