Matt Murphy, the 21-year-old New Yorker who cought Barry Bonds’ homer run ball and managed to get out with oit  from a sea of knees and elbows said Tuesday that he wished he could hang on to the record-breaking pearl and eventually display it to his grandchildren. But unfortunatly for him he has to sell it.

He announced in a press conference that he will sell the ball online, from Aug. 28 to Sept. 15, through an auction house - SCP Auctions - that expects it to fetch at least $500,000 for the 756th home run ball.  The value of the 755 ball has been estimated in the range of $200,000.

"I wanted to keep it but I'm young, I don't have the bank account to afford the, uh, financial incurrences that come with keeping this major part of history”, sait Murphy in the press conference.

In order to be approved for bidding on these two baseballs, potential bidders must complete a Qualification Agreement, and a Special Registration Form.

Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run occurred Aug. 7 at AT&T Park in San Francisco off Washington’s Mike Bacsik. The No. 755 home run was hit Aug. 4 off Padres’ pitcher Clay Hensley at San Diego’s Petco Park

Matt Murphy is 21-year-old student who decided to watch a San Francisco Giants baseball game during a halt on his way to Australia and ended up catching the ball that broke the famous 31-year-old record.