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05-16-2012, 01:07 PM #31
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Re: Josh Hamilton's 2nd home run ball from 4 home run game on 5/8/2012
I didn't really care about the dirt mark till I received the ball and watched the at bat again and saw what happened before the HR. Now it makes perfect sense.
As for him throwing a ball back at least from the video I can tell the ball he threw back had a bunch of writing on it. This was also verified by the usher as this guy seems to do this regularly. I guess he doesn't want the home crowd getting on his case if he keeps an opponent’s home run ball.
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05-16-2012, 01:09 PM #32
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05-16-2012, 01:35 PM #33
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Re: Josh Hamilton's 2nd home run ball from 4 home run game on 5/8/2012
Watching last nights video. This is unreal. Same kid in last nights game in the 2nd inning sprints down about 10 rows, knocks into a Yankees fan, and goes 2 seats into the row and jumps in front of 2 more fans to grab an Adam Jones HR. The camera pulls away so not sure how it all ended up.
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05-16-2012, 01:39 PM #34
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Re: Josh Hamilton's 2nd home run ball from 4 home run game on 5/8/2012
Yup!
After the handshake agreement of the price and exchange of the baseball, I also draft up a quick "authenticity / affidavit" letter which included three signatures - the security for the area, the person who caught the HR ball and Me (the new owner of the ball).
If there were marking on the ball, we would have taken pictures of them but like most - it just look minor scruff up where the bat meet the baseball.
Now I am getting these letters draft in advance just in case a sale is happening.
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05-16-2012, 02:21 PM #35
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Re: Josh Hamilton's 2nd home run ball from 4 home run game on 5/8/2012
I don't understand the whole idea of being duped by another ball. With regards to non MLB authenticated HR balls, the provenance is the key. Even if he changed it, his letter and provenance would basically make the "changed ball" the one that has value. The "real" ball would have no value because he gave the provenance away to the changed ball, effectibely making it worthless.
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05-16-2012, 02:36 PM #36
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05-16-2012, 02:59 PM #37
Re: Josh Hamilton's 2nd home run ball from 4 home run game on 5/8/2012
I would respectively disagree. If a fake jersey has provenance, it is still a fake jersey and can be proven as such at a later date. The same is the case with a fake home run baseball. Videos and photos might be able to prove it as a fake at a later date too. JMO, but fake balls are worthless, no matter what kind of a letter they come with.
Les Zukor
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05-16-2012, 05:35 PM #38
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05-16-2012, 05:48 PM #39
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05-16-2012, 08:01 PM #40
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Re: Josh Hamilton's 2nd home run ball from 4 home run game on 5/8/2012
It looks like Schubert got lucky here and got a really nice piece. I personally would not pay that much for a ball in this case unless the MLB authenticator was sitting right there and slapped a hologram on the ball and I was able to then obtain it from the fan. Almost too risky as there is just not enough time to do your due diligence.
At least in this case Schubert was able to get those high res images and match this up. Imagine if in any of these situations the person that caught the ball did a switcharoo to you and gave you a fake ball. Again, in this case with the high res Schubert grabbed a great piece and who would have ever guessed that two more homers would have come out of this.
Joe