Has this happenned to you?

[skier14]

As a Rockies fan in New York, it is hard to make it to many games, so I try to go to at least one Rockies vs. Mets game per year. I went earlier this month and witnessed a 4-0 Rockies loss, but it was fun anyway.

I was later given the opportunity to buy a Troy Tulowitzki MLB Authenticated hit ball. I am normally not interested in these, but I looked at the MLB Authentication, and It was from the game I attended in New York, so I decided to buy it. I later looked through the nearly 700 pictures I took of the game to find some pictures from that at-bat. I found several, one even of Johan Santana holding the ball before the final pitch of the at-bat (although that one is an awful picture).

I would be interested to hear if anybody else has had the same experience, either photographing a ball that later ends up in his collection, or any similar story.

Here are a few pictures from the at-bat.







And Tulowitzki on base after the single:

[suave1477]

If you do a search there was a thread start w hile back about being able to photomatch balls

[skier14]

If you do a search there was a thread start w hile back about being able to photomatch balls

Yeah, strangely enough I started that thread.

I was not wondering as much how to photomatch a ball, as I was to hear if anybody else took a photograph themself of an at-bat or a ball that they later ended up owning.

On the photomatching side. I assume that because this ball is MLB Authenticated that it would be taken out of the game after that hit. Am I right or wrong about this. I have a high quality photo from right before the next at-bat to Melvin Mora, where if it is the same ball I may be able to match it, although it likely isnt.

Thanks