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re: Would You Give Up The Ball?!!!
Posted on 2/21/09 at 1:18 am to The Boat
Posted on 2/21/09 at 1:18 am to The Boat
quote:
Go ahead and reach for one of these while you're at it.
I am not reaching for straws. Here are the people who agreed with me:
Fairhope
pouchy tiger
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Posted on 2/21/09 at 1:21 am to theantiquetiger
They would have given it up for that. But you said you would have to have something more if you ever would consider giving it up.
No one had as much ferocity as you did.
No one had as much ferocity as you did.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 1:22 am to theantiquetiger
quote:
You +9999999999
So LSU selling the first "Out" ball for $500+ (probably going to reach $1000+), but offering this guy a team signed ball for the 1st pitch ball is less greedy than me and a couple others saying they would have not taken that offer?
You are full of it.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 1:24 am to The Boat
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They would have given it up for that. But you said you would have to have something more if you ever would consider giving it up. No one had as much ferocity as you did.
No, I agreed with Fiarhope, I would have given it up for a mention in the HoF.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 1:38 am to theantiquetiger
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So LSU selling the first "Out" ball for $500+ (probably going to reach $1000+), but offering this guy a team signed ball for the 1st pitch ball is less greedy than me and a couple others saying they would have not taken that offer?
You are full of it.
Just confirms how pathetic some of you are.
I would want to give that ball to LSU and enjoy the satisfaction I would have knowing that I caught it and donated it back to the university that I love so much, not try to act like a bitch and negotiate what I might be able to get for it.
This post was edited on 2/21/09 at 1:40 am
Posted on 2/21/09 at 2:00 am to SG_Geaux
The guy who caught the ball turned down their first offer (Skip's signed ball). So does this make him greedy, a douchebag?
He went up to the concourse and talked to the guys, so he may have gotten something else he didn't mention, like his name in the HoF with the ball.
Like I said in my first post, I probably wouldn't have even considered giving it up. I wouldn't have sold it like LSU is doing with the 1st Out Ball. I would have put it up on loan to the HoF like a bunch of stuff in Andonie Museum is on loan.
He went up to the concourse and talked to the guys, so he may have gotten something else he didn't mention, like his name in the HoF with the ball.
Like I said in my first post, I probably wouldn't have even considered giving it up. I wouldn't have sold it like LSU is doing with the 1st Out Ball. I would have put it up on loan to the HoF like a bunch of stuff in Andonie Museum is on loan.
This post was edited on 2/21/09 at 2:02 am
Posted on 2/21/09 at 2:23 am to theantiquetiger
I would have held out until they agreed to put a picture of me in the hall of fame. I mean yea its the first ball ever used, but he's also historic in the sense that he's the first person to ever catch a foul ball in the new Alex Box.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 2:26 am to theantiquetiger
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The guy who caught the ball turned down their first offer (Skip's signed ball). So does this make him greedy, a douchebag?
No, I'm sure like most LSU fans he has an assload of Skip Bertman autographs already. At least I do.
And everytime he signs it "Skip But." The man's too lazy to finish his signature!
Posted on 2/21/09 at 2:34 am to The Boat
When I started this topic, I didn't know about the auction for the 1st Out Ball.
Now I see that LSU doesn't value that ball very much, I would have not given the ball up at all.
It would be sitting in my LSU room right now.
Now I see that LSU doesn't value that ball very much, I would have not given the ball up at all.
It would be sitting in my LSU room right now.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 2:35 am to theantiquetiger
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Now I see that LSU doesn't value that ball very much, I would have not given the ball up at all.
These are two different balls. The first out was a SO, the first pitch was the fouled ball.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 3:20 am to Golfer
i would eventually give it up but there would be more than just a team signed ball. I would see just how bad they really want that baseball. I wouldnt want money but would defiantly want some cool shite and maybe some free tickets
Posted on 2/21/09 at 9:09 am to heartbreakTiger
i would have given it up only if my name would have been on the side of it saying i caught it and gave it back to put in the hall of fame.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 9:16 am to theantiquetiger
I love the internet. Only on the internet can somebody be "man" enough to be anonymous and talk real big and say he would do one thing when he knows damn well he would do the opposite. 
I bet you're the kind of person that will argue the price of a bag of chips at a grocery store because it was rung up being 25 cents more than what it was marked on the shelf.
I bet you're the kind of person that will argue the price of a bag of chips at a grocery store because it was rung up being 25 cents more than what it was marked on the shelf.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 9:20 am to crazycoonass2
I would give them the ball only after they renamed the stadium after me. 
Seriously, I don't have a problem with negotiating for cool memorabilia. Doesn't make you less of an LSU fan to want a bat or a jersey.
Seriously, I don't have a problem with negotiating for cool memorabilia. Doesn't make you less of an LSU fan to want a bat or a jersey.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 9:27 am to HoopsFan
I would have bartered for something better than a Skip signed ball. Its baseball tradition, a ball goes into the stand and its the guys ball. The athletic department has more money than god, of course they just tried to bully him into giving into them. If the event is important enough than i think that you should consider giving the ball back to the team, but its part of what makes baseball special. Its especially not greedy because antique tiger wants to hold onto the ball just for collecting sake, he doesn't want to sell it. I mean its not a charity organization we are talking about, its freaking money rich athletic department, they can shell out some good stuff for the ball.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 9:27 am to HoopsFan
I would only give them the ball if they wrote out a check to me for $50,000, re-named the street after my family, promised a job to any of my kids when they graduate college, and picked up the rest of my mortgage.
/end sarcasm
/end sarcasm
Posted on 2/21/09 at 9:35 am to Paul_LSU_passion
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The athletic department has more money than god, of course they just tried to bully him into giving into them.
They didn't bully him, the guy from LSU told him many times, "You don't have to give it up, but Skip would like to have the all!"
Posted on 2/21/09 at 9:38 am to theantiquetiger
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They didn't bully him, the guy from LSU told him many times, "You don't have to give it up, but Skip would like to have the all!"
well thats good i probably would have lent it to them
Posted on 2/21/09 at 9:45 am to theantiquetiger
He got 2 one autographed by Skip and one by the whole taem. The ball is a part of new box history...I'd gladly give it up.
Posted on 2/21/09 at 6:50 pm to LSUTygerFan
totally new act of unselfishness that I respect beyond belief
a kid had leon landry's first HR (of the season) ball, he came up to me and asked if leon would like it (I am in the little alley way next to the dugout to our storage room), since it was his first this season, an event manager was standing with me and said he would see
the kid asked for absolutely nothing in return, we offered to see if he wanted him to sign the HR ball, he said no, it's his ball, event manager said that well get you something, team came back in, and he got leon over and he signed him a ball
you have to respect that
12 year old kid putting the shame down on you
a kid had leon landry's first HR (of the season) ball, he came up to me and asked if leon would like it (I am in the little alley way next to the dugout to our storage room), since it was his first this season, an event manager was standing with me and said he would see
the kid asked for absolutely nothing in return, we offered to see if he wanted him to sign the HR ball, he said no, it's his ball, event manager said that well get you something, team came back in, and he got leon over and he signed him a ball
you have to respect that
12 year old kid putting the shame down on you
This post was edited on 2/21/09 at 6:52 pm
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