In a message dated 98-10-03 01:48:07 EDT, you write: << I am wondering about the 100 or so people that will show up with home run ball #70. I mean how the heck will THEY (the ones offering mega $'s for THE BALL) are gonna be able to know which one really was the ONE ? I suppose if the dna experts can really detect from finger prints, the pitcher, what's his name, will have a few of his on it.... I would really laugh if it came from saliva..... >> Every time Mark McGwire came up to bat, the ball boys gave the unpire specially marked balls. Each ball had an infrared emblem stamped on it. The guy who caught the ball was surrounded by security officers the minute he had it, and they took him to the Cardinal office, where they verified the ball, and stamped it as official. Willem
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