Here's some more interesting information about the baseball Barry Bonds hit for his 762nd career home run (see my original post from Oct. 5). For the time being, this ball represents Bonds' final career home run, making it the most significant home run baseball in the eyes of memorabilia collectors.

If you go to this recap of the Sept. 5 game between the Giants and Rockies, then click on the video of Bonds' 762nd HR on the right side of the page, you can watch the play for yourself. You'll see a fan reach over the top of the left field wall in an attempt to catch the ball. However, the ball bounces off the heel of his glove and two other fans then attempt to grab the ball. Ultimately, these three fans get into a tug of war, but before a winner emerged, the cameras cut away from the tussle, making it hard for either to use the game broadcast as proof they emerged with the ball.

However, a fan who was at the game and just a few feet away from where the home run landed sent me an e-mail saying the fan who initially reached over to catch the home run had another ball in his glove (perhaps a ball caught during batting practice?). When the Bonds ball hit off his glove, it dislodged the other ball. So the three fans were scrambling for control of two baseballs. One fan emerged with the legitimate 762nd HR ball, while another emerged with the "fake" ball.

The fan said that the ushers and game personnel who came over to break up the scramble had hoped to verify which fan caught the Bonds HR ball, but were unable to do so because there were multiple baseballs.

If this is, in fact, the case, it will make things even more interesting should one of these fans attempt to lay claim to the 762 baseball.