If the owner wants the ball back so bad then he should just pay the guy and get it over with. Like it or not, the 1st baseman appears to have legal ownership of the baseball so there is no use in getting worked up about the situation. I'm sure the owner of the team knows this because he's a business man and shouldn't let his emotions get in the way of his dealings. I would guess that he's trying to turn public sentiment against the player in question in order to pressure him into giving the ball up for free. Shit, you know the owner is going to make money off of the ball if he gets it back. It will probably go into a museum of some sort where people can pay $5 a pop to get a glance of it. It's all about money, don't be fooled.
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Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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