The fan who caught Barry Bonds home run #756, to break Hank Aaron's career HR record, will sell the tainted famous ball online. ChicagoSportsToday carries the story.
SAN FRANCISCO -- When Barry Bonds' 756th home run ball goes up for auction next week, Matt Murphy and Amir Kamal will be anxiously waiting for the bids to pour in.
Murphy, 21, is the New York Mets fan who caught the lucky ball on Aug. 7 at AT&T Park, and Kamal is the best friend who made a pact with Murphy before the game to split the money should either one grab it.
First the auctioneers should make the baseball pee in a cup, then test it for PEDs. Would they want a fan getting contaminated from their auction?
Now the question is whether the steroid allegations that have dogged Barry Bonds will devalue the ball or make it even more coveted.
"Everybody has their opinion," said David Kohler of SCP Auctions. "From the reaction we've had on this whole deal, there may be people who are thinking this thing is not going to sell for that much, and that may have a negative overkill.
"It may actually go the other way, similar to what you see in the stock market or things like that, and all of a sudden something ends up selling for a lot more than people feel [it's worth]. We're going to find out."
As we contended in a prior post, fans should demand that the degree of taint carried by the baseball should be revealed before plunking down some money on it. Then again, it took decades before Pete Rose fessed up to his tainted career...
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