Let the bidding begin, how high can it go?

[flaco1801]

jeter makes roughly 35k an at bat... 5 at bats for the day=175,000 noble indeed... shameful... its outright theft, the yankees and jeter knew how valuable that ball is/was and offering tickets for the remaining games is criminal, without being represented by counsel. the yankee motto should be TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FANS... and by the way did the season tickets include free parking?

[Matthew H]

At least the fan wasn't at Dodger Stadium, he would have had to throw the ball back in

[D. Bergin]

Wow, guess Jeter should have just drag bunted a single for his 3000th hit.

Would have made things much less complicated I guess.

Now he's a villain for not paying auction house high market value to get his ball back from a fan who wanted nothing in return.

[Matthew H]

Yeah... I guess so

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Wow, guess Jeter should have just drag bunted a single for his 3000th hit.

Would have made things much less complicated I guess.

Now he's a villain for not paying auction house high market value to get his ball back from a fan who wanted nothing in return.

It's too bad that number 3000 didn't look something like Fausto Carmona last week.

http://1045theteam.com/fausto-carmon...tumbles-video/

[mayx2]

I'll bet that that guy has second thoughts after some reflection on his noble deed! Lou

[Rickyy]

The guy is happy right? All that matters. The end.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by Rickyy

The guy is happy right? All that matters. The end.

Exactly!
He becomes a celebrity and hangs out w/ Jeter on his historic day.
You can't put that into $

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Wow, guess Jeter should have just drag bunted a single for his 3000th hit.

Would have made things much less complicated I guess.

Now he's a villain for not paying auction house high market value to get his ball back from a fan who wanted nothing in return.

That's right. He's a villain for taking advantage of the poor schmuck.

Remember 1961? (I know fifty years is a long time.) Sal Durante, who caught Maris' 61st, offered to give it to Maris, even though a California restaurateur had a standing offer of $5k for the ball. Maris wouldn't accept the ball, and told Durante--who was about to get married and start a family--to sell it.

Class acts, all around.

[olsport]

Just a repeat of what most have said on here, is my opinion as well. Sell the 3000 hit ball. These multi, multi, multi million dollar players could afford to buy there ball for millions if they wanted it that bad. My guess is they wouldn't want it that bad anyway. Jeter already has the 3000th hit Jersey and bat anyway. Look at all the major awards and equipment the major sports stars put up at auction anyway. Many who won them no longer care to own most of it. From there Gold glove, MVP award, world series trophy & ring, ect. Most of it ends up at the auction block, because the players themselves realize how insane of prices people will pay. It's kind of funny how badly people want awards that were not won by themselves also. Yes, I realize it's there hero that they look up to them. Whatever makes people Happy!

Can others share stories of players and capitalizing on there memorabilia? One that comes to mind for me is when Pete Rose was going to break Ty Cobb's record, I heard he wore a different uniform each inning to sell them. Is this true?