Around Baseball 2015

[GD]

He basically goes from stadium to stadium begging people for foul balls... So, he's obviously got rich parents who taught him sweet f*** all

 

Doesn't beg for foul balls, doesn't have rich parents. Actually a fantastic guy.

[vdubmvp]

what a jackass and exemplary loser

 

Why were they all "you'll never guess who caught the ball"? Are we supposed to know who this person is?

[Boxcar]

 

What a colossal douche.

[glory]

The White Sox are so s***** that it pains me every time they face a team that the Jays are chasing.

[burlingtonbandit]

 

What a colossal douche.

 

for keeping a ball?

 

If it was me I'd be selling it to the highest bidder no doubt. Life changing money.

[ElNik2013]

for keeping a ball?

 

If it was me I'd be selling it to the highest bidder no doubt. Life changing money.

 

 

Pretty much. If it's valuable enough to someone, then pay for it.

[Boxcar]

for keeping a ball?

 

If it was me I'd be selling it to the highest bidder no doubt. Life changing money.

 

Yeah, for keeping a ball. Reduce the situation to that, nbd.

[baseballsss]

Why were they all "you'll never guess who caught the ball"? Are we supposed to know who this person is?

 

He's written 3 baseball books and has been collecting baseballs since 1990 apparently.

[Caper]

If you are the White Sox, isn't the correct baseball move to trade Chris Sale right now? Could not imagine a better time where they would get more for him. They could trade him to the Blue Jays and set themselves up much better for the future. Wouldn't happen, but I think at a point you'll look back in hindsight and see it as the best move for the team.

[43211234]

Zack Hample is relatively famous. It really is incredible how long and how many baseballs he's taken from major league games.

[LTR]

Can Estrada stick?

[o2cui2i]

 

What a colossal douche.

 

are you really that bitter? you need to get a life

 

collecting baseballs is what he does. He gives many to charities but it's completely up to him what he does with them as it is for any fan at a game.

 

[Atothe]

are you really that bitter? you need to get a life

 

collecting baseballs is what he does. He gives many to charities but it's completely up to him what he does with them as it is for any fan at a game.

 

 

he is a douche so you need to chill

[o2cui2i]

he is a douche so you need to chill

 

he's given more money to charity in the last year than you make....

 

this indignant attitude people have towards people is ridiculous. There are lots of people who collect memorabilia and there is no law that says people have to give up what is rightfully there property.

 

Maybe if A-Rod makes him a good offer he will change his mind. The fact that he wants to keep it and isn't selling it on E-bay says a lot about his love for the collection. it's not about the money.

[Chappy]

he's given more money to charity in the last year than you make....

 

this indignant attitude people have towards people is ridiculous. There are lots of people who collect memorabilia and there is no law that says people have to give up what is rightfully there property.

 

Maybe if A-Rod makes him a good offer he will change his mind. The fact that he wants to keep it and isn't selling it on E-bay says a lot about his love for the collection. it's not about the money.

 

Yeah I don't get how he is a douche at all. He caught the ball and it's his to do with as he pleases.

[fireballW]

I have a hard time really understanding the whole baseball thing. Shouldn't they just be able to take these balls from people like this? Just because something ends up in your vicinity doesn't mean it's yours. Doesn't the ball belong to the MLB? They bought it.

[fireballW]

he's given more money to charity in the last year than you make....

 

this indignant attitude people have towards people is ridiculous. There are lots of people who collect memorabilia and there is no law that says people have to give up what is rightfully there property.

 

Maybe if A-Rod makes him a good offer he will change his mind. The fact that he wants to keep it and isn't selling it on E-bay says a lot about his love for the collection. it's not about the money.

 

Still don't get how it would be his property. Why would he ever actually own it just because it went into the stands. It is a ball being used for a sport used by a company. Same when a bat goes into the stands. I don't understand why people feel entitled to automatically be able to keep it. If I find a purse and pick it up it isn't mine. Is there so weird law I don't know? I mean I get why mlb let's ppl keep the balls or bats. But it seems to me in a situation like this the ball should 100% still belong to the people that bought it.

[GD]

he is a douche so you need to chill

 

The guy donates a s*** ton of money to charity and takes kids to games to help them catch their own baseballs

 

He also gives away like 60% of the balls he catches

 

But you probably didn't know who he was until last night

[burlingtonbandit]

If you are the White Sox, isn't the correct baseball move to trade Chris Sale right now? Could not imagine a better time where they would get more for him. They could trade him to the Blue Jays and set themselves up much better for the future. Wouldn't happen, but I think at a point you'll look back in hindsight and see it as the best move for the team.

 

Well im sure they would listen to offers like any other team. But its comparable to Bautista in 2011 in that you won't get his full value back in a trade because he is so good and on such a great contract.

 

If your the Jays and you offer Sanchez, Norris, Hoffman, Pompey and Pentecost that likely still isn't enough to land Sale. I don't think a team would ever deplete their farm system like that anyway.

[RealAccountant]

The whitesox aren't going to trade Sale. It's a fantasy. They would however move Shark

[intentional wok]

Yeah I don't get how he is a douche at all. He caught the ball and it's his to do with as he pleases.

 

IMO, this is a tremendous milestone for anyone to achieve and for someone to happen to come into possession of the object of that milestone, refuse to give it to the person who wants it back, and add it to their own collection of trinkets is douchey and rotten.

 

I don't give a s*** if A-Rod is a billionaire or the most disliked guy in sports. Give him the f***ing ball if he wants it.

[KingKat]

IIRC, Zack Hample was on Conan O' Brien a few years back and he did come off really douchey when he explained some of his tactics for getting as many foul balls as possible. It didn't help that Conan basically used him as foil for his shtick and kept making jokes about how pathetic he is. I think that impression has stuck with a lot of people. The important milestones balls may be coveted by a lot of people but a random ball thrown into the stands only interests little kids and him fighting them off so that he can assemble his massive collection does come off douchey and kind of pathetic. That being said it sounds like from what some people are saying ITT that he's committed quite a few acts of generosity. Maybe he's been doing that all along and Conan didn't emphasize that or maybe he realized that how poorly he came off on tv and this is a recent development. In any case, good on him. He's clearly not so all consumed by his hobby that he can't learn to share with others.

[ElNik2013]

I have a hard time really understanding the whole baseball thing. Shouldn't they just be able to take these balls from people like this? Just because something ends up in your vicinity doesn't mean it's yours. Doesn't the ball belong to the MLB? They bought it.

 

 

If they made it clear to fans attending games that this is their policy, then no issues. However, as far as I know, such a policy doesn't exist.

 

At the end of the day, I think they'll hammer out a deal where both sides win. I certainly don't see how the guy is a douche for wanting to keep a baseball to add it to his collection.

[Deadpool]

Doesn't beg for foul balls, doesn't have rich parents. Actually a fantastic guy.

 

*shrug* I saw a documentary on the guy, and he was literally walking around before games etc asking everyone he saw for baseballs. And how the s*** does he support that lifestyle?

[intentional wok]

*shrug* I saw a documentary on the guy, and he was literally walking around before games etc asking everyone he saw for baseballs. And how the s*** does he support that lifestyle?

 

It's not a lifestyle; he was born like that.

[Deadpool]

It's not a lifestyle; he was born like that.

 

I wish *I* was born with the financial freedom to travel all around North America for months on end. I wouldn't use it to do that, I'd sit around playing video games in my boxers, but I'd *HAVE* it, and that's what matters!

[o2cui2i]

Still don't get how it would be his property. Why would he ever actually own it just because it went into the stands. It is a ball being used for a sport used by a company. Same when a bat goes into the stands. I don't understand why people feel entitled to automatically be able to keep it. If I find a purse and pick it up it isn't mine. Is there so weird law I don't know? I mean I get why mlb let's ppl keep the balls or bats. But it seems to me in a situation like this the ball should 100% still belong to the people that bought it.

 

Baseball used to use 1 ball for an entire game and it was never allowed to be kept by fans. that rule change about 100 years ago. It was deemed that it was better for the game and got more people to the games if fans simple kept the balls and it was better for the players to be playing with a new, standardized ball. The league OK'd fans keeping balls a long time ago.

 

The players understand this as well. Many players offer big rewards in exchange for the ball they want and some players are not so nice about it. A-Rod should be offering a signed balls, bats, jersey and a couple tickets to a game. If he really wants it. You can't offer a person who wants the ball and doesn't care about the ball money. it would have to be offering him a collectable that he would want more.

 

That being said, I think that if the player offers a reasonable exchange you should do it. do we know what ARod has offered???

[ElNik2013]

Baseball used to use 1 ball for an entire game and it was never allowed to be kept by fans. that rule change about 100 years ago. It was deemed that it was better for the game and got more people to the games if fans simple kept the balls and it was better for the players to be playing with a new, standardized ball. The league OK'd fans keeping balls a long time ago.

 

The players understand this as well. Many players offer big rewards in exchange for the ball they want and some players are not so nice about it. A-Rod should be offering a signed balls, bats, jersey and a couple tickets to a game. If he really wants it. You can't offer a person who wants the ball and doesn't care about the ball money. it would have to be offering him a collectable that he would want more.

 

That being said, I think that if the player offers a reasonable exchange you should do it. do we know what ARod has offered???

 

 

Something could be worked out. The guy could get pictures with A-Rod and the ball as well as publicity for giving it back to him. Who knows, but I think they'll work something out. No need to hate on the guy.

[King]

Justin Nicolino was called up by the Marlins and is starting tonights game, against none other than Anthony DeSclafani.

 

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[Trouba95]

Texas lost, need Minny to lose as well as Yanks/Rays of course.