Commemorative balls

I caught most of these balls at random batting practices...

		1999 All-Star Game - Fenway Park Edition Big names from the 1999 All-Star squads: Kent Bottenfield, Jose Rosado, Dave Nilsson, Ed Sprague, Ron Coomer, John Jaha...is it just me or does it feel like this was 20 years ago?
		1999 ALDS Cleveland vs. Boston? Texas vs. New York? None of the above? I'm pretty sure I caught it at Yankee Stadium the following season.
		1999 NLCS October 17, 1999. Shea Stadium. Mets vs. Braves. Game 5. Top of the 13th. Foul ball hit by Jorge Fabregas. Vertical leap. Caught on the fly. Joy.
		Enron Field This ball should be ashamed of itself.
		2000 All-Star Game - Turner Field Edition Check out that teeny MLB logo in the middle of the '2000.'
		2000 All-Star Game Turner Field hosted the 2000 All-Star Game, so the ball's stitches match the Braves' colors.
		County Stadium That place was fugly.
		2000 World Series Subway Series, Mets vs. Yankees.
		2000 World Series (side view #1) Pretty.
		2000 World Series (side view #2) Prettier.
		Miller Park The Brewers' new home opened on April 6, 2001.
		July 4th, 2001 Patriotism at its best.
		2001 World Series Gold stamping: nice.
		2002 All-Star Game Calling off the game with the score tied after 11 innings: not nice.
		Yankees' 100th anniversary The Yanks used these balls at home throughout the 2003 season.
		San Juan, Puerto Rico I have no idea what else this says. I caught a few of these balls, and this one is the least scuffed.
		Serie de los Expos de Montreal Remember the Expos? Remember when they played some of their home games in Puerto Rico?
		Washington Nationals Inaugural Season I made the 200-mile drive to RFK Stadium for the sole purpose of getting this. (If not for these special balls, I would've waited another season or two for the crowds to shrink.)
		2005 All-Star Game For whatever reason, the Mets used these during BP throughout 2006. I ended up with 26 of them. BOO-yah!
		New Busch Stadium Another example of random ball acquisition: Mets third base coach Manny Acta tossed it to me in Philadelphia.
		Ashburn Alley To my surprise, I received free goodies after catching this BP ball and showing it at Citizen Bank Park's Alley Store: An Ashburn Alley replica street sign, an Ashburn Alley t-shirt, a plastic Ball Qube, and a $25 gift certificate. Hot diggity.
		2006 All-Star Game Another season of Mets batting practice, another crop of All-Star balls.
		2007 Opening Day Padres reliever Heath Bell gave me this ball (as well as his cap) when I visited PETCO Park in 2008—and by the way, this was my 400th ball of the season.
		2007 Futures Game I decided not to count this ball (or the seven others I snagged on All-Star Sunday) in my collection because it wasn't used by major league players. Still, it's pretty cool and deserves some love.
		2007 Home Run Derby Justin Morneau hit the first homer of the 2007 Home Run Derby, and I caught it. You can read all about that day on my blog and watch the footage by clicking here. (.MPG = 6.7MB)
		Yankee Stadium's final season The Yankees used these balls during home games throughout the 2008 season. The logo featured the original facade of the stadium. This ball happens to be my 3,500th lifetime ball.
		Shea Stadium's final season ...and these were the balls being used at Shea.
		Nationals Park On April 10, 2008, I set a personal record (which I have since broken) by snagging 28 balls at one game. This was my final ball of the day, and THIS is the 5,795-word blog entry I wrote about it.
		2008 Futures Game Unlike the previous year's Futures Game ball, this one does count because I happened to snag it the day after the game—during batting practice before the Home Run Derby.
		2008 Home Run Derby I didn't catch anything during the Derby itself, but I managed to snag a few balls during batting practice.
		2008 All-Star Game Good thing I didn't spend $4,000 for dugout seats at the All-Star Game; I ended up snagging half a dozen of these balls during batting practice at Shea Stadium.
		2008 World Series I attended Game 4 of the 2008 World Series, but I didn't snag this ball until the following season. Mets pitcher John Maine tossed it to me at Dodger Stadium on the same day I snagged ball No. 4,000.
		Citi Field Worst. Commemorative. Logo. Ever. Not only is it puny, but it doesn't say the name of the stadium or city or team. Only the Mets could find a way to screw up a ball.
		New Yankee Stadium THIS is what a commemorative logo should look like.
		Metrodome Here's another example of a beautiful commemorative logo. See the difference between this and the Citi Field ball?