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Milestone balls leave fans with a choice: return it or sell?

FILE - New York Yankees' Roger Maris watches his 61st home run of the season in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in New York, Oct. 1, 1961. If Aaron Judge passes Roger Maris, some lucky fan might become this generation's Sal Durante. As a 19-year-old in 1961, Durante caught Maris' record-breaking 61st home run. (AP Photo/File) FILE - New York Yankees designated hitter Aaron Judge reacts after hitting a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in New York. If Aaron Judge passes Roger Maris, some lucky fan might become this generation's Sal Durante. As a 19-year-old in 1961, Durante caught Maris' record-breaking 61st home run. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File) FILE - New York Yankees' Aaron Judge hits a solo home run, his 50th home run of the season, as Los Angeles Angels catcher Matt Thaiss looks on, obscured at left, during the eighth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Anaheim, Calif. If Aaron Judge passes Roger Maris, some lucky fan might become this generation's Sal Durante. As a 19-year-old in 1961, Durante caught Maris' record-breaking 61st home run. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) FILE - Sal Durante displays Roger Maris' 61st home run ball, on the 50th anniversary of Maris' 61 home runs in 1961, before the New York Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at Yankee Stadium in New York. If Aaron Judge passes Roger Maris, some lucky fan might become this generation's Sal Durante. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File) FILE - New York Yankees slugger Roger Maris poses with fan Sal Durante in the locker room at Yankee Stadium, Oct. 1, 1961, after hitting his 61st home run of the season. Durante caught Maris' fourth inning home run into the right field seats as Maris broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. If Aaron Judge passes Roger Maris, some lucky fan might become this generation's Sal Durante. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Sal Durante, 19, of New York's Coney Island, reaches up to catch New York Yankees Roger Maris' 61st home run ball in the lower right field stands of Yankee Stadium in New York, Oct. 1, 1961. If Aaron Judge passes Roger Maris, some lucky fan might become this generation's Sal Durante. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File )
Milestone balls leave fans with a choice: return it or sell?