David Wright bat flying into the stands

[metsbats]

David Wright in the first inning of today's game lost his grip on his Marucci bat and it flew into the stands. Thankfully no one was hurt and the fan who caught thought he got a nice piece of game used memoribilia. That's until the one of the bat boys went over the stands with a Louisville Slugger and asked for the Marucci gamer back. One of the ushers retrieve the Marcucci gamer from the fan and handed him the Louisville slugger.

Bummer!


-David

[B1SON]

Once they find a bat they like, they don't like to give it up.

[NegleyPirate]

I was wondering do you have to give the bat back if you don't want to?

[JasonHalliburton]

I think that once it leaves the playing field, into the stands, it should be the person that catches it!

What is next, a player getting a homerun ball back because they want it?

[godwulf]

Legally, I suspect that if a team wanted to confiscate everything that ended up in the stands - including baseballs - they could do so. The "Finders Keepers" rule seldom has any great force in real life, I've found.

[dcrules01]

Seen a photo of a fan that caught a bat in the stands at Wrigley.It was Sorianos bat .Nice prize I will see if I can find the photos.I wonder what bat Wright gave him???

[dcrules01]

[gameused]

I dont think you need to give back any item that lands in the stands, if you caught it, it's yours to keep.

If I was the person that caught David Wrights Marucci bat I would not have given it back, they would have to knock me out to get that bat out of my hands!

I remember watching a Yankees vs Angels game last year and Derek Jeter lost his grip while swinging and the bat landed in the stands, the guy who caught it kept it as I did not see any stadium personal ask for it back, Jeter just got another bat from the bat boy and continued to play.

Bobby

[metsbats]

Seen a photo of a fan that caught a bat in the stands at Wrigley.It was Sorianos bat .Nice prize I will see if I can find the photos.I wonder what bat Wright gave him???

It belive it was a Louisville slugger as I saw the TPX and MLB emblem the back of the barrel. Wright stopped using LVS this year so it probably came from his non-gamer batch.

Bummer!

[Game Used Bats]

Erroneous on both accounts! First, it was defintely not the first inning more like the 5th or 6th. Second, I was a section away and the bat swapped out by Wright was a Marucci and it looked to me to have more game use than the one that the lady caught!

Anthony