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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 8 Real footage in 1.5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $1,900.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 07/31/2015 you will not be able to help yourself, as you will be totally immersed into this movie while watching )) has been fun watch. See more 01/21/2014 Interesting story about the guys who both claimed to have caught Barry Bonds 73rd HR baseball. Some people are just shady. See more 04/05/2013 This is as interesting as a movie about a lawsuit over a baseball could ever dream of being. See more 07/04/2012 When you are greedy, you never wins. See more 04/08/2012 Sometimes, really cool documentaries come out of strange events. King of Kong about the battle of two arcade game whizzes comes to mind. This is another movie. Two people claimed rightful ownership to Barry Bond's 73rd home run ball in the last game of the regular season in 2001. The documentary is more or less a review of that situation and the case. Starting off, the movie is wildly entertaining. As it says up front, some may question what Bonds did, but this movie is about the ball. The first half of the movie is a little bit of baseball history. The guy who caught the Maris No. 61 ball. The guy who caught McGwire's final home run in that record season. All of these guys have great stories and are good on camera, but they pale in comparison to the guy who caught Bonds No. 70 ball. Of course, it turned out to be worth little as he went on to hit three more homers that season, but that press conference was epic and he had the press rolling. Then there are these two guys. Probably no one will watch this, so I'll divulge some spoilers. Basically, one guy claims to have caught No. 73, then it was taken from him while he was piled on. The other guy, I guess, says he just picked it up off the ground. There is a lot to this case. While well-documented, what exactly is being documented? According to some witnesses, the guy who claims to have caught the ball actually had another ball with the word "sucker" on it...to throw into the bay and watch the boat people go after it (ha ha). Also on the video, the Asian guy who comes up with the ball seems to bite a kid on the leg, etc, in his pursuit of the ball. In the end, maybe the movie drags on a bit too long. As does the legal case. Both guys end up spending six figures in court, only for the judge to rule that each should have 50 percent ownership. The ball is later sold for $450,000, meaning far more was spent on court than actually earned from the sale. The white guy, who kind of reveals himself to be a douchebag throughout, evidently does not pay his attorneys. The Asian attorneys let their client keep the money as they really thought it was his case to win. So, actually really interesting story and fairly interesting legal case. You won't like Alex, the white guy who claims to have caught the ball. You might not like Patrick, the Asian guy. You will, however, like the guy who caught No. 70. See more Read all reviews

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