If you caught Aaron Judge's 62nd homer, would you hand it over to him or keep it and sell it for 7 figures?

Take the cash and go home ELATED!

If you don't get it authenticated, nobody with any money is buying it.

When Judge is batting they use special balls that are already authenticated.

choice? of course I'd keep it

No brainer, you keep and sell for as much as possible. Judge is already wealthy beyond imagination and his contract this off season will be over 500M. He is fine, I need the money.

Keeping a home run ball is part of the fan experience.

Why is this theoretical ball worth so much? I mean, a franchise record is cool, and yeah, it would be the AL record, but it’s way behind the MLB record. Not to mention, #63 might come in the next at bat, which diluted the value of #62.

I get that sports memorabilia can be valuable, but where are you getting the 7 figure estimates on this.

I think we could all use a few hundred thousand

No question, I'd give it to him. Now, today I am very wealthy, so I don't need a million dollars or whatever you (Rojo) think I might get from it, but let me check my integrity and see what I would have done when I was just starting out (thinking about this)...I would have given it to him. I actually didn't even have to think about it...did that for suspense!

Though the ball might have some dollar value, it doesn't mean anything to me but it would to him. Just because baseball players make an insane amount of money doesn't mean they owe me anything. Should Judge pay for everyone's meal when he walks into a restaurant?

Greed is never a good thing to participate in. Avoid greed 100% of the time, and you'lll be better off for it.

The right thing is to give him the ball.

Sell it to Judge if he's the highest bidder.

Not sure he’s gonna hit 62. Plus not sure the ball would go for seven figures. Pretty sure Bond’s 73rd went for like 500,000. Now there’s a lot of rich yankee fans out there. Hell no I wouldn’t give it back. You’d be an idiot to give it back for a couple autographs and some tickets. I hope someone fairly poor catches it and it can change their lives but as expensive as yankee tickets are there’s really no poor people there.

Thinking these balls mean anything to the players is ridiculous. Also the players would not get to keep the balls. It’d be going straight to Cooperstown. These guys couldn’t careless about a hr ball. Their parents might lol but not the players. How is it greedy to sell your property? Now If you’re a millionaire then by all means give it back ,but I’m not going to tell someone’s that makes 10 to 20 times less than the ball is worth, to give it back.
Truth is judge should offer something pretty nice to get it back. Brady gave up a bitcoin, back when they were worth a lot more, for one of his td balls.

Nope!

1) If I were to catch a 62 HR ball or another historic HR ball, and the player didn't ask for it, then I'd keep it. Judge will FOR SURE ask for #62. Means it means something to him.

2) Players keep important balls, bats, stolen bases (see Rickey Henderson) all the time. Of COURSE these mementos are important to them.

3) Cooperstown doesn't just get every important thing. The player keeps what they want.

4) I ALSO am not telling others what to do here. I said what I would do. It IS the right thing to do, but I'm not demanding that others do the right thing. I spell out the right thing, and then others can either do it or not.

5) Now, Judge SHOULD give a fan something for the ball, BUT the order of events should be...fan gives Judge the ball with NO promise of anything in return, and THEN Judge gives fan something.

6) I'm not so sure that ball will be worth THAT much anyway. Will be an American League record and a Yankees record, so certainly it will have SOME monetary value, but will it be worth MILLIONS of dollars? It only takes ONE person to make it worth that, but I'm skeptical that that person is out there.

RoJoke are you suggesting fans unionize? And how are they getting screwed over when they choose to pay the price of admission, concessions, parking etc? They make the money because you all pay the money to see them. Don’t like it? Spend your money elsewhere.

And you have a economics degree from an Ivy. Lol

It's his ball. He has the right to it. If he were playing sandlot baseball at the local park and hit one out, would I have the right to keep his property? The ball is the property of Major League Baseball, but by tradition it is the right of the player who hits it. So, you should return his property. On the other hand, most baseballs aren't claimed by players because they aren't particularly significant, and so there is a long tradition of fans getting to keep the baseball. Indeed, the tradition says that the fans have the right to keep the balls and that the players who want them should offer some token of appreciation for them, other signed balls and bats usually. Here the payoff is so great as to make a difference in their lives, although those who can afford Yankees games these days at home are probably in no need of extra cash.

I'm not a yankees fan, so clearly I would throw it back, like a man.

Just kidding, I'd sell it to the highest bidder. Not like he's taking a pay cut to make seats cheaper.

Mark McGwire's 62nd (record-breaking) home run ball was returned by the fan to McGwire for free. (No idea of any secret trade). It is said to be worth about $200k today. His 70th home run ball was sold for $3 million. It is currently estimated to be worth $250k-300k, because of the steroid use. Bonds' 71st has sold several times, $376k in 2008, $283 at auction in 2019. Again, that was tainted by roids. This one is not yet tainted by steroids and it is the action of a Yankee, so I expect it will be worth more than $1 million.

Bonds' 71st sold for $283k, not $283.

I'd like to have a collection of Judge's 62nd home run ball,

McGuire's 62nd home run ball

Sosa's 62nd home run ball and

Bond's 62nd home run ball