Ted Rowlands

When baseball's most controversial star sent #73 screaming into the right field bleachers at Pac Bell Park, it set off a wild scramble for the coveted million-dollar souvenir. Patrick Hayashi emerged from the pile of fans, held up the ball, and was whisked away by ballpark security to a secure room where the ball was authenticated. Moments later, Alex Popov declared that HE had caught the ball on the fly and that it had been stolen from him in the pile. Bring on the lawyers, the media circus, and the tension-filled auction that would change their lives forever - and leave us laughing in the aisles.

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Check out the unbelievably true story of the legal wrangling surrounding the record-setting home run ball hit by Barry Bonds at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco. When one guy catches the "million dollar baseball" but another guy ends up with it amidst the crush of the crowd, who is the rightful owner? No one can seem to agree, but one thing is certain: Some people will go to amazing lengths for love of the game.