I gave away Jesus Montero's First Pro HR...

vwnut13 · Nov 13, 2010

Wow, I just found out that I gave away Jesus' first career Pro HR to his father back in 2007.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb ... k_yanrok_1

I still have Ben Blumenthal's HR (signed) from that game.

Jesus' father came out and asked for the ball back as it was his son's first HR, he didn't even speak English.

Atleast I know the ball has a good home. :?

vwnut13 · Nov 13, 2010

Not only was it Montero's first Pro Homerun, it was his first Pro RBI, and it was his first pro hit, and oh yeah, it came in his first Pro at bat.

And I held it in my hand.

EDIT:

Just found a pic of him after the HR.

TBTwinsFan · Nov 13, 2010

vwnut13 said:
Wow, I just found out that I gave away Jesus' first career Pro HR to his father back in 2007.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb ... k_yanrok_1

I still have Ben Blumenthal's HR (signed) from that game.

Jesus' father came out and asked for the ball back as it was his son's first HR, he didn't even speak English.

Atleast I know the ball has a good home. :?

That's pretty cool! Did you know it was his dad when you gave it to him?

ThoseBackPages · Nov 13, 2010

howd you get it if you took the pic of him rounding 3rd?

vwnut13 · Nov 13, 2010

ThoseBackPages said:
howd you get it if you took the pic of him rounding 3rd?

My mom probably took the pic. I was only 14 at the time.

Plus, it was the GCL. We were the only people there. :lol: The team was actually asking for balls back because I was getting them all.

I knew it was his Dad, its just that I didn't know who Jesus Montero was.

Mudcatsfan · Nov 13, 2010

Very cool story.

But have you Hugged him?

ThoseBackPages · Nov 13, 2010

vwnut13 said:
ThoseBackPages said:

howd you get it if you took the pic of him rounding 3rd?

Click to expand...

My mom probably took the pic. I was only 14 at the time.

Plus, it was the GCL. We were the only people there. :lol: The team was actually asking for balls back because I was getting them all.

I knew it was his Dad, its just that I didn't know who Jesus Montero was.

ahh yes, the good old GCL.

i still hate that league and the old men that work there lol

PeteD · Nov 13, 2010

Q: Who did you hit your first pro hr off Jesus?

A: I laid the wood to a Furbush offering

Mudcatsfan · Nov 13, 2010

So could we say that Jesus burned furbush?

vwnut13 · Nov 13, 2010

ThoseBackPages said:
ahh yes, the good old GCL.

i still hate that league and the old men that work there lol

The Tigers Bus Driver was pointing out to me where the balls landed. :lol:

MallCopKJ · Nov 14, 2010

I have Jacoby Ellsbury's first pro homerun baseball. He refused to sign it "First Homerun" after the game in the dugout. He was a bit of a rick in the minors.

vwnut13 · Nov 14, 2010

If Montero lives up to his potential, I'll be kicking myself.

First Hit and first HR, in first proffesional AB of a star player of my favorite team.

But, atleast it went to the players father and not some random kid who rolled it down the street.

G $MONEY$ · Nov 14, 2010

vwnut13 said:
If Montero lives up to his potential, I'll be kicking myself.

First Hit and first HR, in first proffesional AB of a star player of my favorite team.

But, atleast it went to the players father and not some random kid who rolled it down the street.

would make a very nice PC item. I doubt that the ball could ever get authenticated though as Montero's first HR ball, unless he would have signed and inscribed it as such. But seriously, that's a piece that could become HOF worthy one day if he lives up to his potential.

vwnut13 · Nov 14, 2010

Oops, that picture is not after he hit the HR. That is from the next day (7/17/07) and he did score a run in that game.

However, looking through my pictures I did find a nice picture of Montero's first ever AB. I can't tell if it is his HR swing though.

However, I am still 100% certain that I got the HR ball.

Lancemountain · Nov 14, 2010

So you are 17?

Sounds about right

P_Manning 18 · Nov 14, 2010

You gave away the first hit/HR ball of the next Babe Ruth/Mickey Mantle/Albert Pujols all wrapped up into 1 player... and you still post on this prospector board?

To just give away the Holy Grail to an old guy who said he was his father... I hope you checked his passport first.

notjomommasclint · Nov 14, 2010

EVERYTHING about this thread just screamed "hi i am a thread that is going to go down as one of the top 3 greatest threads ever opened on any sports collecting board" and the overall politeness of fcb killed it!

CAROLINA BOSOX · Nov 14, 2010

P_Manning 18 said:
You gave away the first hit/HR ball of the next Babe Ruth/Mickey Mantle/Albert Pujols all wrapped up into 1 player... and you still post on this prospector board?

To just give away the Holy Grail to an old guy who said he was his father... I hope you checked his passport first.

His name tag did say "God" on it.

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