December 19, 2002
YOU BLEW IT, UMP!:
Judge says Barry Bonds' historic home run ball must be sold, proceeds split (IAN STEWART, December 18, 2002 , Associated Press)Judge Kevin McCarthy ruled Wednesday that neither Popov nor Hayashi could claim ownership of the historic ball, hit by Bonds for his 73rd home run on the last day of the 2001 season at Pac Bell Park.Instead, McCarthy told them to sell it and split the money -- perhaps more than $1 million.
Oh man, whatta whiff. This guy had a chance to be literally Solomonic, had he ordered the ball split and each given half. How many opportunities like that come along in life? Posted by Orrin Judd at December 19, 2002 7:50 AM
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And what a message it would have sent to the parties had he threatened to do just that if they couldn't come up with a settlement of their own (and avoiding wasting the court's time with such silliness)!
Ah well.