Most of us have stories about how we lost a prized autographed ball or how our mother threw away our baseball card collection. When I was nine, a family friend who worked at NBC gave me an official 1980 World Series ball signed by Bryant Gumbel, who was working sports at the time. A few years later, my brother, exacting revenge for something that undoubtedly deserved it, played with the ball in the mud, and it was forever spoiled.
Rich Lederer managed to ruin a ball signed on the sweet spot by both Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle. Here’s how he did it.
"Denny McLain may be Dennis Dale McLain to his mom and dad. But he's Denny Effing McLain to me."
Hilarious... he's actually Denny Effing McLain to a whole lot of people, from what I understand...
Who ruined my Wang?!
LOL @ the Mets!
Damn it! Try this!
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04202009/sports/mets/dopey_mets_wanna_erase_dwights_citi_auto_165321.htm
It's not an autographed ball, but on my visit to YS for the Friday Cubs game, my fiancée popped into Steiner Sports and noticed a Hidecki Matsui clubhouse chair for $300 and thought that was a reasonable enough price to make for a unique birthday gift. When we returned the next day, she took my father in to see the Joba chair (which was $500), but the price tag was changed to $5,000. The saleswoman remembered her from the previous night and told her that the Matsui chair was also mispriced...instead of the $300 she paid, the tag should have been $3,000. The chair arrived yesterday and she couldn't keep the secret, so I am now the proud owner of a Hidecki Matsui clubhouse chair. I'll try my best not to ruin it!