|
opinion
Babies fighting
for Bonds' homer
Some people are sick.
Not unhealthy, but just plain sick - particularly in their minds.
The battle for establishing propriety over San Francisco Giants
slugger Barry Bonds' 73rd homerun ball has extended into court.
Alex Popov, 37, claims to have caught the ball first, only to
lose it after being mobbed to the floor by the ensuing rush
of other fans. In the end, 36-year-old Patrick Hayashi wound
up with the ball and had the privilege of taking it home. Now
the two go head-to-head in a lawsuit.
Does this sound petty? Of course. Actually, it sounds much like
those brutal, yet very common tug-of-war rugby scrums for marked-down
sale items at shopping malls during the day-after-Thanksgiving
sales.
Honestly, how much does owning a piece of sports history mean
to these people?
Not much, probably.
Considering the ball is estimated to be worth in the neighborhood
of $1 million to $3 million, now it's completely understandable
why these two would fight, claw or maim to gain sole ownership
of that ball.
Despite the fact that this ball would make either man very wealthy,
both guys seem way too greedy and should be ashamed of themselves.
Is Popov so petty that he has take a man to court because his
grip was not strong enough to hold onto the baseball that he
initially caught?
Is Hayashi so greedy that he has scoop up a baseball that was
getting knocked around by fans who were tangled in a dog pile?
The Chef thinks so.
These two are prime reasons why the Massachusetts-based company
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. should stop cloning human embryos
immediately. We don't need anymore of these guys running around.
The only winner so far in this mess is Judge David A. Garcia,
who is presiding over the case. The ball was placed in a safe
deposit box - to prevent it from being sold - and only Garcia
has the key.
Smart move, judge.
As for the Chef's opinion on who should get custody of the baseball,
it doesn't even matter. The bottom line is that this trial,
not to mention this feuding duo, is absolutely ridiculous.
The Chef's view: They are both acting like a couple of babies
for letting this dispute escalate into a lawsuit.
Neither of these guys has the right to be upset. Who should
be upset is Garcia, who has to fairly judge this mockery of
the legal system.
Baseball tickets: $20.
Soda and popcorn: $8.
Watching fans savagely beat each other up over a baseball: priceless.
Ben Dimapindan is a journalism major at Cal State Long Beach.
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Search our site
DEPARTMENT
OF
JOURNALISM
ONLINE 49ER
DEPARTMENTS
ADVERTISING
ADMINISTRATION
DAILY
49ER ALUMNI
SUBSCRIPTION
SERVICE
GIVE
FEEDBACK
|
