MLB "Authenticators" at each game....for what, exactly???

[jobathenut]

Re: MLB "Authenticators" at each game....for what, exactly???

I did'nt read all the post on this thread so i don't know if it's already been said.But i don't understand why you would need to have mlb authenticate it if you intend to keep it.I mean you caught it so why would you need them to prove it to you.That to me is for if you are willing to sell it to someone.And i can almost guarentee she is kicking herself for not selling it for the $1,000.True fan or not,i would sell a jeter home run ball for that or a alex rodriguez ball for that and i consider myself a true yankees fan.I understand that the woman had no idea about that service.But i have to side with the dodgers on this,why authenticate it for someone else.I already assummed they only authenticate thier own items.I did'nt think you could go up to them to have that done at games.

[xpress34]

Re: MLB "Authenticators" at each game....for what, exactly???

I already assummed they only authenticate thier own items.I did'nt think you could go up to them to have that done at games.

Joba -

Your statement kind of sums it up in a round about way...

IF she had given the ball up to the Dodgers - it would have been Authenticated 'ON THE SPOT'.

BUT, since she chose to keep it, they can't or won't Authenticate it??? Sounds like BS to me.

We (The Dodgers) will authenticate it to help ourselves if WE choose to sell it, but SCREW YOU FANS! Now id you choose to sell it, (other than copying ALL of the Video Evidence and 'word of mouth') you have ZERO proof that this ball is what you say it is.

There basically telling the fan - You're lying to us. Unless you GIVE us the ball - then we believe every word you said.

The whole situation just stinks.

My .02

- Chris

[allstarsplus]

Re: MLB "Authenticators" at each game....for what, exactly???

Like it or not, MLB has a rule on Home Run ball authentication that the authenticator has to see the actual ball the entire time which means going from hit in the air to where it lands without losing sight of it or have it pre-marked which to me is the way to do it and how they did most of the record breaking Bonds HR balls.

An authenticator told me during his training they showed a video of a guy catching a HR ball and then you could see him putting it into his pocket. From his other pocket he grabbed another ball and threw it back on the field.

Here is my solution. The authenticator before the game should either put an invisible dye or numerical code on the ball and keep track of HR balls and give a courtesy MLB hologram.

The Tigers have an authenticator in their bullpen retrieving HR balls but most teams don't even do that. The Nationals use to do it at RFK Stadium but don't do it at the new stadium because the bullpens don't get many HR balls.

[coxfan]

Re: MLB "Authenticators" at each game....for what, exactly???

She was right to turn down the $1,000 if she valued the ball. Although my wife and I are retired and have no debts ( mortgages are all paid off), we still average roughly $1,000 a week to live. That amount's thus a pittance for a rare historical artifact of enduring value, as that HR ball is. ( And my wife agrees).