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Introduction Background It took over one year to settle the dispute on Barry Bonds’ 73rd home run ball. This involved two men; Patrick Hayashi, a software engineer, and Alex Popov, a health food restaurateur. On October 7, 2001 the two men showed up looking to take home a piece of history from PacificBell Park in San Francisco, California. What they didn’t know is that the next year they would be battling for a ball in court. Both men have their own opinions on the incident, Popov says, “I just want the ball to come back to where it belongs, me” (Popov). Hayashi arguing, “I got the ball fair and square” (Hayashi). What I have learned from this research is that it doesn’t matter the opinion of the defendants but the decision of the Judge. Problem It was Barry Bonds job to hit the homerun. Nobody ever knew that it would be the job of a Judge to decide who the ball belongs to. A court case will decide which man will walk away with a piece of baseball history. Purpose The purpose of this report is to find out who the rightful owner of Barry Bonds’ 73rd homerun ball. Many people know what happened on the night of October 7th. But not many know what the outcome was. Scope I will be helpi