A Riddle From (my own) Real Life

[joelsabi]

A man chases down or otherwise recovers three foul balls in the course of a game, which he carries with him when he leaves the stadium.

Upon arriving home, however, he has four. What happened?

he brought an extra baseball to the park just in case a switcharoo was necessary to keep a milestone baseball in case the park security asked for the baseball back or had to throw back a homerun baseball. didn't happen.

but i like the first explanation most.

[slab0meat]

he brought an extra baseball to the park just in case a switcharoo was necessary to keep a milestone baseball in case the park security asked for the baseball back or had to throw back a homerun baseball. didn't happen.

but i like the first explanation most.

I was under the assumption that "had four" meant four foul balls. There's multiple answers if we're just left to guess where a magical fourth ball came from.

[gingi79]

So if he had 4 balls, does that mean he walked home?

[Jags Fan Dan]

Someone who was with him gave him one upon arriving home?

[emann]

A man chases down or otherwise recovers three foul balls in the course of a game, which he carries with him when he leaves the stadium.

Upon arriving home, however, he has four. What happened?

He found one in the parking lot on the way out?

[DJaeger22]

One went through his car window

[godwulf]

One went through his car window

Bingo! The back window, to be exact. The ball was on the floor.

I'm going again tonight, but I'm gonna be parking farther away from the stadium this time. Gotta protect my drycleaner's bag and Gorilla Tape repair job till they can come out and fix the window Friday morning.

[HawaiiSportsNut]

you already had one at home from a previous game?