756th Home facts
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Matt Murphy, the man who caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball, sold the ball for $752,467 and gave half to Amir Kamal, the friend he was at the game with.
The pitcher that gave up Barry Bonds' record breaking 756th home run was Mike Bacsik, and his dad pitched in the same game that Hank Aaron hit his 755th home run 31 years earlier.
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In 2007, Marc Ecko purchased Barry Bonds' 756th home run ball for $752,467. He then let fans vote on what to do with it- Bestow it, Brand it, or Banish it. The ball was branded with an asterisk and donated to the Hall of Fame.
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Mike Bacsik was the pitcher who surrendered Barry Bond's record-breaking 756th home run, and his father Michael Bacsik had been the pitcher who surrendered Hank Aaron's record-breaking 755th home run.
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Barry Bonds' 756th home run ball was donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame by fashion designer Marc Ecko, but not before being branded with an asterisk.
