On Monday, Ken Griffey hit his 600th career home run in Florida against the Marlins. A fan caught the ball. Griffey would like to keep the ball. The fan wants to auction it off. What would you do?
I agree with Gene Wojciechowski, in that the fan should give the ball to Griffey. I do not say this because I am a Griffey fan, but I say this because it is the right thing to do. Sure, giving the ball to Griffey is not the profitable thing to do, but doing the right is not usually profitable.
First off, he should have never been in a position to catch the ball in the first place. The man you caught the ball is a season ticket holder, who's tickets are not in right field. There is reserved seating for a reason. I know that he was probably not the only one that was out of his seat, but that does not make it right.
Secondly, I do not believe that people should make money off of the work of others. This person that caught the ball did not spend 20 years of his life playing professional baseball to reach the milestone. Why should he be compensated for this accomplishment?
I would probably look more favorably on this person if it weren't for a couple things. He's a season ticket holder. It is not likely he is hurting very much for money. I may be wrong here, but just sticking with probabilities. He also brought along an extra ball, just in case he caught the home run ball. When he did catch it, he threw the ball on the ground, and let people fight over it, trying to get to it, while he made an escape. Another thing going against this guy is that the person who caught Manny's 500th home run immediately gave it to him, without being asked, because he knew it was the right thing to do.
I hope that if it were I in this situation, I hope that I would do the right thing. What would you do? Would you try to profit off of history, or would you do the right thing?
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