Per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland outfielder, Matt Carson does not have the ball from his first major league home run that he hit Monday because the "fan" who caught it wants to sell it to him for a load of cash.
The A's/Carson apparently offered to trade a signed bat for the milestone baseball and hinted that they would throw in a few more items but the fan's response was "I only want money" according to clubhouse personnel.
"He wanted a lot too," said Carson, who heard that the demand was $10,000. "Kind of a bummer, anyway. They authenticated the bat I used, though, so I'll do something with that."
"It would have been nice to have the ball, and I would have been happy to give him a bat and signed it - that's more than a baseball anyway. But that's ok, I have a souvenir, I'm happy."
Where to start?
Well let's go right at him.
To the unidentified fan:
What's wrong with you? Why are you demanding $9950 more from Carson for this ball than you could get from Ebay for this? That just mean and greedy and that is not a very good combination of character traits to possess.
I know you are legal owner of the ball. So what? The ball means more to Carson than to you or to anybody else for that matter. Carson is 28 years old and not a prospect and not going to the Hall of Fame. You did not just hit the lottery. Think!
When you look at this ball, do you get a warm and fuzzy feeling? Exactly, no! You feel like cr*p every time you see it and you should.
Trade this ball to Carson or the A's for some neat stuff. It's probably not too late. Think up some excuse for your behavior. Tell them you were just diagnosed with worms on the brain or something and didn't know what you were doing. With that penicillin prescription, you are now back to your old self and ready to do the right thing.
Every now and then after a historic home run, you will see pictures of the fan who caught the ball in the clubhouse getting his picture taken with the player who hit it, getting some stuff and generally having a good old time.
Who would you rather be? That fan or you?
2 comments:
what a douche.
when sheff had 499 at the end of last year i definitely wanted to try and get that 500 ball just to give it to him maybe for a bat, auto ball, and a cool picture to show that not all fans need $10,000 or season tix.
I would've traded it for a signed bat in .2 seconds! The signed bat would've been a really cool story to tell for years. Now, when you tell people that the ball on display is Matt Carson's first home run ball, your only response will be: "Who?"
Who knows what other stuff the A's and/or Carson would've thrown in the deal, but man, a bat? Those look really cool on display. I have a splintered, signed black bat by Jeff Francoeur and a signed bat by Josh Anderson - two of my favorite pieces of memorabilia even though they're relatively worthless. The stories attached to both are more priceless than any $3 ball would ever be.
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