Ball From the Final Out of the World Series

[scooter729]

The last out ball from the Red Sox curse-breaking 2004 win turned out to be a big headache for first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. Interesting read....

Story on the saga of the 2004 last out ball

[rats60]

Originally Posted by scooter729

The last out ball from the Red Sox curse-breaking 2004 win turned out to be a big headache for first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. Interesting read....

Story on the saga of the 2004 last out ball

If David Ortiz ad the ball, it would never have been an issue. Rizzo is one of the most popular Cubs and a centerpiece of their future. Now if the last out was a strike out and the third string catcher had the ball, you would have a point.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by scooter729

The last out ball from the Red Sox curse-breaking 2004 win turned out to be a big headache for first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. Interesting read....

Story on the saga of the 2004 last out ball

Say it ain't so. --- Rizzo's Boner

[Peter_Spaeth]

25 years from now some auction house will claim they have it, together with a letter of authenticity from the son of the fan to whom a drunk Rizzo gave it that night.

[BeanTown]

Remember how much money Mark Mcgwire's HR ball sold for which was either number 72 or 73 when he and Sosa were battling. I would guess the value in that ball has been cut in half.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Remember how much money Mark Mcgwire's HR ball sold for which was either number 72 or 73 when he and Sosa were battling. I would guess the value in that ball has been cut in half.

McGwire's 70th home run ball went for $3M if I remember right. Todd MacFarlane (did the Spawn comic books among other things) bought it and shouldn't be in any cash crunch, so we probably won't see it come up for sale, but if it did it would struggle to reach 10% of that price now I'm sure.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by scooter729

McGwire's 70th home run ball went for $3M if I remember right. Todd MacFarlane (did the Spawn comic books among other things) bought it and shouldn't be in any cash crunch, so we probably won't see it come up for sale, but if it did it would struggle to reach 10% of that price now I'm sure.

So, you're saying Rizzo is juicing?

[PhillipAbbott79]

If he is, that is not the knob end of a dong-a-long from what I heard about the side affects.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Remember how much money Mark Mcgwire's HR ball sold for which was either number 72 or 73 when he and Sosa were battling. I would guess the value in that ball has been cut in half.

That was about the time I paid 125 for a raw Mcgwire rookie and then later sold it for about 40 bucks, graded an 8 at the time of sale.

[brookdodger55]

I would believe the ball and all equipment the players wear and use including significant baseballs are property of the team and therefore the ball would have to be given to the Cubs organization. I am sure a first hit or first homerun the ball is collected for the player, with permission from the team the ball is given to the player. I wouldn't doubt that as soon as Rizzo entered the dugout or the locker room a Cubs Rep was their asking for the ball. The players are entitled to keep some equipment with the teams permission each year, this has been true for many years. The baseball's only place is in the Hall of Fame 108 years of waiting for a World Series win is historic.
Mike

[packs]

Players used to buy their own uniforms but I don't know if that is still a thing. Equipment tends to come from a sponsorship deal, so I don't think equipment belongs to the team either. If the baseballs are provided by MLB and if someone were to claim ownership of a physical baseball I would think it would be MLB and not the individual team. Unless the team purchases the baseballs.

[perezfan]

Maybe Rizzo will return the ball to the Cubs organization or MLB. Or return "a ball" (not necessarily that ball). How would anyone really know?

As the first baseman, he has access to lots of identical balls. There must have been dozens of balls (all with identical stampings/markings) used in that game alone.

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Say it ain't so. --- Rizzo's Boner

Frank,

I am sure many women in Chicago would be interested in Rizzo's boner. LMAO