Barry Bonds' Magic Home Run Caught By ... a New York Mets Fan?

Published: August 7, 2007, 10:00 pm

Tags: 756 home runs, 756homeruns, barry bonds, barrybonds, hank aaron, hankaaron, matt murphy, mattmurphy, mlb milestones, mlbmilestones

Filed under: New York, Mets, Giants, NL East, NL West, MLB Fans, San FranciscoYes, it's true. Giants fans, who have loved Barry Bonds unconditionally for so many years, and who have sunk so much time and money into rooting for him and buying tickets to see him play, were all wondering what they would do if they caught Bonds' record breaking home run. Would they keep it? Give it to the Hall of Fame? Trade it for an autographed jersey? Sell it and put a down payment on a house?Imagine how Giants fans must have felt when the fan who actually did catch the ball emerged from the crowd wearing ... a Mets jersey and a Mets undershirt.In the middle of it all was 22-year-old New Yorker Matt Murphy, who emerged from beneath the pile holding the ball Bonds hit for career home run No. 756. His face was bloodied and his clothes stretched and torn from his battle in the bleachers. A team of San Francisco police officers moved in, extracted Murphy from the crowd, and quickly led him through a tunnel

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