Milestone home run balls leave fans with a choice: Return it or sell?

Milestone home run balls leave fans with a choice: Return it or sell?

Is it foolish to give up a very valuable piece of property without receiving anything in return?

Milestone balls leave fans with a choice: Return it or sell?

Sal Durante was 19 when he caught Roger Maris’ record-breaking 61st home run in 1961

Milestone balls leave fans with a choice: return it or sell?

If Aaron Judge passes Roger Maris, some lucky fan might become this generation’s Sal Durante.

Milestone baseballs leave fans with choice: return it or sell?

Aaron Judge’s chase of Maris brings up scenarios.

Milestone balls leave fans with a choice: Return it or sell?

If Aaron Judge passes Roger Maris, some lucky fan might become this generation's Sal Durante. As a 19-year-old in 1961, Durante caught Maris' record-breaking 61st home run. The story of what followed — Durante sold the ball for $5,000, and it was returned to Maris as part of the deal — sounds downright quaint by today's standards.

Milestone balls leave fans with a choice: return it or sell? - Local News 8

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball WriterSal Durante was 19 when he caught Roger Maris’ record-breaking 61st home run in 1961. He sold the ball for $5,000, and it was returned to Maris as part of the deal. That story sounds downright quaint by today’s standards. But it’s a reminder that even six decades ago, fans who caught famous souvenirs faced a tricky choice. Should they keep the ball, sell it, or give it back to the player who hit it? Now Aaron Ju…