As the youngest of three growing up, I became very accustomed to having my older brother’s friends over at my house.

One of these guys was Chris Harvey.   He is someone that I have known since I was about 9 or 10.  He was also the guy that caught home run #605 off of Jim Thome’s bat.

Chris and Loretta Harvey with Thome's home run ball.

A little while after he caught the ball, he was escorted to the back of the Camden Yards.  He joked that he was getting kicked out of the stadium, in reality, they wanted to discuss a trade with him.  Apparently, Thome is collecting his home run balls and wanted this one.

So Harvey got this:

Autographed Jim Thome Bat

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