October 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 8, 2009 -> 10:43 AM) No way I would have allowed my 12-year old to go unescorted to the locker room. I wonder why the team did it that way. Perhaps they felt it was better to negotiate with a 12-year old instead of an adult? The ball was his 200th and a MLB record for 200 in the fewest at bats. How many bats has he already signed? Seems like they took advantage of a 12-year old. I have a problem with the parents letting her go into the locker room alone and then suing the organization when they didn't like the outcome. I don't think the organization is in the right here either though. I didn't read the article closely enough and yes it was an autographed ball. I can't imagine a 200 HR ball even if it is a record is worth very much. Especially if it isn't authenticated as Howard's 200th HR.
October 9, 200916 yr The Phillies are the only people coming out bad here. Forcing a girl into a room and giving her a 25 dollar piece of crap for the only Ryan Howard 200 Home Run ball on the planet. I promise you that can get more then 25 dollars.
October 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (kev211 @ Oct 8, 2009 -> 08:44 PM) The Phillies are the only people coming out bad here. Forcing a girl into a room and giving her a 25 dollar piece of crap for the only Ryan Howard 200 Home Run ball on the planet. I promise you that can get more then 25 dollars. I heard they just used a rag soaked with ether.
October 9, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 8, 2009 -> 08:10 PM) Not sure how much the ball is actually worth, but it wouldn't surprise me if the family would sell the ball for $2,500-5,000 and that is f***ing pennies to a major league baseball organization. What if 5 people falsely advertised the same thing? There is no way of verifying authenticity. Plus the parents weren't even at the game. So they let 15, 12 year old kids go to the game unsupervised.
October 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 06:27 PM) What if 5 people falsely advertised the same thing? There is no way of verifying authenticity. Plus the parents weren't even at the game. So they let 15, 12 year old kids go to the game unsupervised. I saw a picture of the ball and the team had somehow labeled it as the authentic ball.
October 12, 200916 yr QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 06:31 PM) I saw a picture of the ball and the team had somehow labeled it as the authentic ball. I'm not sure for what milestones they do it at, but at least for the major ones you hear about them putting special balls into play for authentication purposes, again, they may not use it for player milestones that aren't major.
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