Словил бейсбольный мячик - получил полмиллиона долларов

Спорт и Туризм. Раздел о спорте
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Вчера Barry Bonds наконец-то вошёл в исторую бейсбола как Home run King - пока… Он побил рекорд home runs (когда мячик выбивают за поле) и ударил 756 home run за свою карьеру опередив Aaron Hank который установил этот рекорд в 70-ых. Все спортиовные каналы только и говорили об этом рекорде всю неделю , ожидая когда же это случится. Это считается одном из самых престижных достижений американского спорта, если не самым престижным.

Так вот, мячики для таких случаев помечают специально. и все прекрасно знали что поймав 756-ой хомран можно будет очень неплохо навариться на этом. В 1998 году мячик который словили от удара Макгвайер (это был рекордный 70-ый хомран за один сезон) продали за 3,3 млн доллара.

756-ой хомран мячик споймал или вернее в полудраке выдрал нью-йорковец, которого потом полиция проводила до ворот. Ценность мячика пока определяется от 400 до 500 тыс долларов. Вот так вот деньги зарабатываются когда знаешь куда надо пойти чтобы был шанс из ничего получить прибыль… :slight_smile:

Оригинал истории:

N.Y. fan emerges from bleacher bedlam holding lucky ball

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – With the crack of the bat a brief stillness settled over the right-center field bleachers at AT&T Park as Barry Bonds’ record-breaking homer rocketed toward the crowd.

Then the scrum was on.

As the specially marked baseball landed a few rows up in the fifth inning Tuesday night, dozens of fans wrestled for it and the promise of riches it carried. Suddenly, the metal bleachers vibrated with energy. Grunts, cheers and the cries of frightened children broke the silence as parents sought to shield their youngsters from the chaos.

In the middle of it all was 22-year-old New Yorker Matt Murphy, who emerged from beneath the pile holding the ball Bonds hit for career home run No. 756. His face was bloodied and his clothes stretched and torn from his battle in the bleachers.

A team of San Francisco police officers moved in, extracted Murphy from the crowd, and quickly led him through a tunnel and into a secure room.

As he high-fived other fans, Murphy, wearing a New York Mets jersey and cap, slid the ball into the back pocket of his plaid Bermuda shorts.

Reporters screamed questions, but all he managed to say was, “I’m Matt Murphy from Queens, N.Y.”

“I just hope he didn’t get hurt,” Bonds said after the game, which the Giants lost 8-6 to the Washington Nationals. He said he had no interest in getting the ball back for himself.

“I don’t want the ball,” Bonds said. “I’ve never believed a home run ball belonged to the player. If he caught it, it’s his.”

Murphy and a friend were en route to Australia and in San Francisco for a one-day layover, a Giants spokesman said. They purchased tickets just before the game.

He and the friend, dressed in New York Yankees regalia, were razzed by nearby Giants fans. “Hey, this isn’t New York!” one shouted. Murphy and his friend just laughed it off before settling into their seats.

Murphy declined to make himself available to the media.

Baseball memorabilia experts have pegged the ball’s value at $400,000 to $500,000. That’s well below the $3.3 million fetched by Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball in 1998.

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Barry Bond’s #756 Home run

//youtu.be/Er8Ws1Ttx_E

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Америка-страна больших возможностей, деньги с неба валятся :slight_smile:

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еще ж и думал ловить его или нет, надо было ловить…
мы вчера по этому поводу разговаривали, я сразу сказал что наверное продать его можно будет за хорошие деньги, а мне все доказывали, что типа откуда кто знает что это именно тот мячик, а они их помечают оказываются :slight_smile: надо было ловить…

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:slight_smile: В данном случае действительно с неба свалились в прямом смысле…

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хы )) А я даже правил не знаю игры. Ниразу не видел:pardon: Неужели такая интересная игра? :slight_smile:

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Врать нехорошо. Ты хоть раз на стадионе бейсбольном был?

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ну так я же имел ввиду, ловить его или нет, если бы я был на стадионе :slight_smile:

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Уже поздно. Теперь надо следить за Alex Rodriguez из New York Yankees, который стал самым молодым достигшим 500 хомранов из всех за историю бейсбола. Даже раньше Bonds. Вот и предрекают что он может побить рекорд хомранов в будующем… :coffee:

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да, и насколько я помню, он почти побил рекорд на количество хомранов на начало сезона (апрель месяц), который был установлен Albert Pujols в 14 хомранов, Родригез вроде столько же набрал, но потом пошел на спад… рекорд побить не удалось…

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А вот и продолжение про спойманный бейсбольный мячик от Бондс

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-bondsball082207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Bonds’ 756th ball going to auction
By Janie McCauley, Associated Press Writer
August 22, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO – No. 756 is going to auction. Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run ball will be sold online, and fortunate fan Matt Murphy figures to be a half-million dollars richer.

The 21-year-old New York man said Tuesday he had no choice but to sell the ball — several people told him he would be taxed on the souvenir just for holding on to it.

“It wasn’t hard. It was simple math. I’m upset by the decision I had to make,” Murphy said. “I wanted to keep it. I’m young. I don’t have the bank account. … It would have cost me a lot more to keep it.”

Bonds broke Hank Aaron’s record of 755 with a shot into the right-field seats on Aug. 7 against the Washington Nationals.

Sotheby’s/SCP Auctions will handle the sale at http://www.scpauctions.com beginning Aug. 28 and going through Sept. 15. The starting bid has not been determined, and auction officials estimated the ball would bring at least $500,000.

“This is the most historic baseball ever to be sold,” said David Kohler, president of SCP Auctions.

The ball from Bonds’ 755th home run hit Aug. 4 in San Diego also will be for sale on the site. The same company sold the balls from Bonds’ 700th homer and No. 715 that passed Babe Ruth for second place last season.

Everyone involved hopes the buyer of the historic balls is willing to at least share them for a period of time — if not donate them altogether — with the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

“I really hope the person who does buy it is in position to loan it,” Murphy said, a security guard close by him during a news conference at a restaurant near the ballpark. “Two weeks ago, history was made. I was lucky enough to be in the house.”

Murphy plans to share at least some of the proceeds with a friend who attended the Giants game with him. They were in town for a brief stopover on a trip to Australia when Murphy wound up with the lucky prize.

Murphy left the ball in safekeeping with a bank in San Francisco during his more than weeklong trip to Australia. He returned to the Bay Area on Sunday to make arrangements for the ball.

Bonds has said he believes his home run balls belong to the fans.

“I haven’t spoken with Barry,” said Murphy, who is considering attending business school in New York City. “I would like to meet him.”

The City of San Francisco will honor Bonds in a public ceremony Friday.

Я даже и не знал что за мячик который оценивается в полмиллиона долларов парень может платить налоги если оставит этот мячик у себя… =0

Зато наварится в полмиллиона долларов минус налог (наверно половина :slight_smile: )… :coffee:

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Продали мячик в субботу за 752 тысячи долларов с небольшим на аукционе :engman:

Теперь будем жадть Родригеса пока побьёт рекорд Бондса … :slight_smile:

Winning bids announced on historic Bonds home run balls

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run ball was auctioned Saturday for $752,467, well more than the estimates by memorabilia experts.

Home run No. 755, the ball that tied the record, went for $186,750, according to Sotheby’s/SCP Auctions. Both final prices included the winning bid plus a 20 percent buyer’s fee, according to the auction houses handling the sale.

Bonds broke Aaron’s record of 755 with a shot into the right-center field seats on Aug. 7 off of Washington Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik in San Francisco.

Matt Murphy, a 21-year-old student and construction supervisor from New York, emerged from a scuffle with the record-breaking ball after paying $100 for a $12 ticket during a layover on his way to Australia from his hometown.

“I had hoped to keep the ball, but when I determined that was not the best strategy at this stage of my life, this definitely was the right decision,” Murphy said in a statement released after the sale. “It is an honor to be a part of baseball history and I wish the new owner well with whatever they elect to do with the ball.”

Experts had predicted the ball that tied Hank Aaron’s home run record would fetch about $200,000, and that the record-breaker would be sold for least $500,000.

“I feel like I did the right thing with it,” said Adam Hughes, 34, a plumber from La Jolla who came up with No. 755 in the left-center field seats in San Diego on Aug. 4.

Hughes said that after taxes and auction house fees, he expects to take home about $90,000 from the sale. He said he would probably invest some of the money and use some of it to help out a cousin who just started college. He might also go on a cruise, he said.

Both buyers did not want to be identified, said a spokesman for SCP Auctions.

While the price for No. 756 exceeded expectations, the ball did not come close to the $3 million that was paid for St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire’s single-season home run record ball in 1998.

Most memorabilia experts believe Bonds’ last career home run, which will set the new record, will garner more than $1 million.