
Wednesday August 08, 2007
I know at least one friend who might have been watching the celebrations from the comfort of his apartment in San Francisco, but I wonder how much the ball which Barry Bonds hit in his 756th home run and which Matt Murphy caught in the stands will be worth on E-Bay.
The lucky fan who caught the home run ball was identified by the
Giants as 22-year-old New Yorker Matt Murphy, who was not available for
comment but other fans described the scrum in the stands for the
valuable keepsake.
"It was a mess, bodies on top of bodies, four layers deep for five
minutes," said 52-year-old Mark Peel, who witnessed the mass scramble
for the ball.
"I didn't think anyone was going to come up."
I saw one estimate of the ball being worth $400K. The most valuable ball will be the last home-run he hits, however. He's already at 758 as of today!
Posted by Brandon on August 13, 2007 at 05:09 PM PDT #