Tom Brady's 400th career TD

[danesei@yahoo.com]

Do you think Brady made security take the ball back?

[akrover]

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The guy is a season ticket holder and made the rounds today on boston radio. He traded the ball back for another one and a bunch of other stuff. He wanted to do it, but he still thinks there is more coming. Why anyone random Joe would just turn over a ball worth 5 or 6 figures always boggles my mind.

[psmachetti]

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What the hell was Pats WR thinking handing the ball to a fan?

[sox83cubs84]

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The guy is a season ticket holder and made the rounds today on boston radio. He traded the ball back for another one and a bunch of other stuff. He wanted to do it, but he still thinks there is more coming. Why anyone random Joe would just turn over a ball worth 5 or 6 figures always boggles my mind.

He may not have realized the significance of the touchdown ball. Back in the late 1990s, Carlos Beltran's first MLB HR was at Comiskey Park. Not only did the fan who caught it throw it bacck on the field, but the security guard who retrieved it gave it to a fan in the box seats. To this day I don't know if Beltran ever got the ball or not.

Dave Miedema

[akrover]

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http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots_nfl/the_blitz/2015/09/tom_brady_meets_with_fan_who_returned_his_400th_td_footballYou

Pretty cool.

[akrover]

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Whoops, that copied wrong and I can't edit it. Sorry.

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots_nfl/the_blitz/2015/09/tom_brady_meets_with_fan_who_returned_his_400th_td_football

[mad87man]

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I don't know how much people outside of this hobby think or know what what some of it is worth. If it's jerseys, balls, or anything else. I was talking to s New Jersey collector and he couldn't believe a Brady jersey sells for 20,000+. This hobby is its own secret in a way

[ivo610]

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The guy is a season ticket holder and made the rounds today on boston radio. He traded the ball back for another one and a bunch of other stuff. He wanted to do it, but he still thinks there is more coming. Why anyone random Joe would just turn over a ball worth 5 or 6 figures always boggles my mind.

6 figures? That seems a bit far fetched. iconic baseballs seem to fetch a pretty penny but Im not sure footballs ever reach that far

[akrover]

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6 figures? That seems a bit far fetched. iconic baseballs seem to fetch a pretty penny but Im not sure footballs ever reach that far

Definitely true, but I wouldn't be totally shocked. The deflategate ball sold for what? $44,000? So you're most likely right, but you never know.

[sox83cubs84]

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As a side note, msnsports.com reported that Brady tracked down the fan who willingly traded back the milestone TD pass, and signed an undetermined number of memorabilia items for him.

Dave Miedema

[danesei@yahoo.com]

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6 figures? That seems a bit far fetched. iconic baseballs seem to fetch a pretty penny but Im not sure footballs ever reach that far

I think there's a possibility of it being a $50k+ number. It would be the first ball of its kind to hit the market, and Brady would certainly bid on the ball, himself. If a wealthy Massachusetts business person, one of the Kraft family, or Brady end up in a bidding war on the ball, it could get pretty high pretty quick.

Consider how many GU footballs of significance come to market. The vast majority of them are non-specific balls that were used in a specific game.

This would be like getting Randy Johnson's 4000th strikeout baseball.