|
|
| |
|
LATEST NEWS:
Legal battle enters extra innings
After an auction fetches $450,000 for Barry Bonds' homerun ball to be split by two fans vying for it in court, one now faces another legal battle with his own lawyer. With the proceeds netting less than half of the ball's estimated $1 million value, attorney for plaintiff Alex Popov obtained a temporary injunction to freeze his former client's $225,000 share of the profits to go towards a $473,530.32 legal bill.
Full story
'Million-dollar' ball worth $450,000
Two baseball seasons, one fierce legal battle and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees after Barry Bonds' record-setting 73rd home run in 2001, the baseball has finally landed in the hands of a single undisputed owner: Comic book creator and producer Todd McFarlane, who paid $450,000 in an auction that closed Wednesday.
Full story
The judge's decision
Read the ruling (PDF)
Ball for sale
Who wants to buy a baseball?
Watch the decision being read
Nov. 18, 2002: End near in trial over home run ball
Oct. 25, 2002: Plaintiff: "I was mugged"
Oct. 24, 2002: Plaintiff: "I screamed for help"
Oct. 23, 2002: Defendant: "I didn't bite anybody"
Oct. 22, 2002: Defendant takes the stand
Oct. 21, 2002: Video of melee played in court
Oct. 18, 2002: Fans describe baseball melee
CourtTV.com special: Owning a piece of history
Oct. 17, 2002: Trial begins over Barry Bonds' ball
Oct. 16, 2002: Talks fail, trial will go forward
Oct. 15, 2002: Judge considers expert debate
Oct. 10, 2002: Trial date set
Oct. 9, 2002: Day of mediations is strike three
Oct. 7, 2002: In the battle for the ball, a mediator
Oct. 7, 2002 San Francisco fans sound off about the case
|
|
|
 |
| |
|
Alex Popov sues fellow baseball fan Patrick Hayashi in a dispute over who caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking 73rd homerun ball — worth $1 million — on Oct. 7, 2001.
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
| |
|
The Verdict
In King Solomon-like fashion, the judge orders the ball be sold and Hayashi Popov split the profits (PDF)
The Complaint
Popov alleges that after he caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking baseball, Hayashi assaulted him and "obtained custody" of the ball
Restraining Order
Stemming from his accusations of assault, Popov obtained this restraining order against Hayashi
Sorensen's Declaration
In this sworn statement, witness Kathy Sorensen says she watched Popov catch the $1 million ball, but that as many as 15 people, including the defendant, wrested it away
Yarris' Declaration
Eyewitness Doug Yarris says that moments after he watch Bonds' ball land in Popov's mit, the defendant assaulted Popov
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
