POLL: Give it back or sell it, jeter ball

[uwotitan29]

I would like to think I would just give the ball back, but I know I couldn't just do that. A lot of good people work very hard every single day making just enough to get by. I'm no different and that money would help pay off my massive student loans, allow me to finally go to law school, as well as send my little sister to college. That in itself is worth it to me to be a little bit selfish compared to just giving the ball back to the player.

That ball would open doors that maybe normally wouldn't be opened.

 

[miguelcabrera]

if it were jeters i would destroy it like they did to that bartman ball
any non yankee, sell it
miggy or red sox, keep it

 

[rsmath]

I would give the ball back. The opportunity to meet Jeter would be awesome! The experience that followed for the guy that caught it would probably outweigh any check received.

I'd like to see someone do a followup with the fan in about 10-15 years after he gets out of his current young-and-stupid years and starts doing big boy things and real life hits and see if he would have found the money more useful in retrospect than having given the ball back to Jeets for free.

 

[RL24]

I would give the ball back. The opportunity to meet Jeter would be awesome! The experience that followed for the guy that caught it would probably outweigh any check received.

I'd like to see someone do a followup with the fan in about 10-15 years after he gets out of his current young-and-stupid years and starts doing big boy things and real life hits and see if he would have found the money more useful in retrospect than having given the ball back to Jeets for free.

Me too! I think he will be stoked! You know there are a lot of rich Yankee fans who have great businesses, and can make room for one more employee. A young 23 year old with a college degree who is selling cell phones. That guy had the best effing commercial in the world! I NEED A JOB! He seemed like a really great guy too, worth hiring. And what he did for Jeets! Need a guy like that around. And his new boss probably has season tickets so homie will get to go to plenty of games in the coming years.

I personally would have sold it. :lol:

I've learned a lot from this thread. Some people think that if you get $250K you can quit working. Other people think middle class people make $70K per year.

Even though your kids CAN stay on your insurance until they are 26, they don't HAVE to. Make them go get an individual policy, they're young and (presumably) healthy, it'll be cheap. Even if you keep paying for their insurance, it's something worth checking out.

 

[JzWand]

Its really a personal choice.
$250K pays off my house so I know what my wife would want me to do.

On the flip side, I would be inclined to give it to Jeter.

For one, I know he wouldn't go selling it for trying to make a profit or anything.

Also I imagine I would be asking for season tickets for 5 years or something plus a whole lot of autographs and such and maybe ask if he could take my family out for dinner and if my kid could be a bat boy a couple times a season.

Stuff like that IMO that doesnt really have a price tag attached to it.

Jeter has always been a class act so I wouldnt have much problem knowing the ball would sit on his mantle for the remainder of his life.

 

[jpcz]

I would sell the ball, and I wouldnt think twice about it. Meeting Jeter would be nice, but its not something that cant be done any other time. Heck, I met AROD at the deli near my job a few times, since he frequents it.....nothing special. And getting a handshake would not have made the moment any different....so meeting jeter would mean nothing to me in this setting.

I would rather get some money and pay off my mortgage, cars, and bring my family on a nice, memory filled vacation that would last much longer than going to some baseball games and saying hi to an overpaid athlete.

 

[notjomommasclint]

i have changed my position on this. in the past i would sell it... now i would give it back. thinking more from the fatherly side of i would want my son to be able to do with it what he will.

also there is a historic side to giving it back... and you are gonna get laced up anyways. so why not get the lavish treatment, meet the player, maybe he will give you some swag... but if not you still be behind the scenes on one of the momentous days in history.

 

[alabamalongsnake]

sell, sell, sell immediately or give it back - I wouldn't want to worry about having it and the possibility of theft - unwanted publicity that comes with such a rare piece of baseball. that thing belongs in Cooperstown where I think Jeter will send it. if you hold on to it for any length of time there is a chance it could end up in the wrong hands.

likely that he's not even coming out of his pocket to buy it back. guarantee Yankees will put up the money.

while it may not be worth millions yet, it's going to be one of the rarest items in baseball collectors history due to the unlikelihood that anyone will ever hit a homer on hit 3,000 again. this is what just the second anyways.

there's no right or wrong answer here. i wouldn't give it back. i'd try and get what I could for it immediately, take some pics with it and wash my hands of it. keep a ticket stub and get jeter to sign a replica.

 

[sportscardtheory]

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.

 

[elmalo]

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.

 

[elmalo]

Id give it back to him.

 

[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.

 

[sportscardtheory]

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.

 

[sportscardtheory]

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.

 

[elmalo]

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?

 

[sportscardtheory]

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.

 

[HPC]

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?

You obviously care. Youve posted several times about how you'd give it back.

We get it. You are better than all of us because you would do that and we'd sell it like the heathens we are.

 

[sportscardtheory]

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?

You obviously care. Youve posted several times about how you'd give it back.

We get it. You are better than all of us because you would do that and we'd sell it like the heathens we are.

I guess people with less giving to people with more is the new American way. Jeter and the Yankees really deserve to be bowed-down to by us peasants. Meanwhile they laugh all the way to the bank and this guy goes home and sells a few cell phones to make his rent payments.

 

[RL24]

Nobody thinks he's going to get a job offer for a good job after his inning in the booth? I guess I'm the only one with that thought. He lives in NY, so it'll probably be $100K/yr, in 10 years he'll make a million and laugh at the people who thought he was stupid for giving up the $250K ball.

I don't even think it would get $250K. There was no record broken or anything. I mean, it was special, but not that special. Alas, we'll never know, unless Derek sells it. Now THAT would be hilarious! :lol:

 

[elmalo]

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?

You obviously care. Youve posted several times about how you'd give it back.

We get it. You are better than all of us because you would do that and we'd sell it like the heathens we are.

Several times? I posted once saying I would give it back. I didnt sit there and say he was right or wrong. I answered the question that was posed.