When Bench asked about the $50 bucks you should have said that you already paid his son and he would have signed and then you should have gotten the hell outta there! Then you would be telling a story about how you out smarted Johnny Bench!

And for all you boy scouts that are going to call it stealing......get over it.....guys charging crazy prices to sign stuff and being complete jerks is the real crime.....

Bench would not be able or willing to press any type of charges and really there is no law that you would be breaking, unless there was a stated price to sign other items then the book. actually it would be your word against his on the agreement made to sign the bat. Do you really think Bench wants a news station or the papers picking up a story about him having a fan arrested for having an item signed? I think not!