You're in a dogpile and clearly the 12 year old kid has the ball in his hands, do you snatch the ball away from the kid (knowing the ball is going to be worth a million dollars)?
2007-07-23 10:52:48 · 23 answers · asked by trer 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
No I wouldn't. I consider that theft and assault on an innocent child. I wouldn't even do that to an adult. Maybe it's because I believe in a God and I believe I would be punished by him for such an act. A friend of mine lost $20 in my dryer. I found it and I could have kept it, but I drove to where this friend was at and gave the lost cash back. I have also given a lot more than that back. I have a belief in karma. If a 12 y/o caught a Bond's 756 I would consider it a gift from God. One that I wouldn't want to interfere with.
I would actually fight on behalf of the kid if someone tried to take it from him. I consider anyone who would do that pretty much filth!
2007-07-23 11:29:25 · answer #1 · answered by Veritas et Aequitas () 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Bostonian. There is no taxable event until Murphy sells the ball. In order to be taxed on a capital gain, you have to sell the asset. The problem with the property tax issue is the state ultimately owns the land and improvements made on the house. The property tax you pay every year gives you the right to use the land and the house. You are buying rights when you pay those taxes. Neither the federal government nor the state owns that ball. So those arguments are moot. And, since the ball was not sold to Murphy, he owes no California sales tax, either. There is no way anybody can tax him on the ball until he decides to sell it. The treasure trove's marketable value is easily determined and valued because gold and silver trade as commodities today in dollars/ounce. A baseball cannot be valued so easily and the valuation is much more subjective than that. The only way the ball can be valued is when Murphy sells the ball. A door prize has value. Somebody paid for the door prize and the value of the door prize can be easily referenced. The price of a baseball is de minimis. Barrie is a lawyer with not much experience or understanding of tax.
2016-05-21 04:30:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I don't care how much it is worth, but you are probably right in thinking this will happen.
I would take up for the 12 year old kid because he deserved it It's a childhood thing to want to snag a fly ball. I can't stand seeing how stupid grown men look trying to race to the ball in the stands. Grown men should act like grown men.
2007-07-23 11:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by James W. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey if the kid has the strength to come out of that dogpile with the ball, I'd like to see what he does to the person that tries to take it away from him.
2007-07-23 11:07:08 · answer #4 · answered by Simba 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I hear Barry Bonds is a very nice man so I would give it to him. For a reward he might say, ''You have this ball young man, you caught it.'' Or he might take it grab another ball, sign it, then give that ball to me. But oh well, what are the odds that I'm going to catch that ball when I'm twelve. JK!
2007-07-23 11:04:46 · answer #5 · answered by Blue to the Bone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no only a real jerk would bully a 12 year old over a ball. the ball will be worth maybe a few dollars but you know that ball will NEVER be worth a million dollars.
2007-07-23 11:04:01 · answer #6 · answered by BLOODHOUND 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope I wouldn't snatch it from the kid, but it's tough to say what you'd do in the heat of the battle. I don't think I could do it, because my conscience would eat at me for a long time. Granted, $1m is a lot of money, but it couldn't buy me a new conscience.
2007-07-23 10:56:53 · answer #7 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a conscience so HELL NO...and that ball would not be worth a million bucks. This is coming from a Giants fan and I know that.
2007-07-23 11:16:44 · answer #8 · answered by Sweetie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I would, because the kid might do something stupid with it. I would sell the ball and give him some of it. Would you trust a kid to manage $1000000? I sure as hell wouldn't.
2007-07-23 11:00:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, because no matter who ends up with it, security will come and get whoever has it and that ball will end up in one of 2 places.
1) barry bonds' home
2) cooperstown.
those are the ONLY 2 places that ball will end up.
2007-07-23 11:25:21 · answer #10 · answered by what? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋