I'm starting to become a ballhawk at Turner Field and I'm considering labeling all of my baseballs with maybe a number written in small print, but the only thing holding me back is, ofcoarse, the fact that I'm writing on them. I just made this contraption that will pick up baseballs out of the alley in Turner Field between the outfield wall and the seats. There's like a 12 foot drop in-between where players/grounds crew walk. I tested it out for the first time last Saturday and I got 8 baseballs in batting practice (though I gave 4 of them to kids).
Now....my game used baseball collection all were retrieved by me. None really have that much value besides one baseball I have which was John Smoltz' 3006th strikeout ball (and the final pitch from his 3000th strikeout night). I also have foul balls of Chipper Jones, Mark Teixeira, etc. All of my baseballs are stacked on top of eachother in ball cubes. What worries me though is that something could happen and the ball cubes will fall and all break apart and I won't know which baseball is which.
Every time I get a baseball (whether in batting practice or game), I label it with who hit it, what inning, the team it's against, every player that held it, etc., and I print this on a label which I put on the ball cube.
But I'm looking for opinions........should I write numbers on each baseball and keep track of which one is which incase the ball cubes were to somehow all tumble and break apart? Or would writing on the baseball be considered to you all as the same as if someone were to wear a game worn jersey and just say no to it?
Now....my game used baseball collection all were retrieved by me. None really have that much value besides one baseball I have which was John Smoltz' 3006th strikeout ball (and the final pitch from his 3000th strikeout night). I also have foul balls of Chipper Jones, Mark Teixeira, etc. All of my baseballs are stacked on top of eachother in ball cubes. What worries me though is that something could happen and the ball cubes will fall and all break apart and I won't know which baseball is which.
Every time I get a baseball (whether in batting practice or game), I label it with who hit it, what inning, the team it's against, every player that held it, etc., and I print this on a label which I put on the ball cube.
But I'm looking for opinions........should I write numbers on each baseball and keep track of which one is which incase the ball cubes were to somehow all tumble and break apart? Or would writing on the baseball be considered to you all as the same as if someone were to wear a game worn jersey and just say no to it?
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