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How much does the home run number 756 cost?

August 17th, 2007

All baseball fans are waiting for one of the greatest records to happen. The record concerns the total number of home runs hit, and obviously, it is going to be broken by Giants’ slugger Barry Bonds, who already has 755.

The memorable ball hit by Bonds can collect up to $1million at an auction, which will be held afterwards. For the 22 years of Bonds playing, he has hit the baseball over the fence for 755 times, which is exactly the previous record, which was set by Hank Aaron in the 1970s. The new record can be set already this week, when the team will be playing in San Francisco’s AT&T ballpark.

The desire to see the landmark home run has raised a lot of excitement among both spectators and newspapers, and already 450 sports reporters have registered to come to the current series of games.

For those, who intend to attend the games, there is a great opportunity to earn a fortune as the one who catches the momentous home run could make a substantial profit. Experts predict the ball could be sold at a sum between $400,000 and $1million at an auction right after the event.

Certain fans are getting ready for the important moment, and fears connected with it have made one auction house to cancel the offer to buy the ball for $1m. Among the famous fans, who collect home run balls, are Jake The Snake Frazier, who knocked four persons out of their seats while trying to catch a ball, Lee ‘Doc’ Wilson, and Joe Dirt. The latter uses a fishing rod to get the home runs hit into San Francisco Bay.

Nevertheless, there is one reason why the Barry Bonds home run ball may lose its value. It deals with a rumor, that Bonds has been using steroids in order to improve his home run total. Naturally, Bonds has denied the fact of using drugs and he has not been convicted either. Still the accusations have cast a shadow over his achievements.

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