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- Thucydides
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Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
“Conscientiously believing that the proper condition of the negro is slavery, or a complete subjection to the white man, and entertaining the belief that the day is not distant when the old Union will be restored with slavery nationally declared to be the proper condition of all of African descent, and in view of the future harmony and progress of all the States of America, I have been induced to issue this address, so that there may be no misunderstanding in the future”
- Jefferson Davis
so be it:
Your first and last post, and those points in between, have had nothing to do with the OP
Does the kid keep the ball or does he have to give it back?
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"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
- Thucydides
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" B. Franklin
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
I just thought of another scenario regarding a home run ball. Suppose a major player hits a record breaking homer and you manage to catch that ball. The first thing I would think is "Wow, I just caught a $100,000.00 ball. You know that ball will fetch a good price to a collector. If the player wants it back or the team wants it back, ok but what are you offering me for the ball? Why would you give away a potential money ball? Why should a millionaire player or millionaire team owner reap the rewards for this ball?
" I'm old-fashioned. I like two sexes! And another thing, all of a sudden I don't like being married to what is known as a 'new woman'. I want a wife, not a competitor. Competitor! Competitor!" - Spencer Tracy in 'Adam's Rib' (1949)
Art thou every retard among us related to thine uncle or mistress by way of moral or illegitimate rendezvous? Thus, we are one side of the other's coin by luck or pluck. - Jimmyz
stjames1_53 (08-15-2018)
Often the team or the player do want the ball back in those situations...and of course no one in their right mind, not the most ardent home town team fan on the planet, is going to throw something like that back onto the field because the other team's player hit it. The team will immediately send someone to speak with the ball's new owner and find out whether they can negotiate a deal with them. How that turns out normally depends on how important the record or milestone was; a new home run record ball (McGwire, Aaron, Bonds) is going on the auction block, of course, but if it's something less historic - a player's 3000th hit, or it's from a retiring player's last at bat - the team or player may be able to get it for some game-used gear and autographs, maybe season tickets.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
nathanbforrest45 (08-16-2018)
stjames1_53 (08-19-2018)
That's a good example of something that, when it was initially obtained, was relatively worthless; it only accrued value because of who Aaron became and what he did later on in his career. Not every eventual star player or Hall of Fame inductee came into The Game as a celebrity. I bought a game-used Paul Goldschmidt bat in April of 2011, four months before his call-up to the Majors, for twenty dollars. By the end of the year I was being offered as much as $300 for it, and now I see his bats going for as much as a grand.
On the other hand, I have hundreds of bats and signed baseballs of guys who played three years in the minor leagues and are now back in their home towns teaching PhysEd or selling insurance. It's a crapshoot.
Then, too, you've got to remember that just because something is "on the market" for a certain price doesn't mean anyone is ever actually going to pay that for it. You can go on EBay right now see some ludicrous starting bids set on items that are barely worth what they want to charge for shipping.
Funny story about autographs. During the Arizona Fall League a couple of years ago, a minor league pitcher from the Brewers organization was signing for some fans, and one of them asked him to inscribe a ball "See you in Milwaukee". He asked the fan to spell Milwaukee for him, which the fan started to do, then he stopped and said, "Are you serious?" and the player said, "Yep. That's why I play Baseball."
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
I don't believe throwing an opposing home run ball back onto the field is a big deal one way or the other. I don't think the father was teaching his son how to be a jerk.
I attended an all star game in Seattle. Cal Ripkin Jr hit a home run. I believe it was known that this would be Ripkin's final all star game. A guy sitting about six rows from me caught the ball. He shocked me when he threw that ball back onto the field. That one I didn't get.
stjames1_53 (08-19-2018)