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Ryan Howard's 200th HR ball...interesting article.

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I understand the kid was excited to get ahold of Ryan's HR baseball, but I think her mother went too far getting it back.

Also, if Ryan would have handled it differently, maybe the outcome would be different. Ryan should have met with her personally and then maybe, he would still have possession of his prized ball.

If it would have been me, he could have his baseball....it's just a baseball, but to him it's special. But, obviously we don't all feel this way.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/09/florida.baseball.lawsuit/index.html

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The article doesn't say what Howard's stance on this whole thing is. Good chance it was all handled by the Phillies and he didn't even know what happened.

However, it will be wise for him to make an appearance at the girl's house to bury the proverbial hatchet. After the playoffs of course.

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They put serial numbers on balls used in games where a record is likely to be broken. Bonds, McGwire, etc were all using marked balls for their at bats.

I'd imagine they were aware that Howard was at 199 and had marked balls prepared.

I think they just do that for big-deal records, not for just an individual player's minor milestones.

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