04/12/2026 1:40pm EDT Miami Marlins at Detroit Tigers

[GalagaGuy]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

Not if it isnt authenticated. And if the fan doesn't give it up? Well, they just may not authenticate it.

They can't refuse to authenticate out of spite. 

[IdahoBert]

I thought AJ‘s remarks regarding Phil Garner in the post game show were really good. 

[IdahoBert]

[Sports_Freak]

41 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:

They can't refuse to authenticate out of spite. 

I guess a fan would have to prove that was the actual ball. Keeping it? Good luck with that, prove that's the HR ball...😅😅

[oblong]

28 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

I thought AJ‘s remarks regarding Phil Garner in the post game show were really good. 

Is there audio?

[IdahoBert]

 

15 minutes ago, oblong said:

Is there audio?

I watched it on mlb.com. I don’t know if it’s still there or not. He basically said that he and Phil had a lot in common, having worn the same uniforms and occupied the same positions and that even though Garner left the Tigers under less than favorable circumstances, Garner had nothing but good things to say about the Detroit organization and the city of Detroit. AJ was actually pretty somber. 

[CMRivdogs]

My second hand Phil Gardner story. Part of my wife's job when we moved to Detroit was to manage the Tigers radio network. WXYT had won the contract after several years at WJR.

My wife had a get aquatinted meeting with Phil and his wife shortly before the season started. She mentioned how I was a Pirate fan growing up and that our son was born approximately 9 months after the 1979 World Series.  The kicker, he's our only child. His wife laughed, he turned an interesting shade of pink.