I Had to Investigate

00:08:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNpbSKglG9c

Summary

TLDRThe video analyzes a legal case involving an 18-year-old fan, Max Mattis, who claims to have had possession of Shohei Ohtani's historic 50th home run ball before it was snatched from him in a stadium shuffle. This ball is extremely valuable, potentially worth $4.5 million. Mattis has filed a lawsuit to stop the auction of the ball, accusing fellow fan Chris Balansky of civil battery. However, a detailed video analysis suggests that Balansky possibly had possession of the ball first, with Mattis trying to grab it afterwards. One key observation is Mattis's left hand being on the table, with his phone in the other, indicating he might never have truly gained control of the ball. The analyst humorously remarks on the tenacity and physical hustle involved in the moment but predicts the lawsuit might not be in Mattis's favor due to lack of possession evidence.

Takeaways

  • ⚾ Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball is central to a legal dispute.
  • 💼 An 18-year-old claims the ball was wrongly taken from him.
  • 💰 The ball is extremely valuable, valued at $4.5 million.
  • 📸 A detailed video analysis challenges the teen's claim.
  • 🖐️ Key evidence: teen's hand was on a table, not holding the ball.
  • 📱 Holding his phone may have hindered his ability to secure the ball.
  • 👥 The dispute involves Max Mattis vs. Chris Balansky.
  • 👨‍⚖️ A lawsuit alleges civil battery to halt the auction.
  • 🔍 The analyst doubts the teen had possession first.
  • 🤣 Humorous commentary on the mad scramble for the ball.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:08:50

    An individual with a particular skill in video analysis is closely examining a case involving LA Dodger's Superstar Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball, which is being auctioned for $4.5 million. The ball is claimed by an 18-year-old who says it was taken from him, leading to a legal challenge. However, upon analyzing footage, the narrator suggests that the person in the black shirt had possession of the ball before the person in the red shirt attempted to grab it, doubting the red shirt's claim.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • Who is the subject of the video analysis?

    Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball and the legal dispute over its ownership.

  • What is the controversy about?

    An 18-year-old claims that the ball was snatched from his possession, leading to a legal dispute over its ownership.

  • Who are the main individuals involved in the dispute?

    18-year-old Max Mattis and fellow baseball fan Chris Balansky.

  • What is the claimed value of the baseball?

    The baseball could be worth as much as 4.5 million dollars.

  • What legal action is being taken?

    Max Mattis has filed a lawsuit alleging civil battery to halt the auction of the ball.

  • What does the video analysis suggest about the ball possession?

    The analysis suggests Chris Balansky had possession before Max Mattis reached for it.

  • Why is the phone significant in this situation?

    Max was holding his phone, which may have hindered his ability to catch the ball initially.

  • What evidence does the analyst find particularly compelling?

    Max's left hand was on the table while Chris had the ball, indicating Chris might have had possession first.

  • What does the video analyst conclude about the lawsuit's outcome?

    The analyst doubts the lawsuit will succeed because the evidence suggests Max never had possession.

  • What humorous observations does the analyst make about the scramble for the ball?

    The analyst makes light-hearted comments about the nature of the scramble, comparing it to wrestling and noting the risks taken for the ball.

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    it's time I lend my expertise to an
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    important case that requires my specific
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    set of skills I'm not a talented man
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    there's not many things I'd consider
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    myself a master of maybe coping with
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    having a patchy beard and below average
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    height but beyond that not much else
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    except for one thing and that's my
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    ability to analyze a video over and over
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    again to a level many would deem
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    unnatural there's a case going on right
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    now that I've been fascinated by all
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    afternoon LA Dodger Superstar sh otani's
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    50th home run ball is being auctioned by
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    the fan who left the stadium with it but
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    someone else who was part of that mad
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    Scramble for the ball says not so fast
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    Otani is one of the best to ever do it
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    period I'm not even a baseball fan and
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    even I am blown away by how good sh
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    Otani is and I'm sure most of you know
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    this he just set a record for hitting 50
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    home runs and 50 stolen bases in a
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    single season and that 50th home run
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    ball is now up for auction or up for
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    sale for 4.5
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    million stop the auction the true owner
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    of LA Dodger Superstar showy otani's
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    historic Homer is being challenged today
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    this 18-year-old in the red jersey
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    claims the ball was snatched out of his
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    hand in the tussle oh my God he's asking
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    a judge to Halt tomorrow's auction of
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    the ball which could fetch as much as
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    4.5 million bucks 4.5 million bones is
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    nothing to scoff at you could eat it
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    five guys for a whole month off of it
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    this is a ton of money and the
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    18-year-old in the red shirt is claiming
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    that he had the ball and the guy in the
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    black shirt wrestled it away from him
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    and stole it from him basically so he
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    wants the auction to stop he's opened a
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    lawsuit against him for it for battery
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    18-year-old Max Mattis says the ball was
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    taken from him as a result of civil
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    battery the accusation is being leveled
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    at fellow baseball fan Chris balansky
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    seen here in the black T-shirt the
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    lawsuit says the teen firmly had
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    possession of the ball but bansky
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    wrapped his legs around Max's arm and
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    used his hands to Wrangle the ball out
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    of Max's hand stealing the ball for
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    himself you be the judge I will be the
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    judge and the jury and the Executioner
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    if I find any fishy business in Foul
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    Play of foot here so I've gone through
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    every angle of this footage and I want
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    to share it with all of you because I
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    actually think he's wrong from
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    everything thing I've seen the guy in
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    the black shirt actually had the ball
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    first and then the guy in the red shirt
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    comes in and starts reaching for it let
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    me take you to exhibit a here the video
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    that you're seeing the end of in the
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    Inside Edition segment because it really
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    does at first glance look like the guy
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    in the black shirt kind of like cobras
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    his way around the kid's arm and like I
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    don't know scrambles to free it like
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    Houdini trying to get out of a box or
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    something like an escape artist get
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    it oh my go no
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    [Music]
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    [Applause]
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    [Applause]
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    way that was real time now let's slow it
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    down and start to enhance right now this
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    baseball is more valuable than a [ __ ]
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    Dragon Ball so everyone is scrambling
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    for it it's important to note that red
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    shirt has his phone in his right hand so
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    he's only going at this with one hand
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    and it's his left pause my fellow
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    detectives are you seeing what I'm
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    seeing look at this Eagle eyee his left
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    hand is planted on the table he does not
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    have the baseball in his possession
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    right now remember his phone is in his
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    right hand so he does not have it his
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    left hand is on the table you can see
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    blue shirt is [ __ ] flopping like a
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    fish over the the barrier here he's
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    diving for it he's he's letting It All
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    Hang Loose here he's putting it all on
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    the line he's risking it all I
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    appreciate the Hut butut from that
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    gentleman but he had no chance black
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    shirt is on the ball right now you can
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    see him wrapping up on top of it like
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    he's recovering a fumble so he is on top
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    of the ball right now and red shirt has
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    his left hand on the table let's step on
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    the gas here again so you see blue shirt
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    he's gone over the top right now he
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    [ __ ] flung himself over here like
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    that guy in the courthouse that threw
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    himself at the judge so he rag dolls his
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    body over he misses the baseball
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    entirely and now pause again red shirt
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    has now thrust his left hand into the
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    nut sack of black shirt trying to fish
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    around to find the baseball so he is
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    reaching down now trying to get his hand
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    on the baseball trying to grip it and
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    rip it from black shirt who we just saw
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    in the previous pause was already on top
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    of it while red shirt's left hand was on
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    the table you can see red shirt
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    desperately trying to pry the ball from
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    the paws of black shirt but those meaty
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    claws are not letting it go and red
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    shirt is no doubt getting a handful of
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    scrotum about to ask him to cough but
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    for $4.5 million I respect him like
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    going this hard for it sometimes you got
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    to try but it really does from
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    everything I see here show that black
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    shirt had the ball first covered up on
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    it and then red shirt saw an opportunity
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    to try and strike and get it but I think
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    the only thing he got was penis I don't
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    think he ever had possession of the ball
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    in everything I see in this video it
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    doesn't seem like he ever had it black
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    shirt then tells him he's got it and
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    that's when red shirt lets go
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    [Applause]
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    [Applause]
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    did this is another angle of it you can
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    see that red shirt is right where the
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    ball bounces off the table but because
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    he has his phone in his hand which was a
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    huge blunder if he didn't have his phone
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    in his hand I think red shirt gets that
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    ball easily but he has his phone in his
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    hand so he doesn't get it off the bounce
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    the ball hits the floor black shirt is
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    on top of it you can see red shirt is
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    still trying to get in to get the ball I
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    don't believe red shirt ever had the
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    50th home run from Otani I don't think
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    he ever had that ball in his hand from
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    everything I have scrub through on the
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    footage here and I went through it with
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    a fine tooth comb I damn near brought
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    the [ __ ] binoculars out on that I was
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    trying to go CSI on it where I was
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    enhance enhance and enhance enhance and
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    I don't see any moment where he beat
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    Black shirt to that ball or ever even
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    really had the ball the most compelling
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    part of it is when his left hand is on
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    the table while black shirt is already
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    on top of it I do think this plays out
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    very differently if red shirt had put
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    his phone in his pocket I think in that
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    situation he walks away with that ball
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    no questions asked that's uh that's
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    business right there baby that's kaput
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    that's the end of that chapter I think
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    he would have easily gotten that ball
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    cuz he is the first one to it but you
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    can see he misses it off the table it's
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    on the it's on the floor and black shirt
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    covers it up immediately and red shirt
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    was never able to get it at all I think
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    the only thing he got was close to
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    giving the dude the old dick twist I
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    don't think he ever had the ball so I
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    think the lawsuit isn't going to go in
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    his favor of course I am not the
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    preeminent expert on it I I have
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    analyzed the footage a lot but I'm not
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    exactly what you'd call the smartest man
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    in the world that could very well be
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    wrong but I just don't see any
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    compelling argument where you could say
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    that yep he had that ball first and
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    black shirt wrestled it away from him
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    from everything I can see it really
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    seems like red shirt started grabbing
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    for the ball after black shirt had solid
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    possession of it for a little bit too
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    again the damning evidence is his left
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    hand on that table while black shirt is
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    already on top of that ball it honestly
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    just seems like red shirt's heart wasn't
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    fully in it like you got your phone in
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    your right hand you're nerfing yourself
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    when you're fishing for that ball the
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    second you saw that ball flying your way
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    bro I'm [ __ ] spiking that like it's a
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    football touchdown celebration like I'm
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    focused on getting that ball because you
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    know that that [ __ ] thing is going to
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    be selling for Millions like that is a
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    huge life-changing amount of money I you
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    know of course hindsight's 2020 like I
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    wasn't there or anything and I'm sure he
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    regrets holding onto his phone like I'm
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    not trying to rub salt in the wound but
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    you can see this would have been super
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    different if he had both of his hands
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    available to him I don't think he has a
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    case here to claim that the ball was
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    wrangled away from him in an act of
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    civil battery I don't think he ever even
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    really had the ball I think he had a
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    handful of that dude's balls I don't
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    think he ever even got his hand around
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    the Otani home run ball so yeah I guess
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    we'll see how it plays out though I
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    again I could be very wrong about that
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    but from these angles it just doesn't
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    seem that red shirt ever had the ball
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    that's about it see you
Tags
  • Shohei Ohtani
  • home run ball
  • legal dispute
  • baseball
  • Chris Balansky
  • Max Mattis
  • auction
  • ball possession
  • video analysis
  • sports controversy