@@BlyGuy Actually it was number 1. McGwire convinced the dude to sell it. I think he got a signed jersey, bat and ball as well. McGwire is a solid dude from what I've heard. Bonds on the other hand....
@@Brett733 funny enough, I met Bonds at the Atlantis resort and casino back around 2002, when he was vacationing there with his family over the Thanksgiving holiday. His son was around the same age as my buddies little brother who I was there with and ended up playing some with Bonds kid. Barry couldn't have been nicer. He also wasn't nearly as jacked as I thought he'd be in person. Just looked like an normal fit dude. Brian Jordan was also down there that trip.
Jeter had no prob meeting fan who caught his 3000th hit hr ball..mcgwire was a d head...jeter acway more overall famous fan..and more importantly not a lying cheater and actually WON chips!!..😂..bet mgwire wishes he was more gracious..f the cards
Compare McGwire's attitude to Roger Maris'. Maris met with the guy who caught his 61st in 1961 and told the guy to keep it. Maris said "he needs it more than I do." The guy sold it and used the money to buy his first home. Maris was a class act.
Actually the guy who wrote Spawn bought it and had an estimated worth of somewhere in neighborhood of $3.5 million so he invested his life’s savings into that ball. He was hoping to hold for a few years and sell for twice that value and then came Bonds
@@lancemanyon7645actually you’re wrong as well. He was worth way more and actually owned the oilers hockey team as well. He collects baseballs. He bought bonds ball as well when he broke that record. Do some research. Here, I’ll save you the time and post below. You’re welcome. McFarlane, 61, is a longtime baseball fan and spent $3 million for Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball in 1999, along with another reported $300,000 for the three home run balls prior to No. 70. His collection also includes several Sammy Sosa baseballs and Barry Bonds’ MLB record 73rd home run ball from 2001 - which set him back only $500,000 when he bought it in 2003. “If I don’t (buy a Judge ball), I still have the top three balls - Bonds 73, McGwire 70, and Sosa 66,” McFarlane said, referencing the top three single-season home run totals in MLB history. McGwire and Sosa hit their historic totals in 1998, then Bonds surpassed them in 2001. He estimates he’s spent about $4 million on baseballs, although most of his collection of about 70 balls are more personally meaningful than historic with high value.
@@lancemanyon7645 Todd is filthy rich with a ton of different business and has an absolutely massive collection of baseball memorabilia. Side note, is super open and awesome to fans.
This is why you DON’T GIVE UP THE BALL. You don’t talk to the team or the media or anyone. ‘I’ll be hiring an attorney, you can talk to them. Thank you’….. that’s it. Glad it works out for that guy.
@@shadow_tdwell it was a historic moment, so yes, anything tied to history of a sport, it's gonna fetch a lot of money. It wasn't luck, it was historic. Just imagine what Barry's 73rd home run ball sold for until the steroids scandal came.... Again when you think about the era and what the depreciation of it ended up dropping the price to despite the era, his ball is still estimated about 300k also, with his 756th home run ball worth around $750k despite the era. It's still worth a decent amount of money despite the history behind it. While it's very unlikely that McGuire nor Bonds makes the Hall of Fame because of the era, and may only get there by special conditions and not by vote, their memorabilia will still fetch a decent amount. It's sad that the steroids were used for years and years before it was exploited in the 90s yet it's because it was exploited in the 90s, these players in the late 90s get punished for it when it was widely used for decades prior. But it is what it is though.
@@rudyalonzo1609I wouldn’t pay 3 dollars to meet that cheating jerk. He’s right there with bonds and they wouldn’t have been able to break the record without steroids
@@eamonkelley3811The irony is, it is the same thing which causes someone to give up a ball everyone knows is going to be worth money for a picture with a dude, and the person that pays ridiculous amounts of money for a $7 baseball. Idolatry
@@AZrakoon Oh yeah. McGuire and Bonds and Clemmons and Sosa were all fantastic baseball players but each is a complete _piece-of-shit_ human being. I hope Cooperstown never calls any of them. Bonds didn't even have to think about steroids as good as he was, but...
The guy who bought the baseball was comic book legend Todd McFarlane Image comics co-founder, creator of Spawn, owner of his own toy and entertainment company, and artist of the most lucrative Spider-Man run ever. So after losing the 3 million he’s probably doing more than fine
Imagine being a baseball fan and catching a iconic baseball at the time from that current home run king. Fan pays a ticket and only request before giving the ball is to meet the player himself and that player declines. The fan got the last laugh. But unfortunately, he saw the true colors of that player that could not take time out of there day to do a meet and greet.
@@JP-wy2vk When your entire fortune is due to the fans, then yes... you are an asshole. Turns out he is the kind of douche who would do drugs to achieve fame made of tin. So yes.... he sure did show his true colors. I fear for the state of the world when this generation takes over.
Great for the fan. It’s unfortunate that McGuire didn’t want to meet the fan, however it’s great the fan was able to keep that life changing amount of money.
can we throw some attention that Mark was such a GIANT DOUCHE that he wouldn't even meet the fan in return for arguably the most momentous homerun ball of all time?
@@favoritemustard3542 spawn comic not toy is what I obviously meant. If you read this thread starting with OP to my comment and didn’t understand that, idk, maybe you have the reading comprehension of a 3rd grader, that or you’re on the spectrum.
@@cbrreezzyy69 btw he was worth $3.5M at the time of the purchase of the baseball. If you're going to be pedantic, at least do it in an informed way. Your comment has 0 historical context going on. (I'll leave that simple math problem [3.5 - 3] in your hands) lol
Imagine the range of emotions from the fan. Says he wants to meet Mark McGuire, gets turned down so he keeps the ball. 3 months later gets paid 3million dollars changing his life forever. He’s now indebted to Mark McGuire.😂
So juiced.... there's only 2 ways for a grown man's head to continually get bigger in adulthood, either through gigantism or being on the juice...his head was like a damn pumpkin 😆
@@karlepaul6632Wow are you wrong. Mike Tyson even at 58 still gets close to his physique he had at 20. He does it all with calisthenics, hard work and , good sleep amd a lot of food. You are clearly uneducated and probably a person who never worked hard for anything. To this day all they found in Macguires system was an over the counter product called Andro 6. Made by EAS Sports. They NEVER found steroids in his system ever. He caught hell because baseball banned Andro 6 unbeknownst to Macguires. They banned it because it claimed to help boost Testosterone levels which 1 year later was proved a fraudulent statement. Now Barry Bonds is a different story. He tested positive several times and his seller produced documentation proving Bonds was contacting him to purchase steroids. Macguires catches so much shit for being a naturally large man who worked hard. He entered the League banging over 50 home runs and never stopped. He just got better and stronger as one would with a life style that is lived by hardwood. Everyone is so fast to believe what they hear in news or just garbage sports shows. Bonds entered the league a good hitter but not big on home runs then in his thirties starts suddenly banging them out of the park at the same time his supplier has him on tape talking steroids and how much he needs to bring to pay him and then showing up to meet the guy and getting recorded again saying this is what I owe you for the juice. Now that's guilty. Bitch about the right man or not at all.
McGuire, and a lot of players like him, should watch old interviews of players like DiMaggio saying how grateful they are to the fans because the fans are the sole reason that they are able to have the life that they do! They owe it All to the fans.
They sure juiced the price on the baseball. Fun fact, though: The MLB has a 10 million dollar budget for baseballs each year. With the postseason, the MLB uses roughly 900,000 baseballs per year.
Dude dropped the ball. If i ever catch a milestone ball like this, I’m asking for the mlb golden ticket, if not the golden ticket at least life time tickets to that team’s games.
@@Meerkat2112 the dude sold the ball for 3 mill. Let’s say the average ticket price is $100. You take 3 mill and divide that by the average ticket price, and you can buy roughly 30,000 tickets for $3 million. Divide 30,000 tickets by 162 games/year, assuming you go 162 games a year, and you would have enough tickets for 185 seasons! Explain to me how this would be too much for the mlb, who makes billions of dollars 😭
I was raised and live in St Louis. McGuire put us on the map. He was on an episode of the Simpsons for Christ's sake. And then it happened. Still a crushing blow that we don't even talk about.
Could it be that McGuire just didn't want to take the ball from the fan so that fan keeps it? If so, that was a thoughtful move by McGuire. Think about it.
I go to games constantly and I always think about it…If I catch a really important ball, I don’t want no tickets, no bats, no signature…I just want my money. All these ppl are millionaires already so it’s time for me to get some of that money…don’t even ask me !! 😂
The single-season HR record is 62, set by Aaron Judge, breaking Roger Maris's mark. The career record is 755, set in 1974. It still stands. Any questions? I didn't think so. Anyone who defends a cheat is also one.
It's weird to me the Mac would just meet the guy, shake his hand and take a photo. I'd be interested in hearing why he refused. Mac always came off as a nice person, maybe he was going through a bout of road rage lol
Massive W for that fan. Sold it at the perfect time.
@@Adampeachey2024 didn’t ask
@@Slothsarenicedid you ask for him to love you? No, but he does it anyway because he cares about you.
@bedwarsman8431 Bro like wtf. You're not cool for that shit
Yeah he's got bank now
@@Jon_Rayno he doesn’t he isn’t real💀
McGuire did that guy a massive favor😂
Ya gotta wonder, did McGuire intentionally save that guy from making the biggest mistake of his life or is he just a giant douche
He was and still is a massive jerk
@@BlyGuymost likely number 2
@@BlyGuy Actually it was number 1. McGwire convinced the dude to sell it. I think he got a signed jersey, bat and ball as well.
McGwire is a solid dude from what I've heard.
Bonds on the other hand....
@@Brett733 funny enough, I met Bonds at the Atlantis resort and casino back around 2002, when he was vacationing there with his family over the Thanksgiving holiday.
His son was around the same age as my buddies little brother who I was there with and ended up playing some with Bonds kid. Barry couldn't have been nicer. He also wasn't nearly as jacked as I thought he'd be in person. Just looked like an normal fit dude.
Brian Jordan was also down there that trip.
McGwire turning down the meet up was probably the best thing to happen to this fan
Literally the best thing! Id be so disappointed to meet him
I love cardinals
@@stimulatemyexistence5669 I'm pretty sure he wouldn't wanna meet you either!
@@theMick52 snowflake
Jeter had no prob meeting fan who caught his 3000th hit hr ball..mcgwire was a d head...jeter acway more overall famous fan..and more importantly not a lying cheater and actually WON chips!!..😂..bet mgwire wishes he was more gracious..f the cards
Compare McGwire's attitude to Roger Maris'. Maris met with the guy who caught his 61st in 1961 and told the guy to keep it. Maris said "he needs it more than I do." The guy sold it and used the money to buy his first home. Maris was a class act.
61 and 755 are the true records.
@@ac833Nah but keep crying
@@ac833the official MLB record book says different.
@@hienzguedarian2477 sorry I turned your dad trans
Anyone who can afford $3 million for a ball, isn't taking that much a loss.
Good point
Actually the guy who wrote Spawn bought it and had an estimated worth of somewhere in neighborhood of $3.5 million so he invested his life’s savings into that ball. He was hoping to hold for a few years and sell for twice that value and then came Bonds
@@lancemanyon7645actually you’re wrong as well. He was worth way more and actually owned the oilers hockey team as well. He collects baseballs. He bought bonds ball as well when he broke that record. Do some research. Here, I’ll save you the time and post below. You’re welcome.
McFarlane, 61, is a longtime baseball fan and spent $3 million for Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball in 1999, along with another reported $300,000 for the three home run balls prior to No. 70. His collection also includes several Sammy Sosa baseballs and Barry Bonds’ MLB record 73rd home run ball from 2001 - which set him back only $500,000 when he bought it in 2003.
“If I don’t (buy a Judge ball), I still have the top three balls - Bonds 73, McGwire 70, and Sosa 66,” McFarlane said, referencing the top three single-season home run totals in MLB history. McGwire and Sosa hit their historic totals in 1998, then Bonds surpassed them in 2001.
He estimates he’s spent about $4 million on baseballs, although most of his collection of about 70 balls are more personally meaningful than historic with high value.
@@lancemanyon7645 Todd is filthy rich with a ton of different business and has an absolutely massive collection of baseball memorabilia. Side note, is super open and awesome to fans.
@lancemanyon7645 He later said it was his "in" to be able to do Starting Lineup toys for the majors.
This is why you DON’T GIVE UP THE BALL. You don’t talk to the team or the media or anyone. ‘I’ll be hiring an attorney, you can talk to them. Thank you’….. that’s it. Glad it works out for that guy.
It only worked out cuz the buyer gave a ludicrous amount😂 nowadays unless the athlete for sure has a impossible record those balls won't go for much
I wish more PEOPLE COMMENTED LIKE THIS so that we can separate the psychopaths from the rest of us
@@shadow_tdwell it was a historic moment, so yes, anything tied to history of a sport, it's gonna fetch a lot of money. It wasn't luck, it was historic. Just imagine what Barry's 73rd home run ball sold for until the steroids scandal came.... Again when you think about the era and what the depreciation of it ended up dropping the price to despite the era, his ball is still estimated about 300k also, with his 756th home run ball worth around $750k despite the era. It's still worth a decent amount of money despite the history behind it.
While it's very unlikely that McGuire nor Bonds makes the Hall of Fame because of the era, and may only get there by special conditions and not by vote, their memorabilia will still fetch a decent amount.
It's sad that the steroids were used for years and years before it was exploited in the 90s yet it's because it was exploited in the 90s, these players in the late 90s get punished for it when it was widely used for decades prior.
But it is what it is though.
McGwire + refusing to meet one fan =
a$$ move.
I'm very happy for the fan. Meeting McGuire isn't worth $3 million. I'm sure the fan is very happy looking back.
For sure he is the Ball is now only 300$ worth. He got 3 million😂
Meeting McGuire ain't worth 300,000$
you got that right.
@@rudyalonzo1609I wouldn’t pay 3 dollars to meet that cheating jerk. He’s right there with bonds and they wouldn’t have been able to break the record without steroids
*Im a dirty little piggy* 😩
The fact that McGuire couldn’t even talk to a fan for a few minutes is absolutely wild.😂
I can’t believe he almost lost three million dollars just to meet McGwire. And he declined. 😂
Same thing with the fan who gave Jeter his 3000th hit just for a picture with him and a signed bat..yikes
@@eamonkelley3811The irony is, it is the same thing which causes someone to give up a ball everyone knows is going to be worth money for a picture with a dude, and the person that pays ridiculous amounts of money for a $7 baseball. Idolatry
@@eamonkelley3811should have asked for his lucky gold thong…prolly 10’s of millions to the right Yankees fan
He probably didn’t know how much the ball is worth so will to trade it to meet McGwire
@@eamonkelley3811 bro I'm still mad about that. Dumb fan.
Sounds like McGwire Big Leaguing that fan was a blessing in disguise
Meeting a roided out mcguire probably would've been a massive disapointment anyway😂
@@itiscujoTrue. Roids or not, he had the personality of a turnip.
As a person whom has had the displeasure of meeting that a$$hat, that fan was spared the disappointment and made money.
@@mlledj22was he really that terrible? I never met him, but he never came off as a jerk.
@@AZrakoon
Oh yeah. McGuire and Bonds and Clemmons and Sosa were all fantastic baseball players but each is a complete _piece-of-shit_ human being. I hope Cooperstown never calls any of them. Bonds didn't even have to think about steroids as good as he was, but...
Never give anything back to these corporations… Always keep it and sell it… If they want it back tell them to outbid the free market and it’s theirs!💯
Agree but unfortunately the authenticators wont authenticate the ball for a fan anymore. I suggest just keeping it.
The guy who bought the baseball was comic book legend Todd McFarlane Image comics co-founder, creator of Spawn, owner of his own toy and entertainment company, and artist of the most lucrative Spider-Man run ever. So after losing the 3 million he’s probably doing more than fine
Imagine being a baseball fan and catching a iconic baseball at the time from that current home run king. Fan pays a ticket and only request before giving the ball is to meet the player himself and that player declines. The fan got the last laugh. But unfortunately, he saw the true colors of that player that could not take time out of there day to do a meet and greet.
You mean the kind of twat who is so desperate to win he cheats?
@@JP-wy2vk When your entire fortune is due to the fans, then yes... you are an asshole.
Turns out he is the kind of douche who would do drugs to achieve fame made of tin.
So yes.... he sure did show his true colors.
I fear for the state of the world when this generation takes over.
Man I think McGwire declined so the fan could sell the ball. I don't Mac is an asshole. I haven't heard or read he is .
@@JP-wy2vkfor a ball and moment that important yea that's a dickhead move. But I doubt he said no just to snub the guy.
Oh please, like you’ve never cancelled on a friend or family member, let alone a stranger
McGwire actually loved Ozersky dearly, had been a fan of his for years, but was told by friends: “never met your heroes”.
We call that profit
💯💀🍑🚿🥵🎈😮💨💀😅🚿🐖💀😮💨💀
obviously it was free except for the tickets
3 million % profit
@@knoxnottingham194 gotta spend money to make money
Who’s “we” motherf’r?”
Mark did him a huge favor.
And all us a favor, by exposing how much of a dabaggg he is
He wanted to meet McGwire and drug test him. That’s why he declined.
The only true Home Run King is Hank Aaron.
I’d take his record breaking home run ball over Mark Maguire or Barry Bonds balls
@@adamzullo3624Correct
But he's not. No matter how much you b1tch and cry the official MLB record book says different.
And the one name it has says
Barry Lamar Bonds.
Just imagine that guy’s life if McGwire just decided he’d say hi to the guy. Good on the fan for holding his ground. Not a crazy request at all.
Great for the fan. It’s unfortunate that McGuire didn’t want to meet the fan, however it’s great the fan was able to keep that life changing amount of money.
big dubs for the fan for selling it at the perfect time
can we throw some attention that Mark was such a GIANT DOUCHE that he wouldn't even meet the fan in return for arguably the most momentous homerun ball of all time?
Todd McFarlane the creator of the comic book Spawn was the guy who bought it. He's got the money to spare.
Also bought the bonds ball. He created venom too
Dude’s worth half a billion lol
And his money is from MacFarlane toys, not Spawn or Image comics
@@cbrreezzyy69 Spawn, the most reproduced figure (next to Batman) by McFarlane Toys, brings in no money to speak of for Todd?
Weird take.
@@favoritemustard3542 spawn comic not toy is what I obviously meant. If you read this thread starting with OP to my comment and didn’t understand that, idk, maybe you have the reading comprehension of a 3rd grader, that or you’re on the spectrum.
@@cbrreezzyy69 btw he was worth $3.5M at the time of the purchase of the baseball. If you're going to be pedantic, at least do it in an informed way. Your comment has 0 historical context going on.
(I'll leave that simple math problem [3.5 - 3] in your hands)
lol
What? Mark is usually a friendly guy willing to do whatever for fans... He didn't want the ball? That's crazy!
Lmao, "Ouch"
Mcgwire looked out heavy for that dude 😂😂😂
I still can’t believe that Big Mac refused to meet the guy who caught that ball. Dude has came off as the biggest d-bag in MLB history.
Yuppppp
Nah, you know who is much more of an asshole???
Barry Bonds
Alex Rodriguez
Carlos Zambrano
Gary Sheffield
if you look at it like Mark didn't care about a regular baseball and wanted the fan to have the money Mark doesn't seem like such a jerk.
Nah barry bonds is for me lol. Granted, it's not like there are any winners for this contest. They both sound like dbags
@@tripsaplenty1227 If only that were true. But I highly doubt any of that entered his mind.
Imagine the range of emotions from the fan. Says he wants to meet Mark McGuire, gets turned down so he keeps the ball. 3 months later gets paid 3million dollars changing his life forever. He’s now indebted to Mark McGuire.😂
Bonds was JUICED AS HELL😂
Right on
So juiced.... there's only 2 ways for a grown man's head to continually get bigger in adulthood, either through gigantism or being on the juice...his head was like a damn pumpkin 😆
Agreed, he's was never big until the juice.
@@karlepaul6632Wow are you wrong. Mike Tyson even at 58 still gets close to his physique he had at 20. He does it all with calisthenics, hard work and , good sleep amd a lot of food. You are clearly uneducated and probably a person who never worked hard for anything. To this day all they found in Macguires system was an over the counter product called Andro 6. Made by EAS Sports. They NEVER found steroids in his system ever. He caught hell because baseball banned Andro 6 unbeknownst to Macguires. They banned it because it claimed to help boost Testosterone levels which 1 year later was proved a fraudulent statement. Now Barry Bonds is a different story. He tested positive several times and his seller produced documentation proving Bonds was contacting him to purchase steroids. Macguires catches so much shit for being a naturally large man who worked hard. He entered the League banging over 50 home runs and never stopped. He just got better and stronger as one would with a life style that is lived by hardwood. Everyone is so fast to believe what they hear in news or just garbage sports shows. Bonds entered the league a good hitter but not big on home runs then in his thirties starts suddenly banging them out of the park at the same time his supplier has him on tape talking steroids and how much he needs to bring to pay him and then showing up to meet the guy and getting recorded again saying this is what I owe you for the juice. Now that's guilty. Bitch about the right man or not at all.
So was McGuire Sosa and everyone else lol
McGuire, and a lot of players like him, should watch old interviews of players like DiMaggio saying how grateful they are to the fans because the fans are the sole reason that they are able to have the life that they do!
They owe it All to the fans.
Fan: I’ve give ya the ball if I can meet McGuire
McGuire: no
Fan: and I took that personally
B A L L S E L L S F O R 3 M I L L I O N
They sure juiced the price on the baseball.
Fun fact, though: The MLB has a 10 million dollar budget for baseballs each year. With the postseason, the MLB uses roughly 900,000 baseballs per year.
Idc if it’s still worth that much it’s going to be nice to have for someone
I mean sucks it dropped a whole yk 2.7 mill . But that’s still a legendary ball . Just the story behind it is prolly more notable
Still it’s worth a lot I’d buy a car if I sold it
The buyer is Todd McFarlane, a comic book artist who created the character Spawn.
“Only 300,000$” It’s a damn baseball that’s a lot of money
Not when you paid 10x that much for it
Regardless, even if the fan held on to it they would still make a profit since the item just fell in their lap.
@@brendonbuffaloe8830Some people’s brains don’t work so good.
The owner could buy it from himself for that low price, just kidding.
Exactly it’s a damn ball you can get at Walmart even.
That guy who sold it for 3 mil…. He’s laughing at everyone, I love it.
Phil and his big brain moves have probably set him for life
Still, McGuire, Sosa and bonds all took p.e.d.s and doesn't count. The original single season HR leader Hank Aaron still stands.
Ummm, you mean Maris
@@kenfett7070Judge now
Nah, but cry more maybe they'll change it for you🤣😅😄🤭👉
I would have done the same thing
You know damn well if Maguire met that fan he would have been signing hundreds of autographs for him
McGwire did that fan a favor
Mac did that man a true favor.
McGwire knew he didnt deserve the ball.
i know a couple balls that could sell for more than this
albert pujols 703 ball has gotta be worth more
The Aaron Judge ball.
McGuire was in the middle of a roid cycle.. probably got mad, snapped a few bats.. then cried his eyes out into another rage
Dude dropped the ball. If i ever catch a milestone ball like this, I’m asking for the mlb golden ticket, if not the golden ticket at least life time tickets to that team’s games.
That’s way too much MLB is not giving you that 😂.
@@Meerkat2112why not? they’re not losing profit off of one person being able to go to any game they want right?
@@Meerkat2112 the dude sold the ball for 3 mill. Let’s say the average ticket price is $100. You take 3 mill and divide that by the average ticket price, and you can buy roughly 30,000 tickets for $3 million. Divide 30,000 tickets by 162 games/year, assuming you go 162 games a year, and you would have enough tickets for 185 seasons! Explain to me how this would be too much for the mlb, who makes billions of dollars 😭
this vid got me so hyped for the future of kendama! some big things are going to come out of this!
Dang bro’s value got divided by 10 😮
Actually, divided by more than 10. You can thank inflation for that.
It was the first 1000ft Piss Missile that LaSteroid DaddyHack IV launched in his career as owner of the Shanghai Swamp Donkeys.
I went right to the comments looking for this
McGwire was probably road raging during the team meeting about meeting the fan.
I was raised and live in St Louis. McGuire put us on the map. He was on an episode of the Simpsons for Christ's sake. And then it happened. Still a crushing blow that we don't even talk about.
Put you on the map? Guess you've never heard of Stan "the man" Musial. Can't even spell McGwire right.
Or the wizard
Wouldn’t meet him? Geez! 😳 Boy, he sure knew when to sell! ⚾️😃
That’s a venomous loss- hope he spawns some back 🙃
Mark didn't want to miss leg day with bonds and Jose
Worse of an investment than Dogecoin
The Cardinals on my home team
Imagine going to a game and then becoming a millionaire and set for life.
Oh just only 300k 😂
Todd MacFarlane was the one who bought it (comic book artist, Spawn, CEO of MacFarlane Toys, etc)
Dude got a huge payout and got to experience that moment!
McGuire hit that homerun with the help of steroids
McGuire’s ball is now only worth 300 thousand dollars.
The real winner? The fan that caught McGuire’s ball. He sold it for 3 millions
Theres layers of irony here
Imagine dropping that home run. I’d be depressed for the rest of my life.
Could it be that McGuire just didn't want to take the ball from the fan so that fan keeps it? If so, that was a thoughtful move by McGuire. Think about it.
"Only $300,000"💀😭
I love how organizations expect ordinary people to just give up millions of dollars.
He sold the ball in it's prime.
He got the full value out of it.
Todd McFarlane bought it. Creator of spawn and illustrator of spiderman and venom
I go to games constantly and I always think about it…If I catch a really important ball, I don’t want no tickets, no bats, no signature…I just want my money. All these ppl are millionaires already so it’s time for me to get some of that money…don’t even ask me !! 😂
Just because someone pays a price for something doesn’t mean it worth it, it’s just worth it to that person
McGwire wanted the fan to keep and sell it. He didn't care about the ball.
“Only 300,000 dollars” I could fund my college with that. Man I could use that money.
The single-season HR record is 62, set by Aaron Judge, breaking Roger Maris's mark.
The career record is 755, set in 1974. It still stands.
Any questions? I didn't think so. Anyone who defends a cheat is also one.
Maybe McGuire did it so this guy could be a millionaire who knows. If so good guy!
Imagine being so famous people would rather meet you than get millions
Dude is laughing his ass off on his fishing boat somewhere 😂
I remember that year man McGuire and Sosa race. Massive
People who know the story of the dad who fell to his death trying to catch a foul ball for his son
(R.I.P)
phil is the type of guy to pick dinner with jay-z
Mac owes McFarlane $3M. So glad big shot refused to meet the fan. So happy the fan got paid.
The fact that Mark Mcguires ball has rawlings 73 on it and Barry Bonds broke his record with 73 is just crazy 😅😅
McGuire: asshole*
God: blessing
That fan sold it at the perfect time
Not to mention McGwire’s 70 Home Run Season has an *️⃣ to it.
McGwire being a POS made that guy a million ahahahaha
I was at that game when I was 6! I’ll never forget the crowd ignite!
Happy for the fan.
It was purchased by Spider-Man artist and Image comics founder and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. Surprised that isn't mentioned.
Nice. Justice was served. Hopefully dude put that 3 mil to good use.
I got to meet Mark for free at a celebrity golf tournament. So the dude made a good choice
Wow!! This worked out well for Phil Ozersky.
Bet: McGuire really wanted the fan to profit from it!
That's because they don't realize that it is only one of five balls in existence that has the number 70 attached to it.
That guy is probably having a ball with that $3,000,000.
Pun intended 😀
It's weird to me the Mac would just meet the guy, shake his hand and take a photo. I'd be interested in hearing why he refused. Mac always came off as a nice person, maybe he was going through a bout of road rage lol
That fan won, his life is set from that one moment
I would take $3M+ instead of meeting Mark ANY DAY 😂 that’s a win for him!