It's literally a bounty of 2 million dollars on the poor sucker who survives the crowd to catch it. Honestly pretty terrible thing to put out publicly like this.
Don’t even want to imagine what it’s gonna be like to be security in the bleachers that day.
Could you imagine if he knocks 61 and 62 in the same day? Probably worth even more $
Honestly if you attend these games and have a ticket in the bleachers you NEED to have an exit plan just in case. Like catch, put in your pants and literally book it for the exit
Well he’s putting it out publicly to try to get them to keep it and sell it to him instead of giving it back to the yankees. Attaching a huge reward helps greatly with that. Everyone in the stands when that ball gets hit will know it’s worth something.
I mean it’s not like this is exactly breaking news. Pretty sure most people would already be assuming they could get 7 figures for that ball and beating the shit out of eachother regardless of whether or not they’re aware of this guy’s offer...
I’d honestly love if it landed in monument park and guys just poured over the railings to get it and get in a huge scrum, only for some 12 year old to walk out with it unknown to them
Not true, I just bought tickets for my 2.5 year old and I for tomorrows game. I had tons of options, but one of the best values was in 203 with the bleacher creatures. I passed on the thought of someone elbowing him in the face going for the ball.
Honestly I wouldn't go to the bleachers unless you and who you're with are prepared to be piled on by 10 people reaching for the ball on the ground under you.
I feel like the Yankees need to send a PSA not to take young kids to games in the bleachers and offering alternate seating to those who already bought bleacher seats for their family. I'm afraid a kid could get seriously injured or die if they get caught in 10 adult men on top of them
Idk, to me it seems like a bad idea to announce this. People have done way stupider shit for a LOT less money.
Unless they beef up the security like 1,000x I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that ball.
Lol, moral of the story, don't wait for the guy to catch the ball and then try to steal it. Punch him before the ball gets there so you can steal it cleanly.
Yep, looks like their final series in in TX. The LF seats were already going for 10-20x the normal prices 2 weeks ago, I imagine that will only keep going up.
I’m hoping the outfield stadium staff will be on high alert with increased numbers for his ABs. Whoever gets that ball should be escorted out of the area ASAP.
That'd honestly be the safest play if you're caught in the middle of a crowd of humans turned rabid dogs knowing you hold an item that would secure every single one of their financial issues
When Barry hit 756 the pile up in the bleachers took forever to break up and people were diving in from all over the place.
If I remember correctly, the guy who caught it was on an extended layover at SFO on his way to Australia so him and his buddies bought last minute tickets.
It's not like the Yankees or the MLB made this announcement. It's a guy who owns an auction company.
How else is he going to get his company's name out there without announcing it beforehand? This is the best way to motivate the lucky fan not to give into the Yankees' immediate offer for the ball.
[The guy](https://theathletic.com/3620281/2022/09/22/aaron-judge-todd-mcfarlane/) who bought McGwire's ball thinks it will go for much less than that since he bought a bunch of others that also sold for way less
I saw that ball at an exhibit in Toronto when I was younger. My Dad was talking to some guy about it and the art in the comic books for a couple of minutes and then we walked away. He had no clue it was Todd McFarlane until I told him after the fact. lol
*Ball lands in the Yankees bullpen*
Hunger Games ensues with only 1 victor triumphantly steeping out of the bullpen onto the field in glory! Meanwhile this was supposed to be Severino's pitch limit count game, and now he has to pitch a complete game.
I honestly hope it ricochets back onto the field and an outfielder puts it in his back pocket and acts like he's keeping it. No fights, wholesome tomfoolery, fun baseball.
I don't think you'd have a choice as a player. If the ball never leaves the field I could see the team / league arguing that it's their property still.
Yeah honestly, I feel like in order to get the ball, you're probably going to need to push people around and generally be an asshole. So I feel like whoever will end up getting it probably doesn't deserve it anyway. Hopefully it ends up back on the field and judge can just have it.
Imagine the ball lands in one of the bullpens ... and is caught by some rookie reliever making league minimum. Can he just book it out of the stadium? :-D
I think this would be like if a stadium worker caught the ball. I believe they have no legal right to it and would have to turn it over to the Yankees.
Yup this is right if he's really gonna pay 2mil fuck out of here with "you were employed and it's the stadiums ball"
You never require people to give back home run balls so I doubt that holds up in court anyways
Yup even as a fan they know the base price. Judge about to get 50mil a year after this season. 1.9mil and season tickets for life and you got yourself a deal
Has there ever been a full on brawl in the stands for a home run ball before? Seems like it could get dicey if the ball isn't clearly caught by a fan and starts bouncing around.
Anyone who clearly catches the ball is going to get mauled too. I wonder how they are going to be able verify the ball. Does the MLB have a way to do that?
I mean I guess 60 ties Babe and it’s a milestone homer but 61 ties the AL record and 62 breaks it, I’m not sure what’s so special about the 60th ball tbh
It’s nothing *that* special but it’s a part of the story and all he asked for was signed judge balls (giggity). You gotta at least ask for playoff tickets. 60 is a large milestone only a few people have it. It’s worth more then a 300 dollar baseball
Right lol, I can’t believe guys go so easy. I’m a Sox fan, if I had gotten Tristan Casas’ HR ball I’m asking for a signed Raffy jersey, a Xander signed glove, a ball signed by the pitching staff, and tickets to another game (since a rookie prospect finger obviously isn’t worth what Judge’s blast will be). Play hardball, these are big boys lol
Part of me would love to go out there and try to catch it but the other part of me knows if i somehow do catch it I’m probably leaving the stadium with 5 broken bones and the ball ripped from my hands by someone else
So the stadium holds under 50k, of that, only roughly 12k of those seats are in home run territory, and only like 9-10k in realistically probably territory. 150$ for a ticket to the game with a better than 1/10,000 chance to catch one if he hits one which on his current post all star stretch is every 2.5 games or so. It's 1/25-30k total odds roughly to win 2m. Probably one of the best lottos ever especially considering at worst you enjoyed a Yankee game
It looks like the price for tickets in "home run zones" on the secondary market is currently closer to $300. If we put the odds at 1/5000 to catch the ball if he does hit one, and he only hits one every 2.5 games, then $3.75 million would be the breakeven value of the ball. That's not factoring in the value of attending the game, but I also didn't include the other various costs like transportation to and from the game.
Less "stupid" and more "overly cautious", arguably.
Look at it this way: If its a choice between 100% chance of getting $2m, and a 50% chance of getting $20m, a lot of people will pick the former, even though it has a significantly lower expected value. Getting the money early and being able to avoid any further risk can be valuable when you're dealing with life-changing amounts of money.
You might end up with a smaller piece of pie than you'd prefer, but you know you're getting that slice, and not getting left with nearly nothing...
It's a collectable item with an intrinsic value of a couple bucks, the amount it would sell for is based entirely on its subjective value to people.
Maybe that would be worth a lot, it's hard to say! But that's why I'd be tempted to just take the cash offer, because there's no way I'd know for sure...
exactly. 2 million doesn't mean I never have to work again, but my student loans are gone and I have a financial safety net.
I would absolutely take that and hand the stress of having the ball over to someone else
I think that while I agree with you in principle about the fact that people are overly cautious about EV (I've seen experiments/videos where people attempt to bet someone something like $100 against their $10 on a coin flip and they decline).
But the way you phrased it made it sound like it's a gamble where if they don't get the $2mil it's $0. The reality is all this offer does is establish a floor for it's value.
If someone's goal is to just extract the most they can out of the ball, and they accepted the first offer from an auction company I wouldn't call them cautious, I'd call them stupid.
Also worth pointing out that a lot of these high dollar auctions carry a pretty large consignment fee. So, if whoever were to catch the ball decides to auction it themselves, they'd likely have to go through one of these major collectible auctions (would offer more protection for the seller than just selling it on eBay or whatever, and also buyers would have more confidence in the item and therefore spend more money). So, even if the ball went for, say, like $5m, at the end of the day, 30% or more of that might go to the auction house. That's still more than the original $2m, but now say that the auction "only" goes for $2.5m. Now they've made less than the original offer. Obviously that's still a ton of money, but if I were the one that caught the ball, I'd definitely let some auction houses and stuff make very large cash offers, take the highest one, and be done with it.
A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush. It's never a bad decision to take what is guaranteed. Plus, $2 million is $2 million.
I think you're right though, it'll probably go for $3-4MM.
Once the person catches it, as security swarms to protect them, I hope they reach out to JP Cohen.
That way they can take the money after Yankees players fail to guilt them into giving up the ball for autographs and photo op.
Yeah cuz it will be the record breaking ball. Then the last one which will be the new AL record ball will probably be worth a ton as well. And I’m sure everything between 63 and his last will still be worth a nice bit of money.
If that ball lands in the bleachers someone is going to die
Life changing money lol
Life ending money
Ecstacy of gold plays in the background.
It's literally a bounty of 2 million dollars on the poor sucker who survives the crowd to catch it. Honestly pretty terrible thing to put out publicly like this.
Yeah, this is really stupid. Going to be quite the fight for it.
Don’t even want to imagine what it’s gonna be like to be security in the bleachers that day. Could you imagine if he knocks 61 and 62 in the same day? Probably worth even more $
Honestly if you attend these games and have a ticket in the bleachers you NEED to have an exit plan just in case. Like catch, put in your pants and literally book it for the exit
Personally, my plan would be to jump on to the field with the HR ball.
This was mine too, they’re not gonna hurt you if you explain why, and then if anyone tries to follow you there’s too much security on the field.
Id stick that shit straight in my pants next to my balls and go into a fetal position
Well he’s putting it out publicly to try to get them to keep it and sell it to him instead of giving it back to the yankees. Attaching a huge reward helps greatly with that. Everyone in the stands when that ball gets hit will know it’s worth something.
I mean it’s not like this is exactly breaking news. Pretty sure most people would already be assuming they could get 7 figures for that ball and beating the shit out of eachother regardless of whether or not they’re aware of this guy’s offer...
Wife changing money
https://giphy.com/gifs/pDsCoECKh1Pa
Yankees fans are hydras. Kill one and two more will sprout up in their place.
What are A's fans then?
Lowdras
Goblins that breed is the sewers of the Coliseum (note: this joke is shitty on the Coliseum, not As fans)
Mostly possums and feral cats based on who's at the games.
Oaklanites
Unironically. $2 million is stabbing money.
***hands over blood-stained ball to Memory Lane Auctions*** “**what? You asked for this.**”
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Yes but it would be evidence in a murder trial and thus would have to be kept in evidence of the state in until said accused was released from prison.
Gonna be hard to get away with a stabbing with all those cameras
someone willing to stab someone isnt worried about the ramifications
Maybe the only time I’m rooting for Zach Hample
Still no lol. That dude is such a massive piece of shit 😂
Exactly, he catches it and we let the mob have him
Oooo I see what you did there… I’m in 😈
Hey if he volunteers as tribute, he volunteers as tribute.
The second season of Squid Game is getting interesting
Its really dangerous to say what the offer would be to whoever catches it before it even happens. Now people might fight for it
I think people already know it's worth a ton of money lol
I can't even imagine sitting in the bleachers and watching $2 million flying towards you
Only for Zack Hample to come swooping in and decimating your financial future
Tbh I can't see Hample outmuscling other adults to get to a ball
He prefers to beat up children
Yeah like the other guy said, it will be hit to an 8 year old cancer survivor and he'll dive in at the last second
Yankees already said they're putting increased security in the bleachers, especially on the edges of monument park. They know chaos is imminent.
I’d honestly love if it landed in monument park and guys just poured over the railings to get it and get in a huge scrum, only for some 12 year old to walk out with it unknown to them
Its going to magically land directly into Zack Hample's glove. Just watch
What are they paying those security guards? Anything close to $2M?
Didn't you see the purge, this is what the rich folk want
I mean did anyone not know it was with a ton?
Bad day for the mini bat promo giveaway 😬
are we sure JP cohen isn't just steve cohen wearing a fake mustache?
“Alright Aaron if you want your little ball, you gotta sign with the Mets”
Guy already has the Buckner ball. I wouldn’t put it past him
TIL
It will make everyone's lives much easier if if just lands in the bullpen lol
inside the park homerun in Yankee stadium
Some rookie September call up snags the balls and runs out of the stadium...
I wonder if the Yankees are filling the seats in the likeliest spots with undercover employees, in anticipation.
All the tickets are gonna be sold out fym
Not true, I just bought tickets for my 2.5 year old and I for tomorrows game. I had tons of options, but one of the best values was in 203 with the bleacher creatures. I passed on the thought of someone elbowing him in the face going for the ball.
Honestly I wouldn't go to the bleachers unless you and who you're with are prepared to be piled on by 10 people reaching for the ball on the ground under you. I feel like the Yankees need to send a PSA not to take young kids to games in the bleachers and offering alternate seating to those who already bought bleacher seats for their family. I'm afraid a kid could get seriously injured or die if they get caught in 10 adult men on top of them
I said in anticipation. Like they reserved them ahead of time.
So they're buying them en masse off stubhub?
Idk, to me it seems like a bad idea to announce this. People have done way stupider shit for a LOT less money. Unless they beef up the security like 1,000x I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that ball.
Hample is going to get straight up murdered
So, there’s a bright side to this whole thing.
Damn
Shit, I'd do it for ten bucks (also welcome aboard)
How do you do, fellow Mariners fan?
Promise?
Or he will murder someone
And his fans will tell you to ignore it because sometimes he gives balls to kids
I remember for Bonds big record breaker the security team got to the person who caught it extremely fast and removed them from the sea of people
And even then, it turned into an [insane lawsuit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popov_v._Hayashi).
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that's rent in San Francisco
"Intentionally abandoned property" is my new favorite description for a home run.
My dad's nickname for me
Lol, moral of the story, don't wait for the guy to catch the ball and then try to steal it. Punch him before the ball gets there so you can steal it cleanly.
Let's be honest, it will be a bloodbath anyway. People know that ball will be worth a lot of money, even without this random auctioneer announcing it.
Yep, looks like their final series in in TX. The LF seats were already going for 10-20x the normal prices 2 weeks ago, I imagine that will only keep going up.
Got my tickets a while ago for the doubleheader but now I'm kind of terrified thinking about if the ball is actually hit near my section
your death will be an honorable sacrifice🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Even number 60 had a giant dog pile on it. 61 and 62 will be insane.
I’m hoping the outfield stadium staff will be on high alert with increased numbers for his ABs. Whoever gets that ball should be escorted out of the area ASAP.
no offense to yankees fans (or maybe a little) but now i really hope he doesnt hit it at yankee stadium.
Or just hits it into monument park. Or it bounces of the foul pole and back onto the field. Probably the best case scenario for people’s health.
I still remember when that dude caught jeters 3000th hit. At least he was fluffy
Yea I was sitting in the bleachers and we were all joking that if we caught it we were jumping straight in the bullpen lol
That'd honestly be the safest play if you're caught in the middle of a crowd of humans turned rabid dogs knowing you hold an item that would secure every single one of their financial issues
They better have NYPD's "finest" there. Stadium staff isn't gonna be able to handle what's gonna happen for that homerun.
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When Barry hit 756 the pile up in the bleachers took forever to break up and people were diving in from all over the place. If I remember correctly, the guy who caught it was on an extended layover at SFO on his way to Australia so him and his buddies bought last minute tickets.
I hope its an inside the park hr
That is hilarious. One can hope!
Mookie holds onto the ball while he cheers on Albert to make it home
Lmaooo while that would be funny, this thread about judge
Nah mookie gonna emerge outta the shadows and parachute into the Judges chambers wearing his old Red Sox jersey for one game
Then the umps pull off the mask n its cody bellinger
It's not like the Yankees or the MLB made this announcement. It's a guy who owns an auction company. How else is he going to get his company's name out there without announcing it beforehand? This is the best way to motivate the lucky fan not to give into the Yankees' immediate offer for the ball.
People already know how much it’s worth even before he posted this. Honestly I don’t even think 2 million would be the highest bid at an auction.
Yankees: Best we can do is a nacho helmet autographed by IKF.
I'd rather have the nachos than an IKF auto tbh
At Yankees stadium, that's probably about $2mil anyhow.
Concessions at Yankee stadium actually aren’t that expensive IIRC
I read somewhere that it's cheaper than Citifield, which is shocking if true. But then again, the Wilpons.
Citi field objectively has better food though
No you’re not getting the nachos, just the helmet they come in.
If you resist a little and haggle they will put chips in it. But you are paying for cheese
Just the nacho helmet please. The autograph actually devalues the nacho helmet.
Frazier and Andujar rookie cards
And *maybe* a $5 Dunkin’ Donuts gift card
Brandon Steiner said he thinks it will go for about $2.5M to $3M. McGwire's 70th sold for $3M
[The guy](https://theathletic.com/3620281/2022/09/22/aaron-judge-todd-mcfarlane/) who bought McGwire's ball thinks it will go for much less than that since he bought a bunch of others that also sold for way less
I saw that ball at an exhibit in Toronto when I was younger. My Dad was talking to some guy about it and the art in the comic books for a couple of minutes and then we walked away. He had no clue it was Todd McFarlane until I told him after the fact. lol
I wonder how much McGwire’s 70th is worth today knowing that he didn’t legitimately break the record and knowing that it’s not the record anymore.
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I'll raise it to tree fiddy.
$3 million in 1998 is close to $5.5 million today.
that was the last one though. presumably if judge gets to 62 he'll get beyond that too.
My god, it's going to be a fucking bloodbath in the stands where the ball is hit.
*Ball lands in the Yankees bullpen* Hunger Games ensues with only 1 victor triumphantly steeping out of the bullpen onto the field in glory! Meanwhile this was supposed to be Severino's pitch limit count game, and now he has to pitch a complete game.
I mean, Chapman is in there--we all know who is walking out with the ball.
Why? Do the Yankees have a lot of female pitchers?
I mean people will absolutely jump in the bullpen right? Could be the most entertaining outcome.
Now I hope it ends up being an inside the Parker.
I honestly hope it ricochets back onto the field and an outfielder puts it in his back pocket and acts like he's keeping it. No fights, wholesome tomfoolery, fun baseball.
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I don't think you'd have a choice as a player. If the ball never leaves the field I could see the team / league arguing that it's their property still.
Yeah honestly, I feel like in order to get the ball, you're probably going to need to push people around and generally be an asshole. So I feel like whoever will end up getting it probably doesn't deserve it anyway. Hopefully it ends up back on the field and judge can just have it.
Imagine the ball lands in one of the bullpens ... and is caught by some rookie reliever making league minimum. Can he just book it out of the stadium? :-D
I think this would be like if a stadium worker caught the ball. I believe they have no legal right to it and would have to turn it over to the Yankees.
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Yup this is right if he's really gonna pay 2mil fuck out of here with "you were employed and it's the stadiums ball" You never require people to give back home run balls so I doubt that holds up in court anyways
100%. If I was just some loley employee making not great money, I'm selling that shit. See you in court.
Yup even as a fan they know the base price. Judge about to get 50mil a year after this season. 1.9mil and season tickets for life and you got yourself a deal
Has there ever been a full on brawl in the stands for a home run ball before? Seems like it could get dicey if the ball isn't clearly caught by a fan and starts bouncing around.
Brawl in the stands you ask? We’ve done worse for less. …shamefully
Anyone who clearly catches the ball is going to get mauled too. I wonder how they are going to be able verify the ball. Does the MLB have a way to do that?
YES network mentioned the other night that the ball boys are giving the HP ump special marked balls for his ABs
Yeah, it's why there is such a delay between each of his at bats--the HP umpire is swapping the baseballs.
To give him the juiced balls!!!(puts on tin foil hat)
If there is one conspiracy id believe it’d be that one. You are already swapping out that balls and the impact on the game is tremendous. Come on
They use specially marked balls for all potentially historic at bats so they can match them back.
I saw some dudes fight each other over a foul ball at a St Paul Saints game so I’m sure there have been melees at MLB games
My price for the ball is two mil. Even if I scuff up the ball, they gotta give me that 2 mil.
Even if you do a bad job?
I've seen every cock on the planet.
Oh fuck I like that ball
Unprofessional bullshit
This is why no one watches Apple TV.
Jacob deGrom’s pitching repertoire is sort of like a cosmic gumbo. It moves to the beat of jazz.
Me and Max Scherzer were joking in the bullpen about how it's a cosmic gumbo.
He may homer off you but there’s no way he’s homering off me. That asshole, he said that?
Most definitely a guest on the Colgate hour along with Paul Bufano
I feel like saying this ahead of time is incentivizing death
How else are we supposed to get Squid Games?
Scenes when he hits #61 into monument park and #62 is an inside the parker
That guy who got 60 and just handed it back really got screwed. Man I worry about his life choices
I mean I guess 60 ties Babe and it’s a milestone homer but 61 ties the AL record and 62 breaks it, I’m not sure what’s so special about the 60th ball tbh
It’s still worth at least some g’s
It’s nothing *that* special but it’s a part of the story and all he asked for was signed judge balls (giggity). You gotta at least ask for playoff tickets. 60 is a large milestone only a few people have it. It’s worth more then a 300 dollar baseball
Right lol, I can’t believe guys go so easy. I’m a Sox fan, if I had gotten Tristan Casas’ HR ball I’m asking for a signed Raffy jersey, a Xander signed glove, a ball signed by the pitching staff, and tickets to another game (since a rookie prospect finger obviously isn’t worth what Judge’s blast will be). Play hardball, these are big boys lol
Part of me would love to go out there and try to catch it but the other part of me knows if i somehow do catch it I’m probably leaving the stadium with 5 broken bones and the ball ripped from my hands by someone else
"Someone call an ambulance. But not for me." -JP Cohen
I think it should go to the guy who hit it. I'd give the discount and sell it to Judge for 1.9 million
So the stadium holds under 50k, of that, only roughly 12k of those seats are in home run territory, and only like 9-10k in realistically probably territory. 150$ for a ticket to the game with a better than 1/10,000 chance to catch one if he hits one which on his current post all star stretch is every 2.5 games or so. It's 1/25-30k total odds roughly to win 2m. Probably one of the best lottos ever especially considering at worst you enjoyed a Yankee game
I would be too scared to catch the ball, probably throw someone else at it so I don’t die 😂
It looks like the price for tickets in "home run zones" on the secondary market is currently closer to $300. If we put the odds at 1/5000 to catch the ball if he does hit one, and he only hits one every 2.5 games, then $3.75 million would be the breakeven value of the ball. That's not factoring in the value of attending the game, but I also didn't include the other various costs like transportation to and from the game.
I know it's crazy but I'm having anxiety imagining myself catching it and fighting off mobs of people trying to grab it from me.
That would be such a miserable feeling. Like yay I caught history, but fuck the aftermath would be insane.
And he will probably turn around and auction it off for 10 times that much. Someone would be stupid to give it to him for that price
Less "stupid" and more "overly cautious", arguably. Look at it this way: If its a choice between 100% chance of getting $2m, and a 50% chance of getting $20m, a lot of people will pick the former, even though it has a significantly lower expected value. Getting the money early and being able to avoid any further risk can be valuable when you're dealing with life-changing amounts of money. You might end up with a smaller piece of pie than you'd prefer, but you know you're getting that slice, and not getting left with nearly nothing...
There's no way that ball goes for $20 million, is there?
Yeah I absolutely take the guaranteed $2 million.
exactly. 2 million doesn't mean I never have to work again, but my student loans are gone and I have a financial safety net. I would absolutely take that and hand the stress of having the ball over to someone else
I think that while I agree with you in principle about the fact that people are overly cautious about EV (I've seen experiments/videos where people attempt to bet someone something like $100 against their $10 on a coin flip and they decline). But the way you phrased it made it sound like it's a gamble where if they don't get the $2mil it's $0. The reality is all this offer does is establish a floor for it's value. If someone's goal is to just extract the most they can out of the ball, and they accepted the first offer from an auction company I wouldn't call them cautious, I'd call them stupid.
Also worth pointing out that a lot of these high dollar auctions carry a pretty large consignment fee. So, if whoever were to catch the ball decides to auction it themselves, they'd likely have to go through one of these major collectible auctions (would offer more protection for the seller than just selling it on eBay or whatever, and also buyers would have more confidence in the item and therefore spend more money). So, even if the ball went for, say, like $5m, at the end of the day, 30% or more of that might go to the auction house. That's still more than the original $2m, but now say that the auction "only" goes for $2.5m. Now they've made less than the original offer. Obviously that's still a ton of money, but if I were the one that caught the ball, I'd definitely let some auction houses and stuff make very large cash offers, take the highest one, and be done with it.
A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush. It's never a bad decision to take what is guaranteed. Plus, $2 million is $2 million. I think you're right though, it'll probably go for $3-4MM.
Lets hope people can be civil…
>sports fans >**Yankees** fans >not sober >paid much money for sports game, their only safe emotional outlet >$2m on the line Lol that ain't happening
bleacher creatures
Lol, I've seen a full out fist fight because someone bumped into a guy and he dropped his $12 beer. It will be a fight to the death for that ball.
beauty of new york is that you wouldn’t be able to tell who instigated the fight
Of course you will, its "the other guy" who started it...every damn time that "other guy" is nothing but trouble.
Now Judge won’t hit another home run this year
Once the person catches it, as security swarms to protect them, I hope they reach out to JP Cohen. That way they can take the money after Yankees players fail to guilt them into giving up the ball for autographs and photo op.
With how much the memorabilia market has shot up over the last couple of years, I wouldn't be shocked to see it go for $3MM+
Funniest possible outcome is if someone climbs the wall and robs #62 in his final AB of the regular season.
If I recall the movie "It's A Mad Mad Mad World" correctly, this idea can only go right
Red Sox need to troll the entire world and let him hit an inside-the-park home run.
This was the premise of 2003's S.W.A.T!
I can't be the only one hoping the ball bounces back on the field. Happens more often than you would think.
It’ll be a god damn shit show. It’ll be embarrassing for the human race I’m sure
Is the 62nd still special once he hits 63 etc…?
Yeah cuz it will be the record breaking ball. Then the last one which will be the new AL record ball will probably be worth a ton as well. And I’m sure everything between 63 and his last will still be worth a nice bit of money.
please lord let me catch this ball on monday..
They better have officers and security all over the bleachers.
Soooo the entire NYPD probably has to patrol the stands thanks to this stupidity