Ryan Howard Ball

The legal positivism group talked in class on Thursday about the Ryan Howard homerun ball. As we learned the Phillies organization was wrong to persuade the young girl into giving them the ball. It was viewed that the girl couldn’t make that type of transaction at that age. I feel that it was not morally right for the girl to be treated like that because she really had no idea what the value of the ball was. I do feel though that it is expected for the fan to give a milestone homerun ball back to the homerun hitter because it is very special to them. Legal positivism is rules that are made unintentionally or deliberately by human beings. It becomes a norm of the fan to be generous and give the ball back to the homerun hitter in exchange for some value. The cotton candy and other baseball were not sufficient enough in this case. As we talked about before I don’t think this a case of morals because nobody is morally obligated to that ball. Just like it is an unwritten rule for fans of the home team to throw a ball back when it is hit by the opposing team I feel like it is an unwritten rule to return a milestone homerun to the person if they are given the right type of compensation.