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reno cool
If that thing is worth anywhere near half a mil that's crazy. What's Bond's home run worth? A lot of people hit 3000.
If it's a kid then he'll be kicking himself later when he finds out the world is full of assholes. Sure it may be a fine thing to do in theory, but is Jeter gonna help him when he's broke?
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28 guys hit 3000

but how many of those balls exist? i'm not sure they saved guys like Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb's back then

only one other guy hit his 3,000th as a HR. So this is maybe only the 2nd time a fan had a chance to have a 3,000 hit ball.

the other ones would be thrown into the dugout to be saved for the player. after that it was up to him to give it to the HOF or keep himself

I doubt any of the players ever thought about selling their 3,000th
 
Reminds me of the story of the guy that got hank aaron's 755th Home Run ball

he was a groundskeeper or employee for the Brewers and he wouldn't give the ball up...... and he got FIRED for it

last I heard that Ball was worth over half a million

I doubt Jeter's ball would be worth that, at this point......

but in 25 years. it would be worth way more. With all the Yanks and Jeter fans out there with $
 
sure, there may not be many 3000'th hit balls around, but it doesn't set a record. IDK, how much would it be worth? I'd guess it would be worth the most right now with all the hype and then start falling. I can't see Jeter paying a substantial sum for it anyway.
 
http://espn.go.com/sportsbusiness/news/2003/0625/1572871.html





McFarlane wins auction for historic Bonds ball
By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds' record-breaking 73rd home run ball was sold to comic book and action figure mogul Todd McFarlane on Wednesday night for $517,500.

Top balls sold
The homer Value
McGwire's 70th $3M
Aaron's 755th $650,000
Bonds' 73rd $517,500
Murray's 500th $500,000
Mantle's 500th $250,000
McGwire's 500th $250,000
Sosa's 66th $175,000
Ruth's first at Stadium $130,000
Fisk's Series shot $120,000
With the purchase, McFarlane now owns three of the seven highest-priced home run baseballs sold. He purchased Mark McGwire's 70th and Sammy Sosa's 66th home run balls, each from the home run race of 1998, for $3 million and $175,000, respectively.

"I'll take a look at the ball, probably get a photo of all three of my home run balls together," McFarlane told ESPN.com after winning the auction. "Then we'll see if we can work something out with the Hall of Fame."

McFarlane bid $450,000 on the phone and will pay $67,500 in commission fees to Leland's, the auction house that conducted the bidding. The auction took place at the ESPN Zone in New York's Times Square and was featured live on SportsCenter.

Proceeds will be split between the two owners of the ball, Patrick Hayashi and Alex Popov, although at that price, it's not clear that there will be any proceeds. Both Hayashi and Popov have plenty of legal bills to pay, as well as commission fees to auction house Leland's and sports marketer Michael Barnes, who brokered the deal with Leland's.

When asked whether the two made any money off the sale of the ball, Hayashi said it might be hard to make money off the sale, while Popov declined to provide further details. "That's irrelevant," Popov said. "We're here to talk about the record."
 
Bay Bud
1) it's your girlfriend who spends $300 for the seats to the game. someone else offers you 3x that money, and you both agree y'all could use that extra $600 for better things. you walk away from the transaction thinking you got a fair price, correct? the guy you sell them to winds up with the ball and eventually sells it for $200,000. did you make a foolish decision to sell the seats in the first place?
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No. There is a difference between having a winning lottery ticket in your hand and all that hypothetical, 20/20 hindsight, what-could-have-been-if-only-I-was-psychic stuff. Come on man.




Bay Bud
2) you go the game and catch jeter's home run, his 3,000th hit. you have a very wealthy friend who also happens to be a big jeter fan. he offers you $100,000 for the ball, and you can get $150,000 through an auction, or perhaps from derek jeter himself. you decide to sell it to your friend for $100,000. have you made a poor decision, are you indulging in 'friendship worship' at the expense of a better future for yourself?
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It's another pretty off-the-mark comparison here. You really want to believe, I can see that.

My answer is, unless you have a lot more money than me, you are a sucker to sell a $150,000 item for $100,000. And a very wealthy friend - if he is any kind of friend - should not expect or even ask you to do it. He's already got lots of money - but 50K is a lot to me.




To be honest, if Jeter actually accepted the ball from the kid, I say Jeter is a pretty crappy human being who is completely out of touch with reality and the country he is living in.

Here is what Derek Jeter should have said:

You seem like a great kid. I don't need the ball. I have the bat, the uniform, the press clippings, my place in the record books and the Hall of Fame, a lifetime of accolades and more money than I can spend. That ball could make a difference in your life. If it could contribute to your education, I would feel great about that. Keep the ball - and for being such a great fan, I am also going to give you a huge whack of autographed memorabilia and lifetime season tickets.
 
Mudcat
No. There is a difference between having a winning lottery ticket in your hand and all that hypothetical, 20/20 hindsight, what-could-have-been-if-only-I-was-psychic stuff. Come on man.

It's another pretty off-the-mark comparison here. You really want to believe, I can see that.
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just a couple of hypothetical situations, if you wish not to deflect and not answer, that's your call. as i recall, you were suggesting to boner the other day he should have sold his tickets to a game rather than going, so i thought the first 'what if?' was somewhat appropriate.

i still am not sure what the jeter ass-kissing was about. perhaps you have already shown your subjectivity to the issue by your claim that jeter is a crappy human being. maybe you know him better than i do.

in the end, it still comes down to a fair market price is the one which is agreed upon between the buyer and seller. how much would you give the fan for that ball?
 
Archie
you guys want a war?
former Mods squaring off..... heavy weight fight!
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haha! no war here, simply a difference of opinion.

Mudcat
When selling an item, one should not let the buyer just name the price.
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so is the reverse also true, when buying an item one should not offer more than the seller is asking? if so, then aren't jeter and the yankees guilty of not accepting the fan's offer of 'free?'
 
Mudcat
I'm trying to figure if you are being sarcastic. If I had a kid and he did something as dopey as that (before I could stop him), I would be sitting him down and having a serious talk about how the world works.

He should try to get as much as he can for the ball. It's not like Derek Jeter - who is already rich - would take less money just to please the fans. Why should anyone be taking less than they can get and kissing Jeter's ass?
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Just because the world is full of greedy assholes, does that mean you should teach your kid to be one too? :clueless:
 
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