POLL: Give it back or sell it, jeter ball

[notjomommasclint]

I still haven't seen a compelling argument for why handing over $250,000-$1,000,000+ in exchange for a couple thousand dollars worth of stuff is a smart and/or logical thing to do.

you wont find a valid argument to pass the money. thats what makes the act of giving it back amazing... it may be a stupid decision but it was clearly one made with ease for the kid.

How can it be stupid and amazing at the same time? lol Seems like it's just stupid. It's sad that someone would feel that they owe it to a guy making $20+ million a season and a team that makes billions of dollars a year anything at all.

admiration and idolization go a long way. lets not forget the kid could have been WASTED!


rl24- what if in 10 years jeter sells that ball and the kid who caught it uses his income from the job he got after being in the booth? heads would explode.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Hey, it was his choice to make and more power to him. That doesn't mean I can't think he's an idiot for giving up that much money to someone who makes in a day what he probably makes in a year. I guess there is a reason rich people are rich, because the less fortunate feel the need to lay down for them.

 

[IndyManning18]

"Definition of GREED

: a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed"


How is holding out for a million dollars NOT being greedy? I understand some of you could use the money, but you buy tickets to see your favorite team play....end up catching a home run ball and now you suddenly are entitled to a million dollars?

I am and will always be a huge baseball fan...I would definitely give that baseball back for Jeter to have. It is a milestone he will never forget and that ball will probably end up in Cooperstown someday. Now, I am not saying I would give him the ball with nothing in return but I would be more than happy [if I were a Yankee fan] with what the fan received for giving the ball back. (Which IMO is awesome, much respect)

You're not entitled to it, but if someone wants to fork over a million dollars for the baseball, would you turn it down? No. A baseball hit into the stands becomes a possession of the fan that caught it. Plain and simple. The ball was never Jeter's. It belonged to MLB until it left the field of play. If you make $50,000 a year a catch a baseball that could be worth between $500,000-$1,000,000, you'd just give it back to a player worth at least $100,000,000? ********! It's nice to type that you'd give the ball back to the player to look like an enlightened, high and mighty do-gooder on a message board, but until you're the one with possession of the ball, you can't really say what you would do in real life.

 

[HPC]

Id give it back to him.

I've seen this said repeatedly and I would like someone to explain why it's a "good deed" or "the right thing to do" to give up $250,000-$1,000,000+ just to appease a baseball player/baseball team? Do you think we owe it to these greedy players players and teams to not look out for ourselves when that is ALL they ever do? I just don't see why it's a "good deed" and not an idiotic decision. Yes, it is a selfless act, but it's not a WARRANTED selfless act. We don't owe these greedy players and teams a freaking thing and to just give to them when all they do is take is not some ethical thing that will make your soul feel oh so good. It's just being dumb.

It is the decisioin that he made. Who gives a crap? He had the ball and that is what he chose to do. Whay does anyone care?

I don't care about it, I just think he's a complete idiot. Just voicing my opinion. This is a message board.

I'd offer DJ the ball in exchange for Minka (straight up). I wonder what he'd say...

Seriously though, I'd give him the ball no strings attached. I believe the best moments in life...the times when you feel great about yourself as a person can't be bought. Crazy thinking for many folks I'm sure.

Couldnt agree with you more.

Really? Only once?

Im glad you are a much better person than me. I'd make him fork it out for that ball or sell it to someone who wont.

This is a capitalist society and if he doesnt wanna pay, i'd find someone who would.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Greed. lol As though it's not greedy to give someone a couple thousand dollars worth of stuff for something you KNOW is worth anywhere from $250,000-$1,000,000+. That's not greedy? ::facepalm::

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

Easy come easy go.

 

[IndyManning18]

Greed. lol As though it's not greedy to give someone a couple thousand dollars worth of stuff for something you KNOW is worth anywhere from $250,000-$1,000,000+. That's not greedy? ::facepalm::

But, but Jeter has been fan friendly his whole career.

 

[JoshHamilton]

Why would you only ask for money from Jeter?

I'd demand to nail his girlfriend as well. Let's see just how badly he wants that ball

 

[HPC]

Why would you only ask for money from Jeter?

I'd demand to nail his girlfriend as well. Let's see just how badly he wants that ball

Considering the rumors of him being a closet gay for years, I dont think he'd have a problem with that.

Hell he might ask to join

 

[elmalo]

Hey, it was his choice to make and more power to him. That doesn't mean I can't think he's an idiot for giving up that much money to someone who makes in a day what he probably makes in a year. I guess there is a reason rich people are rich, because the less fortunate feel the need to lay down for them.

Right on bro

 

[elmalo]

Id give it back to him.

I've seen this said repeatedly and I would like someone to explain why it's a "good deed" or "the right thing to do" to give up $250,000-$1,000,000+ just to appease a baseball player/baseball team? Do you think we owe it to these greedy players players and teams to not look out for ourselves when that is ALL they ever do? I just don't see why it's a "good deed" and not an idiotic decision. Yes, it is a selfless act, but it's not a WARRANTED selfless act. We don't owe these greedy players and teams a freaking thing and to just give to them when all they do is take is not some ethical thing that will make your soul feel oh so good. It's just being dumb.

It is the decisioin that he made. Who gives a crap? He had the ball and that is what he chose to do. Whay does anyone care?

I don't care about it, I just think he's a complete idiot. Just voicing my opinion. This is a message board.

I'd offer DJ the ball in exchange for Minka (straight up). I wonder what he'd say...

Seriously though, I'd give him the ball no strings attached. I believe the best moments in life...the times when you feel great about yourself as a person can't be bought. Crazy thinking for many folks I'm sure.

Couldnt agree with you more.

Really? Only once?

Im glad you are a much better person than me. I'd make him fork it out for that ball or sell it to someone who wont.

This is a capitalist society and if he doesnt wanna pay, i'd find someone who would.

How is he saying he is abetter person than someone else with that remark?

 

[notjomommasclint]

Why would you only ask for money from Jeter?

I'd demand to nail his girlfriend as well. Let's see just how badly he wants that ball

Considering the rumors of him being a closet gay for years, I dont think he'd have a problem with that.

Hell he might ask to join

so what you are saying is that would mean seeing and touching 3 3k balls?

 

[blanning71]

You're all heathens. I'm awesome. If you don't like it I will choke you out.

Signed,

Chuck Norris

 

[lambert58]

This gives me the perfect time to talk about when the major sports go on strike. Listening to ESPN and they keep asking "Who's side are you on, the players or the owners?". Me, I'm on the FANS side. Both of those 2 other sides really do not care about me or any fans. Just look at the NFL. Fighting over how over a Billion dollars will be split. How about you cut your salaries, the cost of a hot dog and a beer, the $20 parking fee & cut ticket prices in half so an everyday Joe can take his kids to a game he grew up loving! If you asked ANY player or owner if they would take less for a fan, their answer would be a simple NO!

Sell that ball for all you can. If Jeter really wanted it, he could fork over a game or 2 paychecks & guess what he still wouldn't be hurting.

Oh and yes his girlfriend is pretty hot!

 

[nosterbor]

SOOOOOOOOOOO that ball is not worth 200k. OK lets put it this way.would any of you pay 1% of your yearly income to buy that ball? do the f-en math!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[predatorkj]

How would your family feel (ya know, spouse)

My wife would probably kill me. jk

Mine would divorce my ass quicker than I could hand it back to Jeter. And no...I'm not kidding.

 

[predatorkj]

It would be interesting to see the exact amount, if any, a general baseball fan, Yankee fan, Jeter fan would sell (sell out?) for.

I'll give you your answer. But first...may I just end some of this nonsense? First of all, and most importantly, maybe only a couple of people here(yes...you too wossa) could afford to keep the damn thing. So enough with anyone keeping it. That shouldn't even be on the poll. It's a historic hit and just like with some of the historic homerun balls, the IRS will be knocking at your door to take a bite out of your ass to the tune of several thousands of dollars just for owning what may be a 250k ball. So end that. Even if your kid catches it.

Your(read the average man) only two choices are to sell or to give it up for free. Me, I'd sell it for a sum of no more and no less than $180,000. To Jeter presumably. If he would not take my offer, I'd have to sell it via an Auction and hey, his bad. I'd make more that way anyways. But I ask for the sum I did because it would leave me enough money(after taxes of course) to pay off my house, my wife's car and our debt. And you know what? I'd get my ass up the very next day and go to work. You know why? Because I can now live my life without worry. Yes there will be bills but I can now live for a very nice chunk of my life without having to worry about debt. So I can now use what I make and what my wife makes to save money and also to just buy what we want or need when we want or need it.

As for giving it to Jeter for free, I ask why? I think doing a good deed for me and my family would be far better than doing a good deed for him. I mean, let me say this: I doubt God , when I die, would say "Oh...by the way...you should have just GIVEN that ball back to Jeter.". Yeah, I think it would be okay. And I'd be happy to know I got exactly what I'd need to pay off our bills and be clean and free. I could never look my wife in the eye and tell her "Honey, I had the chance to pay off everything we owe but I let it slip through my hands purposefully.". I'm sorry. With the way nobody gives you fair breaks in this country, if I get the chance to help me and my family out, I will. Once you grow up, you realize that it is good to help people but you also have to help yourself because nobody but you and your family care about you. Jeter doesn't care about me. If I lost my job tomorrow, would it or should it even matter to him? So...I'm confused on that line of thinking.


I think it's funny that a lot of you don't believe someone would know what they'd do in a situation like that. Me, I occasionally play the lotto and I have sat down for hours thinking about what I would do down to the most minute detail. You think I post way too much info in a thread per post? Imagine 10 times that amount of thought running through my head. I've read the horror stories about lotto winners. How they win and two years later they are broke. How their family and friends come crawling out of the woodwork until you are loaning a cousin's uncle's grandmother's pet hamster's snake $10,000 for gastric bypass surgery. No my friends. I've thought it out. And I'd never have a financial issue thereafter in my entire life. I'd make a one time payment to each friend or family member that I wanted to with the exact understanding that it was a one time deal and I'd set up the other things I would want to do(businesses and investments) and I'd work the rest of my days doing something I love. So knowing what I would do with the kind of money this ball would bring would be a piece of cake. So would knowing whether I'd sell it or not.

 

[Big Mac McGwire]

id sell it in a Major House for guaranteed over 960,000$ considering that is how much Bonds 756 Ball Sold for.Jeters would go for more and if you disagree then you are not educated in Baseball Memorabilia and the silly prices Game Used/HR balls command.

Jeters ball would EASILY sell for over 1,000,000 Considering he plays in NY and the rich Yankee fans that live there in the city and across the US. That is a fact. I would trade the ball to Jeter ONLY in the event i got in return , the bat and Jersey he wore when he hit it. And i would only accept the trade if he inscribed that the items were used for hit 3,000

IF he wouldnt fork over those items, that ball is getting sold. Considering the amount of Die Hard yankee fans that are out there who salivate for high end pieces of Ruth, Dimaggio, Lou, and Mantle, the Jeter ball would go for a disgusting price considering the amount of Money Bonds' Record setting HR balls went for. Jeter is more liked and has CRAZY collectors who collect him. Not to mention some Ruth and Mantle items fetch over 500,000 and some are not from a specific game. This ball is a MILESTONE hit number. And the fact no other Yankee had ever reached it makes it more special. For that Kids father to stand there and let him make a deal like that is mind blowing. That ball would set the kid and his family up nicely financial wise for the rest of their lives. There are other ways to meet Jeter, as i will demonstrate next spring training.

The handing over of the Jeter ball is as Bone Headed as the kid who gave McGwire back HR 62.

No kind gesture is worth more then 1,000,000 in FREE cash for catching a piece of leather

And for those who say he didnt have time to think it over, the kid always could have told the yankees to let him have some time to decide what he wants to do with it. Its not like they were going to say , after a few days we wont it anymore. At least sleep on a once in a lifetime oppertunity

 

[rsmath]

I still haven't seen a compelling argument for why handing over $250,000-$1,000,000+ in exchange for a couple thousand dollars worth of stuff is a smart and/or logical thing to do.

Only thing I can think of is the fan lives with mom/dad and has no comprehension yet of monthly rent or mortgage obligations and costs of putting food on the table. Money is very unimportant when you are not having to support yourself...

 

[seitas]

Now the IRS wants it's money and this guy is saying that he is going to ask friends to help him pay. Welcome to America where is there a monetary angle to EVERYTHING. This guy should have sold the ball, that's how our society works; like it or not we are a capitalists.