Hour 2: Would Ted Williams Bat .400 in Today's MLB?

**Craig Carton** (0:02)
Hello Langley, Big Mac, here you go.
That's right. On your face, I can do.
Anyway, so do you remember when the Knicks won the championship and Josh Hart walked off the court into the locker room with the ball under his arm? Do you remember that picture? It's one great still shot of Josh Hart walking off the court with the ball. You could argue that is a multi-million dollar basketball because you have the Knicks, the interest in the Knicks, et cetera, et cetera. So you know that the NBA forced Josh Hart and the Knicks to give them the basketball?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:44)
Really?

**Craig Carton** (0:45)
Yes.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:46)
For the Hall of Famer?

**Craig Carton** (0:46)
You can make the argument it's not Josh's to keep, that it would have been the Knicks to keep and display it at the garden, people walk in. The NBA gets that ball, which I thought was interesting because on the OG Anobe Tippenball, which you could say is the most valuable basketball shot maybe in the history of the New York Knicks, right?
That ball is being auctioned off apparently.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:13)
By whom?

**Craig Carton** (1:13)
Now I didn't see that, who owns it, P? Did you see that? I'm not sure who owns the ball or who got the ball, right?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:22)
The NBA owns it, don't they?

**Craig Carton** (1:24)
Oh no, don't remember, don't forget, that's the ball that OG threw into the crowd.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:29)
Right.

**Craig Carton** (1:29)
So I'm not sure who actually got the ball.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:32)
Is that the same ball?

**Craig Carton** (1:33)
Yes. That ball right now at auction, if you had to guess, according to like the Sotheby's of the world, or the Golden Auction Company, what's that ball worth if you had to guess?
Not to you or I would bet.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:45)
I'm just gonna give it a round number because I think it's probably worth somewhat close to this, a million dollars.

**Craig Carton** (1:50)
A million dollars for the basketball, specifically the OG, the tip.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:54)
Yeah, I would think so.

**Craig Carton** (1:55)
That ball.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:55)
I think someone would pay a million dollars for it.

**Craig Carton** (1:57)
Higher, Bob.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:58)
I'm not surprised.

**Craig Carton** (2:01)
Don't get crazy now. Don't be throwing out Fs.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:03)
So I'd say two million.

**Craig Carton** (2:04)
Four or five, don't be crazy.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:05)
I'd say two million.

**Craig Carton** (2:06)
Higher, Bob.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:07)
Yeah, don't throw out four or five.

**Craig Carton** (2:08)
Don't throw out four or five, though.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:09)
I'm doing it.

**Craig Carton** (2:10)
Don't do it.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:10)
I'm doing it.

**Craig Carton** (2:11)
Don't do it.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:11)
Four million dollars.

**Craig Carton** (2:12)
Lower, Bob, I told you not to do it.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:15)
Three million.

**Craig Carton** (2:15)
Yeah, three mil.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:16)
Wow.

**Craig Carton** (2:17)
Can you imagine dropping three mili?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:19)
No.

**Craig Carton** (2:19)
For that ball?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:20)
No, dropping three mili, no.

**Craig Carton** (2:22)
Well, I'm saying, I can't imagine having three mili. Well, that's also fair.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:26)
I can't imagine, never mind.

**Craig Carton** (2:28)
Yeah.

**Joe** (2:28)
Winning it in the night of a game.

**Craig Carton** (2:31)
Three days.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:32)
Three days.

**Craig Carton** (2:32)
3.1. I think it was in the course of a three day span.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:36)
I can't imagine that either.

**Craig Carton** (2:37)
Yeah, neither can I until I did it.
There you go. But yeah, three million bucks for that ball.

**Joe** (2:43)
Wow.

**Craig Carton** (2:44)
Here's the question though. Let's say you have the kind of loot where you can drop three milli on a basketball.
Obviously, it's got to go to one of those ceramic boxes, right? You can't like leave it in the house and your kids are like, like in Sandlot.

**Joe** (2:57)
No.

**Craig Carton** (2:58)
Yeah, just get the ball signed by baby Ruth, right? Yeah. Yeah, you keep saying that. Who is she?
Right. Could you imagine like, would you have it under lock and key? Would you put it in a safe or would you put it on display at the house? I would put it next to the Beatles lithograph.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:15)
I would put it on display.

**Craig Carton** (3:16)
You would? Yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:18)
Absolutely.

**Craig Carton** (3:19)
What's the point of like, Would you let people touch it?

**Joe** (3:22)
No.

**Craig Carton** (3:23)
You would not?