I bet you this baseball fan is a Republican.

[Le Jacquelope]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...not-pay-10-000-for-his-first-b?urn=mlb,191874

Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:17 pm EDT
Matt Carson will not pay $10,000 for his first big league homer

By 'Duk

You thought that Milwaukee's Happy Youngster drove an unreasonable bargain for Chris Coghlan's(notes) first home run ball earlier this season?

Well, then be prepared to be even more disgusted after reading about the jerk who caught Matt Carson's(notes) first big league home run in Oakland on Monday and then said he'd only return it to the rookie in exchange for some cold, hard cash.

The fan's rumored demand for the ball?

Try $10,000, an outrageous amount that the career minor leaguer simply wouldn't — and most likely, couldn't — pay.

From the SF Chronicle:

"Kind of a bummer," Carson said. "They authenticated the bat I used, though, so I'll do something with that.

"It would have been nice to have the ball, and I would have been happy to give him a bat and signed it — that's more than a baseball, anyway. But that's OK, I have a souvenir, I'm happy."

I don't begrudge fans going for the dollars when we're talking about big amounts of money — say, Bonds' 756th or McGwire's 70th — but Carson is a 28-year-old right fielder who took seven years to reach the bigs and probably isn't headed to the Hall of Fame.

Honestly, the ball isn't worth $10,000 to anyone and, heck, it probably isn't worth $1,000. Really, the keepsake's only value comes in any sentiment Carson might have toward it and after working so hard to reach his dream of making the big leagues, it's a ball he certainly deserved to have after giving its recipient the traditional payment of some other memorabilia, an autograph and a handshake.

Here's hoping that "fan" comes to his senses and realizes the ball means a lot more to Carson than to his money-minded self.

A big BLS head nod to 3:10 to Joba for the redirect.

 

[RightField]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...not-pay-10-000-for-his-first-b?urn=mlb,191874

Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:17 pm EDT
Matt Carson will not pay $10,000 for his first big league homer

By 'Duk

You thought that Milwaukee's Happy Youngster drove an unreasonable bargain for Chris Coghlan's(notes) first home run ball earlier this season?

Well, then be prepared to be even more disgusted after reading about the jerk who caught Matt Carson's(notes) first big league home run in Oakland on Monday and then said he'd only return it to the rookie in exchange for some cold, hard cash.

The fan's rumored demand for the ball?

Try $10,000, an outrageous amount that the career minor leaguer simply wouldn't — and most likely, couldn't — pay.

From the SF Chronicle:


I don't begrudge fans going for the dollars when we're talking about big amounts of money — say, Bonds' 756th or McGwire's 70th — but Carson is a 28-year-old right fielder who took seven years to reach the bigs and probably isn't headed to the Hall of Fame.

Honestly, the ball isn't worth $10,000 to anyone and, heck, it probably isn't worth $1,000. Really, the keepsake's only value comes in any sentiment Carson might have toward it and after working so hard to reach his dream of making the big leagues, it's a ball he certainly deserved to have after giving its recipient the traditional payment of some other memorabilia, an autograph and a handshake.

Here's hoping that "fan" comes to his senses and realizes the ball means a lot more to Carson than to his money-minded self.

A big BLS head nod to 3:10 to Joba for the redirect.

I say it's probably a democrat who stands around waiting for money to fall from Heaven (or Obama, whichever is closer) without working for it and earning it and then believe it is his/her inherent right to have the money (other people's money). This old protestent ethic stands behind the Republican philosophy, not the opportunitist, backroom conniving democrat philosophy.

 

[Powertone]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...not-pay-10-000-for-his-first-b?urn=mlb,191874

Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:17 pm EDT
Matt Carson will not pay $10,000 for his first big league homer

By 'Duk

You thought that Milwaukee's Happy Youngster drove an unreasonable bargain for Chris Coghlan's(notes) first home run ball earlier this season?

Well, then be prepared to be even more disgusted after reading about the jerk who caught Matt Carson's(notes) first big league home run in Oakland on Monday and then said he'd only return it to the rookie in exchange for some cold, hard cash.

The fan's rumored demand for the ball?

Try $10,000, an outrageous amount that the career minor leaguer simply wouldn't — and most likely, couldn't — pay.

From the SF Chronicle:


I don't begrudge fans going for the dollars when we're talking about big amounts of money — say, Bonds' 756th or McGwire's 70th — but Carson is a 28-year-old right fielder who took seven years to reach the bigs and probably isn't headed to the Hall of Fame.

Honestly, the ball isn't worth $10,000 to anyone and, heck, it probably isn't worth $1,000. Really, the keepsake's only value comes in any sentiment Carson might have toward it and after working so hard to reach his dream of making the big leagues, it's a ball he certainly deserved to have after giving its recipient the traditional payment of some other memorabilia, an autograph and a handshake.

Here's hoping that "fan" comes to his senses and realizes the ball means a lot more to Carson than to his money-minded self.

A big BLS head nod to 3:10 to Joba for the redirect.

your contempt for the right is in high gear today

 

[pointless]

I say it's probably a democrat who stands around waiting for money to fall from Heaven (or Obama, whichever is closer) without working for it and earning it and then believe is his/her inherent right to have the money (other people's money). This old protestent ethic stands behind the Republican philosophy, not the opportunitist, backroom conniving democrat philosophy.

oy vey. stick to cut and pastes, dude. every time you say something in your own words you just make yourself look like a moron.

 

[RightField]

oy vey. stick to cut and pastes, dude. every time you say something in your own words you just make yourself look like a moron.

Ah, well, that's so erudite of you to point out such an important factor in the discussion.

 

[pointless]

Ah, well, that's so erudite of you to point out such an important factor in the discussion.

oooohhh, you used a big word. i'm super impressed and i've totally been proven wrong.

dude, c'mon. try harder or just don't bother, you transparent dimwit.