Queens was part of home run history last night.
22–year-old Matt Murphy from Astoria ended up with the ball Barry Bonds launched as his 756th career home run.
Murphy, who was wearing a Jose Reyes road uniform shirt, emerged victorious from the mad scrum for the ball.
According to reports:
Murphy wasn't even planning on coming to the ballpark on Tuesday night. He was just passing through San Francisco on his way from Queens, N.Y., to Australia, but decided to come to the game with a friend on a whim.
The friends ended up in the right-center bleachers and five innings later, Murphy ended up at the bottom of a massive dog pile with home run No. 756 in his hand. The 22-year-old came up with the ball and then left the game without comment.
"I just hope he wasn't hurt," Bonds said. "I don't want the ball. I never, ever believed that a home run ball belongs to a player. He caught it, it's his."
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Why am I not surprised that a ball went into a section with 10,000 San Franciscans and 1 New Yorker, and the New Yorker emerged with the million-dollar ball?